Each drop from Marc Márquez makes spectators and motorcycling fans hold their breath, and ever since he has returned from his injury has already had a few. The last one, on the Friday of training of the Netherlands GP, on the mythical Assen layout.
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Márquez went to the ground in a very similar way to other times this year: whip from the rear of the bike when he was facing a curve (in this case at about 130 km / h) and catapulted through the air to hit the ground hard. What in slang is known as a ‘high side’. Luckily for him, he got out on his own and with no consequences other than the normal shock and pain of a fall.
Although Márquez emerged unscathed from this blow, he is beginning to be fed up with suffering so many falls. This has been the ninth so far this season (there are more than one per Grand Prix) and almost all of them have been the same. The team riders begin to complain, as they realize that it is not their question, but the behavior of the bike.
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“I have seen it, analyzed it and tried to understand it. It was not doing anything of the other world, it was driving very fine,” explained the eighth champion. “More or less we have understood why. That is where we have to understand why the Hondas fly and the others do not. I have already had several scares since the injury, and this one was from a similar fall. We are seeing what the problem is. I’m lucky to be here, “he admitted.
Marquez points directly to the traction control of the RC213V. “We have to work on the electronics better, but in that cornering style we don’t do well and those things happen. You have to change it immediately because more than one driver will not finish the season“, he warned.
This drop has been produced by testing the new chassis, which ensures that it has “positive points” and is optimistic about the feelings it has given him.