Álex Márquez was the protagonist of the day at the MotoGP Spain GP in Jerez. First in the morning and in the afternoon, beating the track record, but with two falls, the second, very ugly. It was full of bruises, but with nothing broken.
Physical state
“I am not happy of the day, because yes, we have made the record, first in the morning and in the afternoon, but we have not done the work that you have to do on Friday. I have a bit bittersweet taste, but then we have known how to react in the best way. I have been stopped in the truck, we have decided to stop a few minutes, because if not with the gums we were a little ‘out’ (outside), having no more gums. ‘You have to be in Q2 yes or yes’, try to minimize those mistakes.
Great reaction
“I have fallen twice, but I felt very good on the motorcycle, it gives you that tranquility. In the morning the same thing has happened a bit: I have fallen, I have returned to the box and in the second round I have made 1: 36.8. I have that confidence or that ‘feeling’ (sensations), that even if you make an error you understand why. It has been not easy, but it is easy to mentalize that it had to be done.”
The second fall
“If you want, I tell you that the wind, but it has not been the wind. I have entered five km/h faster, brake and you cannot that. At that time, we have coincided with Marc; I have left first this morning and this afternoon I wanted See how I did.
Use the other Ducati data
“Of tires, yes, but of tires we already had enough draft which were for the sprint and for the race, but try it gives you that peace of mind to know that you go to a long race and see the medium how it goes down, for your piloting style or all that. That is what you have left inside not having been able to try it. The soft back does not worry so much. It is more of working for the long race.”
Rabies for error
“It makes me angry because it has been a mistake of going too confident. I don’t know how to explain it. It has been a day of sensations of not seeing the limit in any curve. In each curve, as I could stop like three meters later, to bow more and go faster. That is what I had to control a little.”
Álex Márquez, rolling in Jerez.efe
Soil sensations
“It has not been a large impact, it has been an impact of a lot of speed and very clean, but the stones at 200 km/h hurt, they bite a lot. That has been the biggest problem, which did not feel almost the hands of the impact, of the abrasions that the gravel produces.
Contrasts
“Motivation has not helped much today. Being in Jerez and getting in the condition in which we arrive, seconds and with good feelings, does not help, but the epic is very good, but on Fridays it is of no use. The epic you have to try on Sunday. Starting so is not the best way for Sunday. You have to be calmer, learn from our mistakes, I am always very realistic when I make mistakes.”