Marc Márquez (Honda/13th): “Aluminium swing arm is better” / MotoGP

“I can’t lie, I drove with the aluminum swingarm in qualifying,” said Marc Márquez in Aragón. Because he feels better with the German Kalex make.

Marc Márquez (29) missed the direct promotion to Q2 after a turbulent Saturday with a crash in FP3 (12th place) and also only finished third in qualifying 1 at noon; therefore only Aleix Espargaró and Johann Zarco advanced to Q2. Thus, the Repsol Honda star starts his GP comeback after more than three months from a disappointing 13th place on the grid.

“Today we’re back on the ground of reality,” Marc stated bluntly when he answered the questions of the journalists in the HRC Hospitality 15 minutes late. «In FP3 the problems have already started. Like yesterday morning, I didn’t feel well this morning either. I tried some big changes for Honda, then I crashed badly with the best bike. The replacement bike did not behave as I expected. As a result, I wasn’t able to improve my times in FP3.”

Márquez continues: “In FP4 and Q1 I was pretty happy with my performance. I had more speed and especially the feeling with the bike improved a lot in these sessions. We had the same problems as always, but I started to drive better. In Q1 I drove 1:46.9 minutes with the first set of tires alone. That was a good signal, because in the first half of the season I never managed such times on my own. With the second set of tires it was crazy, there wasn’t much traffic but there were always yellow flags. I just had no luck with the flags, I was always in the wrong place. It’s a fact: if you’ve got the speed, you’ve got such. always live lucky. If you don’t have the speed, there’s no luck… There’s no denying that we still don’t have the speed of the top drivers.”

“We analyzed everything after Friday practice and wanted to put together the best possible bike for today. But then this basis was not in the box this morning. Because at the moment it’s important for Honda that I find my feeling for the bike again, especially here at MotorLand. I know what I need here to be fast. This is an important slope where you can try new things. That’s why we worked out a concept for Honda for Saturday that didn’t work out in the end. But Honda’s plan was to understand the concept and direction for 2023. At the same time I knew that FP3 will be very significant for Sunday’s race. If you don’t get straight into Q2, you’ll have very fast opponents in Q1. But the FP3 was for Honda, the FP4 was for me.”

What did Marc say today about the new aluminum swing arm from Kalex? “I can not lie. You could see it from the outside, I rode the Quali with the aluminum swing arm. I feel better with it. In the FP3, the aluminum swingarm was not installed in either of my two bikes. Because we worked in a different direction.”

MotoGP result Q2, Aragón (September 17th):

1. Bagnaia, Ducati, 1:46.069 min
2. Miller, Ducati, 1:46,159 min, + 0,090 sec
3. Bastianini, Ducati, 1: 46,313, + 0.244
4. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 1:46.590, + 0.521
5. Zarco, Ducati, 1: 46.646, + 0.577
6. Quartararo, Yamaha, 1:46,802, + 0,733
7. Bezzecchi, Ducati, 1:46.852, +0.783
8. Martin, Ducati, 1:46.911, +0.842
9. Rins, Suzuki, 1:46,912, + 0,843
10. Brad Binder, KTM, 1:46,924, + 0,855
11. Oliveira, KTM, 1:47.183, + 1.114
12. Nakagami, Honda, 1:47,274, +1.205

The rest of the starting lineup:
13. Marc Marquez, Honda, 1:46.909
14. Marini, Ducati, 1:47.056
15. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, 1: 47.119
16. Viñales, Aprilia, 1: 47.337
17. Alex Marquez, Honda, 1:47.489
18. Pol Espargaro, Honda, 1:47.511
19. Crutchlow, Yamaha, 1:47,541
20. Morbidelli, Yamaha, 1:47,651
21. Fernández, KTM, 1:47.671
22. Gardner, KTM, 1:47,847
23. Darryn Binder, Yamaha, 1:49,309

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