Marc Marquez was happy to finish seventh at the Italian Grand Prix but admitted that he was struggling a lot with changing direction and physical strength during the race.
It was an encouraging weekend for the Spaniard at Mugello, finishing fourth and fifth in the Sprint on Saturday. He had a tough battle with Pedro Acosta for P4, but eventually dropped to seventh place.
of Italian Grand Prix It was a big challenge. Marquez Physical condition on his return to the grid following the crash at Le Mans. While Ducati Rider was happy to come out of the weekend injury free, and the fight was clear to see.
Marc Marquez admitted that he lacked physical ‘power’ and was struggling to change direction at Mugello
Marquez could not even ‘write’ Showing his step up to attend Mugello due to injury. It was an ‘extremely demanding’ weekend that found him struggling to change direction on his own accord.
he said. TNT Sports After the race: “Yes, I’m happy with my weekend, because I showed the speed in a short time. The long distance race, I know it will suffer more, but most of the race I was fighting for fourth place.”
“So yes, with 10 laps to go, more or less, I started to fight a lot, I was fighting there until the end, but they were faster than me. But (I’m) happy, because the start of my recovery on the bike was good, and (if) we’ll improve in the next races.”
What did you make of Marc Marquez’s performance at Mugello?
The defending champion finished seventh on his return
Asked what his weakness was this weekend, he said: “It’s true, it’s true that we’re on the worst track when it comes to physicality, because it’s very demanding.”
“So yes, it’s true that I was struggling a lot in the right corners, is that my bad point? Normally, but yes, in the last part of the race, I started to struggle more in the turns.”
“And on the left corners, at the beginning, I was fast, but in the end, we didn’t have enough power. Now we have to rebuild the muscles.
Neil Hodgson has seen Marquez lose muscle. Since the last MotoGP look. With the Hungarian Grand Prix coming up, he will have little time to build on his strength.
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