After hitting Honda’s only podiums as a rookie in 2020, the younger Marquez brother was expected to see a lot when he moved to LCR in 2021 with full factory support from HRC.
However, Marquez has not yet made it out of Q1 in qualifying and has crashed in three of the first five races of this season.
Marquez had his best result of the year at the French Flag-to-Flag Grand Prix last time, finishing sixth – an eighth in Portugal with his best dry result – Marquez says his main objective before the Italian GP this weekend is this To “enjoy” “again even in dry conditions.
“The main goal for me is to enjoy dry conditions because that’s the main thing that I honestly don’t really enjoy because I miss some confidence and if you lack confidence you will have problems on the bike,” he said.
“So the main goal is to regain confidence and be there.
“I think we made some good progress at Le Mans, but there are still a lot of things to try and a lot of things that we need to understand really well about this year’s bike and how we can be there.”
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When asked by Motorsport.com where he’s struggling compared to 2020, Marquez noted that his Honda reacts differently when entering a corner as he’s struggling with the bike’s engine braking the way he set up the RC213V.
“I mean, I have a little bit of confidence issues,” he said before his first visit to Mugello as a MotoGP rider.
“That goes for the brakes, but we’re starting to understand why, because in the end we haven’t changed that well in the front of the bike.
“It looks like we’re having a bit of engine braking issues with the package I’m using and it looks like we’re in a different shape at this point than we were last year [corner] Entry.
“So everything reacts differently, so we still have to understand these things. and when we are fast and confident on the bike again and I will enjoy it again. “
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