Marquez “needs rain” to limit the dry MotoGP run in physical Misano

Marquez’s recovery from his severe broken right arm has been much slower than expected this season as the six-time world champion continues to lack strength in his right shoulder.

This applies to it on clockwise racetracks, where the nature of Misano, and in particular the high level of grip it offers, make the Honda more “aggressive” in dry conditions.

Marquez was ninth overall at the end of the race on Friday, 0.434 seconds behind the pace, while he was fifth fastest in the completely wet FP2.

However, Marquez admits that the Honda is currently not as competitive as it normally is in wet conditions.

“This morning, when I started in FP1, I said right away: ‘Ok, we need a little rain in some practice sessions to drive fewer laps in the dry’ because it’s pretty strenuous on this circuit in terms of physical condition.” , he said.

“With the new surface the grip is really high, everything is becoming more and more aggressive.

“I struggled a bit in FP1, but even so the lap time wasn’t bad.

“Anyway, let’s see. It’s true that we feel a little more competitive in the wet, but not enough.

“Even in wet conditions we have problems, all Honda riders for some reason.

“So we have to understand why, because we’re usually very strong in conditions.”

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team

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Despite the physical issues Marquez has to work through, he continues to help develop the Honda and again tries the updated chassis that was brought to Aragon.

“Basically it was the same plan as in Aragon, the same two chassis as in Aragon, but now it was time to confirm that,” added Marquez.

“Unfortunately we couldn’t try well because we only had half a session in the dry.

“Tomorrow we will come back to the chassis that we are working on in Aragon because it is time to do, but we are not sure yet, but we have a test on Tuesday, Wednesday to keep working, to prepare well and to keep going analyze.

“But we’re working on different racetracks, with different layouts and different levels of grip on the track, to try to understand them for the next year.”