Marc Marquez's Austrian MotoGP problems began before he had even left the Gresini garage...
The eight-time world champion couldn't engage his front start device on the grid, causing him to lose ground into Turn 1. He then tangled with Franco Morbidelli under braking and dropped to 13th.The first sign of the problem came when Marquez walked into the back of the Gresini garage half an hour before the start and TV cameras picked up two mechanics charging past him with a front tyre.
“But during that procedure, that was super good and they did a very good job, the tyre temperature dropped a lot. And then that chaos created everything."Then on the last straight, I braked and engaged well the front device - but then I braked again and it disengaged . And then I didn’t have enough speed .
“We cannot ban a device because I did a mistake. It’s the same for everybody and in the past other riders have done it also.”
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