The Gresini Ducati rider is rapidly adapting himself from the Honda he rode for 11 years to the GP23 he has now, scoring podiums in 4 of the six sprints and twice within the earlier two grands prix.
However his final three weekend podiums have come after being compelled to struggle again from poor qualifying outcomes, along with his brace of runner-up spots in France occurring after he began thirteenth.
At Barcelona this weekend, Marquez as soon as once more fell into Q1 after Friday’s apply and once more failed to interrupt into Q2, this time qualifying 14th.
It’s the primary time since Britain and Austria final yr that he has missed Q2 on successive events.
Talking to the media on Saturday after carving by way of to second within the Catalan GP dash, Marquez says he’s struggling for velocity on new rubber and it’s been a problem since pre-season testing.
“I imply, simply it’s that after I go two, three laps on the tyre I really feel higher,” he started.
“And we have to perceive why. In Le Mans I used to be a bit with the identical feeling, and right here [at Barcelona] once more.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“I imply, when it’s utterly new tyres I’m struggling. I used to be struggling rather a lot already within the pre-season.
“Then I used to be in a position to compensate a bit within the first races, however then once more now I’m fighting new tyres and it’s one thing that we have to work on very deeply as a result of if we begin on the primary two rows, or first three rows, it’s one other race.
“While you begin 14th, you’re very penalised in your race technique. In the intervening time we’re in a position to save, nevertheless it’s an excessive amount of threat.”
Marquez added that his feeling on his new smooth rear at the beginning of the 12-lap dash on Saturday “was horrible” and felt near crashing.
“First two laps, the sensation was horrible,” he mentioned.
“After which I felt like I might lose the entrance in some areas. The truth is, within the first two laps I used to be even struggling to observe [Enea] Bastianini who was in entrance of me.
“However then on the third lap I began to really feel the potential after which I began to assault the others.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“An important factor is that the race, in the event you wrestle three laps you may have 20 laps in entrance.
“However I don’t like this sense, as a result of within the qualifying apply, it’s essential to have that potential.
“If not, you can not do something and it’s there the place we have to enhance.
“It’s true that we have to enhance rather a lot the Fridays. As a result of with right this moment’s lap time I used to be beginning on the third row. Nonetheless, that is acceptable on a circuit the place I wrestle.”
Marquez famous {that a} appreciable set-up change for Saturday led to his sturdy dash race type, although he admitted the shortage of familiarity on his altered bike contributed to his Q1 exit.
“I imply, bike set-up we modified quite a bit,” he defined.
“It’s one of many good issues to have quick Ducati riders contained in the group.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“You analyse, typically they analyse and go in my route, and this time we analyse the place we had been, we analysed the place they’re and we went a bit on that route and I began to really feel higher.
“The issue of Q1 was it was the primary time assault with that set-up and it was very completely different.
“However on the race tempo, I saved going and I understood the way to experience that bike as a result of it was a giant change.
“Too late as a result of tomorrow we begin 14th, however the race is lengthy and with the medium rear tyre let’s see how we will handle.”
