“We made a serious mistake in the qualifiers”

MADRID, 11 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish driver Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) has acknowledged that they made “a serious mistake in qualifying practice” that cost him to start twentieth in the Malaysian Grand Prix races, and has confessed that it is being “a difficult weekend” for even though the pace “hasn’t been that bad.”

“It’s been a difficult weekend, our pace hasn’t been that bad, but we made a serious mistake in qualifying practice and starting twentieth doesn’t help,” he said in statements provided by his team.

Regarding his performance in the sprint race, the man from Cervera explained that it went “very well” and recovered “many positions.” “But when you push like that you overheat the tires, and I lost the front. We recovered and finished the race, getting the necessary information for the team for tomorrow. Finishing twenty-first or fifteenth in the sprint doesn’t change things much “Tomorrow we will return to work again,” he indicated.

For his part, his teammate Joan Mir, who also crashed, said it had been “an intense day in terms of conditions.” “I have been able to continue improving my feelings throughout the day and our times have not been so bad going into Q1. If we had done this same time last year, I think we would be on the front line,” he stated.

“But we still have to find more speed in qualifying. Once again, starting from where we did has complicated the race a bit and crashing in the last corner was not ideal. We recovered and finished to get the maximum possible information for Sunday,” he concluded.

2023-11-11 10:50:10
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