Marc Marquez “fast, but Bagnaia and Martin are flying”

"I feel fast, I feel comfortable. But when I stopped, [I saw] two guys were flying t𓂃oday on the race track"

Marc Marquez, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP
Marc Marquez, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP

Two riders lapped under 1m 31s on used medium tyres during Friday practice for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP.

Unfortunately for San Marino winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez, he wasn’t one of them.

Instead, Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin were a step ahead of the Gresini rider on both race rubber 🍬and soft-tyre time attacks.

Bagnaia, runner up in both ‘Mi꧃sano 1’ races, broke the lap record on his way to the top with San Marino Sprint winner Martin 0.198s behind.

Marquez was third, just 0.299s from Bagnaia,♌ but the biggest deficit was on medium rubberꩵ.

Ba♏gnaia set a 1m 30.902s on used mediums that had done over 11 laps. Martin clocked a 1m 30.844s on tyres with a similar distance.

Meanwhile, Marquez’s medium best was a 🔴1m 31.292s, and next best a🐻 '31.490s.

“We are in the top three, so this is positive. I feel fast, I feel comfortable. But when I stopped, [I saw] two guys were flying today on the race track,” Marquez told MotoGP.com. “Pecco and Martin were s♌uper fast.”

The step made by Bagnaia and Martin came as something of a surprise after Mar🅺quez set a new race lap 𒀰record on the medium just two weeks ago.

“There’s small things that I can try to improve, but it's true that this year we have a bit of a p💟attern,” Marquez explained. “ When it's better grip on the race track, they are faster than me.

“The grip today was super good. You saw in the lap times. The colder conditions m꧑ean better grip, bu🧔t everything more ‘sharp’. That’s where I feel a little bit more uncomfortable, but I was able to adapt well.”

The nꦑext best GP23 rider after Marquez on Friday was Marco Bezzecchi,🌠 in seventh place. Team-mate and brother Alex Marquez was 14th.

As at Misano 1, Michelin predicts riders will choose the medium compound front tyre and s𓆏oft rear for the Sprint race. 

The medium rear will then come into play for Sunday's fu🔯ll-length grand prix, unless temperatures ar💛e too cool.

Marc Marquez's first priority on Saturday will be to꧋ avoid a repeat of his ninth place on the S✱an Marino grid, after crashing in qualifying.

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