Marc Marquez says he “felt ready” to fight on his MotoGP return at Aragon, leading to an even greater disappointment after getting tangled up in first-lap collisions Full story ⬇️
The Honda rider was making his MotoGP return after a six-race absence to recover from a fourth major operation on the right arm he badly broke in 2020.
Qualifying 13th, Marquez leaped up to sixth at the first corner before his race unravelled at Turn 3 when he lost the rear and triggered a collision with championship leaderThis left debris in the rear of Marquez’s bike, which then slowed when he engaged his ride height device exiting Turn 7 – leading to collision with LCR Honda’sMarquez admits he was “lucky” that nothing serious happened in either collision, but was frustrated at the missed opportunity it led to.
“Of course, the target of Aragon GP was try to do some kilometres and finish the race, but unfortunately I just did one lap after an amazing start,” Marquez said on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Japanese GP.“On the race pace I was not bad, it was my strongest point and I managed the tyres on that race track, I felt really good when the tyres dropped.
“But anyway, it’s like this and it was unlucky – but at the same time lucky, because in both situations we were lucky nothing happened.”Marquez expects this weekend’s return to Motegi to be even more physically demanding on his recovering right arm, as he has not yet faced a circuit as demanding on braking with his current injury.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Miller: MotoGP bike gadgets can’t be blamed for Aragon lap 1 chaos“Someone running up the arse of someone else and breaking a lot of components off the motorcycle, of course the motorcycle’s not going to work properly.' 💬 Jack Miller was reticent to blame MotoGP gadgets for the AragonGP lap 1 chaos ⬇️
Read more »
Marquez "felt ready" to fight in Aragon MotoGP race before lap-one chaosMarc Marquez says he is disappointed in the collisions in last week’s MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix because he “felt ready” to fight after “an amazing start”.
Read more »
Miller: 'Shit is going to happen when you ride up the ass of other people'Jack Miller has had his say on the dramatic lap one incidents involving Marc Marquez at the Aragon MotoGP, both times defending the eight-time world champion.
Read more »
A classic Kimi Raikkonen tale including blue dye and an electric razor!Kimi Raikkonen's former mechanic Marc Priestley has recounted some of the pranks that went on during the Finn's time at McLaren...
Read more »
Kimi Raikkonen may have won more titles ‘if he applied himself like Lewis Hamilton’Kimi Raikkonen could have won “many World Championships” if he had dedicated himself to F1 like Lewis Hamilton has, says Marc Priestley.
Read more »