Returning to MotoGP after the summer time break was not completely easy for Marc Marquez, who admitted after Friday on the Austrian Grand Prix that he took a while to stand up to hurry after a month away from racing.
Marquez arrived in Austria for this weekend’s race having received 5 grands prix in a row earlier than the break, and topped each periods on the circuit which has by no means seen him take victory.
However he mentioned the “candy feeling” took some time to reach on the opening day.
“It was an excellent day,” Marc Marquez advised MotoGP.com after Follow in Austria.
“Not an ideal day as a result of the sensation takes time to reach – the nice feeling, the candy feeling.
Marc Marquez
“That FP1, perhaps after the summer time break, then in FP2 [Practice] at first I used to be struggling. However then step-by-step I get the rhythm, I get the proper brake factors, I get the proper traces, I begin to be extra fixed that was crucial.
“Other than that, I’m proud of how I really feel and let’s see tomorrow. The goal is to be on the entrance row in qualifying.”
Marquez added that braking is the “key” to being aggressive on the Purple Bull Ring in MotoGP.
“Brake factors are probably the most troublesome factors and the important thing of this Purple Bull Ring,” he mentioned.
“If you’re fixed within the brake factors, then for the race tempo you may have rather more choices.”
Pecco Bagnaia “perhaps the strongest”
Though Marquez was quickest in each periods, he indicated that the tempo of his Ducati Lenovo teammate, Francesco Bagnaia – who indicated he felt higher with the entrance finish of his Desmosedici GP25 than he has achieved all season after Friday in Austria – was notable to him in Follow.
“Pecco [Francesco Bagnaia] has been all the time super-strong right here,” Marquez mentioned.
“He received the final three years in an excellent manner.
“In the present day additionally, he was super-good on race tempo, perhaps the strongest one.
“Pecco is a two-time [MotoGP] World Champion and right here is one in all his circuits. Let’s see if we may be near him.”
