Marc Marquez suffered his fourth crash of the 2025 MotoGP season on his solution to fourth on the timesheets throughout Friday observe for the British Grand Prix.
The title chief had forged doubt on his pre-event prediction of Silverstone being a tough circuit for his using type by main FP1.
However the afternoon hour, during which Marquez suffered a front-end fall at Flip 3, was certainly a harder contest for the manufacturing facility Ducati star.
“I closed the fuel later. I braked later. I went in quicker, with extra banking… Outcome: Restrict!” Marc defined. “I simply braked too late.”
If the reason for the autumn wasn’t a thriller, Marquez admitted it was maybe not smart to cling to his GP25 for as long as it slid off monitor.
“It is my intuition. I used to be considering extra to return again to the storage and proceed with the identical tyres, greater than the crash,” he defined.
“I used to be considering extra to avoid wasting the bike.
“However it’s true that it is tough as a result of once I handed over the grass I hit a bit the hand.
“Pondering proper now, I might say ‘simply quit’ [and let the bike go], however my intuition meant I held the bike!”
Marquez was briefly pushed out of the highest ten earlier than simply claiming direct Qualifying 2 entry with fourth place (+0.360s).
In the meantime, youthful brother Alex exploited his superior nook pace to prime the timesheets for Gresini, with the Yamahas of Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller separating the Marquez brothers.
“Right here I’m struggling greater than in Qatar,” Marc admitted, having emerged from Lusail with an ideal double victory regardless of additionally flagging that monitor as considered one of his weakest.
“I’ll work on my using type. However I am dropping lower than up to now, so for that cause I am nearer to the highest guys.
“It is true that it is a bit like final yr right here, with the used tyre I really feel higher than the brand new tyres, whereas within the first races the time assault was additionally considered one of my sturdy factors.”
The eight-time world champion, who agreed that Alex remains to be the rider to beat this weekend, might thus face his hardest battle but to increase an ideal run of dash victories to seven.
“There was just one proper nook the place Alex was extremely quick, in comparison with the opposite Ducatis, which is flip 8,” he revealed. “However we all know Alex. Right here, Catalunya and Malaysia, all these lengthy proper corners, he’s tremendous quick and traditionally this has been considered one of his greatest tracks.
“From FP1 to Follow, I already diminished a bit [the Turn 8 gap], however he gained in others. So ultimately, we’ve some up and downs. I’m gaining lots in some corners. He is gaining lots in different corners.
“In fact, he’ll work on his weak factors, I’ll work on mine. However it’s just like the tendency, as all the time: Lengthy proper corners he’s quicker, left corners I’m quicker.
“Let’s examine what we are able to do for tomorrow.”
Marquez misplaced some useful observe begin time when he suffered a technical concern on the finish of the morning session.
“A sensor detected some error, and I acquired a message to cease the engine,” he stated.
“In fact, the observe begin turns into an increasing number of essential, particularly as a result of with the entrance machine, rear machine it is tough to disengage on the [fast] first nook right here.
“It’s not like Le Mans, however it’s tough. However it’s like this, so I can’t give it some thought.”
As a substitute, he’ll name upon the identical kind of intuition that put his hand in danger within the afternoon fall.
“I’ll attempt to observe my intuition tomorrow initially.”
Marc will begin this Saturday’s Dash with a 22-point lead over Alex.
Manufacturing unit team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was seventh on day one at Silverstone.
