The Gresini rider ended Friday’s performing at the Algarve International Circuit securely through to Q2 on Saturday after completing 3rd in 2nd practice.
Marquez did register his very first race weekend crash on the Ducati when he moved off his GP23 Ducati at Turn 5 while pressing on his last time attack lap.
Marquez states a “little modification” to the bike offered him more self-confidence to press, however when he lost control of the Ducati under braking his “impulse” for riding the Honda took control of and resulted in his crash.
“We did a little modification on the bike, it provided me more self-confidence,” Marquez stated. “If you have more self-confidence, you have the ability to press more and action by action we require to enter that method.
“The crash, for instance, was on the time attack, on the last time attack, and as I stated the other day when I lagged someone with Honda I felt much better.
“With the Ducati, I feel even worse. It’s there where I attempt to handle in a brand-new method. I lost the back on entry, it was a weird crash, however in the end, I did an error and I require to evaluate well. I believe I understand why I crashed.”
He included: “As I stated to you, when I do time attack my impulse shows up and after that I was utilized to going super-fast on the peak with the Honda with some moving.
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“With this bike, you require to ride in a various method, the capacity remains in another location.
“In that braking point I had the shaking on the very first part, and after that the speed was too quick however I attempted to share that impulse with some slide. Now we understand that I can’t.”
In spite of this, Marquez states he is “delighting in” riding the Ducati in Portugal and feels it will be “simpler” to handle a race range this weekend than it remained in Qatar.
“Easier than Qatar,” he stated when asked how he believed handling a race in Portugal will be.
“In Qatar I was having a hard time a bit more. I was riding a few of you would state conservative, however I was simply riding without self-confidence.
“And it looks conservative, however if you do not have the self-confidence you can’t press.
“So, here the self-confidence is much better. Frankie [Carchedi, crew chief] starts to comprehend much better my riding design, I begin to comprehend much better the bike and we did a little modification on the bike.
“I begin to understand what I require on the bike to be quickly.
“And all these things assist to have more self-confidence and be much faster on the lap times. And particularly fast on the times, which is among the most essential things on the race weekend.”
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