The Repsol Honda team rider takes things calmly at the German Grand Prix
After a wet morning and qualifying sessions held in mixed conditions, Saturday’s sprint race was held on a completely dry track.
Marc Márquez had to compete in Q1, and the Repsol Honda team rider managed, after suffering a crash, to place second and gain access to Q2. In that session, he suffered a further two crashes and, finally, achieved the seventh best time with a 1:22.013.
Márquez started Saturday’s 15-lap sprint race from the third row on the grid and quickly moved up to fourth place. Lap after lap, the Repsol Honda Team rider dropped down the order and lowered his pace, which led him to cross the finish line eleventh.
MARC MÁRQUEZ – 11th
“In the morning I was able to ride well in the wet, I led the morning session. When the track started to dry, we found the same limits as yesterday. In Qualifying I was pushing a lot, I was really trying to give my maximum and pushing all the time. I want to say thank you to everyone in the team for their effort during Quali and after, they all worked a lot and did a great job. It was a lot of risk and for the race I had a calmer approach. I tried on the first lap but we didn’t have the feeling, so the priority was to avoid another crash and finish the race to prepare for tomorrow. I think we can be stronger on Sunday in the long race, today many people’s pace dropped towards the end, but we could keep the same pace.”
