As the winner of the last race in Austin Marc Márquez He was one of the protagonists of the official press conference of the Media Day of the Emilia Romana MotoGP Grand Prix, the second appointment in a month that will be held at the Misano circuit. After taking oil in two of the appointments on circuits to the left, his favorites and where the injury to his left shoulder does not limit him so much, now he has two races on circuits to the right where he is examined again. The objective will be the same: “Keep taking steps forward.”
“I arrive here at Misano with the sensations of the test more than with those of the Austin race, which we know is a special circuit, but I still feel quite a few differences between the circuits with the left and right corners. Misano 1 was better than us. what we expected before the race, since we finished fourth and it was a result that I did not expect, really, but this weekend we will see where we are, we will try to take steps forward to achieve a good result and be among the top five It would be a good result, but it is true that here in Misano or in Portimao I would like to be a little bit faster, “explained the Repsol Honda rider.
Márquez is generally happy with the progression of this second part of the championship: “But it is too slow for what I would like. The process when returning from the injury is very slow, but I am still able to drive in an acceptable way and to get three podiums, but it is not the level of performance that I would like to have and we have to keep pushing forward. What is happening is more or less what I had planned because I am close to the top five, of the drivers in front, and that was the goal and for the moment I can achieve it, “explained the eight-time world champion.
This Media Day was special for MotoGP as Fabio Quartararo arrives with title options that only Pecco Bagnaia can prevent. By now used to being in the fight for the title, he is living a very different 2021: “I feel good. Of course, when you fight for the World Cup you have additional motivation and extra energy. I compete in my own championship. I try to search. Personal motivations. When I achieve the objectives that I set for myself, it is as if I achieved it, it motivates me more for progress “.
“If in the future we want to reach more countries, we will have to eliminate a race because 21 races are many”
Once it has been known the 2022 provisional calendar, with 21 races, Marc Márquez has not hesitated when stating that “it is true that we want to compete in many other different circuits in the world, but 21 races are many and if in the future we want to reach more countries we will have to eliminate some races because 21 races are many in the calendar of a season “.
“For me 20 races would be enough; next year there are 21, but I think we cannot continue in that direction since MotoGP motorcycles are increasingly demanding physically and if we have a small injury it can change the scenario of the race. championship. 21 races, or 22, would be more than enough, we have to set the limit at some point, as the drivers and teams have to establish that limit and I think Dorna also agrees with us, “he insisted.
“I agree to go to other countries, but if you want to go to those countries you will have to withdraw a career from another country,” Marc insisted.
Austin’s detail with Jenny Anderson, her telemetric
For the first time on the podium in the United States, the Repsol Honda team chose Marc Jenny Anderson’s rangefinder to accompany them when it came to receiving the jackpot. Marc explained that “it is important to give visibility to the whole team, since most of the members are men, but step by step, each year, the presence of women in the paddock is gaining more value. And it is important that it is not only in the press or team management, but at the technical level, and although Jenny is the first year that I work with her, she is one more person on the team, an important person on the team, and she is not distinguished with respect to the others, but in Austin both the team and Santi agreed that it should be like that and that is why Jenny took the podium, to maintain a good atmosphere in the team and, furthermore, I insist, she is an important person for the team, “he said. .
As to the sanction of Turkish Deniz Öncü in Moto3, the Repsol Honda rider agreed with the statements of the rest of the Media Day colleagues that “Race Management has to understand things to impose sanctions in these situations. Before Austin it was one way and now it will be a different way. impose this sanction. There is a before and after in this sanction and as ‘Pecco’ says, before there was another rider who caused a risky situation with this type of movement and nothing happened, there was no sanction, and you have to be careful with those behaviors because Austin was very lucky but they are very dangerous actions, “Marc insisted.