Marc Marquez expressed disappointment after suffering extreme rear tyre drop during the MotoGP British Grand Prix sprint at Silverstone, an issue he says was never experienced in practice.
The factory Ducati rider was battling for the top four in the early stages of the 10-lap sprint before his pace fell off a cliff. The difference between his fastest and slowest laps was around five seconds, as he faded to ninth and narrowly held onto a single point by just 0.027s.
"I'm disappointed because we experienced a new feeling in the sprint race, that on the practice we never had that drop on the rear tyre," Marquez told media, including Crash, on Saturday. "I was not the only one; many riders had it, but I was the one that suffered more because it started super early."
The problem began as early as lap four. "Already on lap four I started to feel a massive drop, and then I just tried to survive and finish the race," he said. "When I was in that seventh position, sixth position, I was suffering a lot, risking a lot to have a crash, and the difference in points between sixth or zero is only three, four points."
Marquez clarified that the issue was not degradation but graining, and he is not convinced the medium rear tyre will solve it in the main race. "I hope, I wish, but on the papers, soft and medium are very, very similar tyres," he explained. "Left [side] compound is the same, right [side] compound is the same family, only one step harder, so it's not a big difference between tyres."
In the latter stages, Marquez had a massive moment defending his position, which deployed his suit's airbag. "I had a massive shake with that rear tyre and the airbag deployed, because I was already on the floor. But then the airbag deployed, but luckily I stayed on the bike," he described.
Marquez is now 29 points down on championship leader Jorge Martin, who extended his lead to 17 after winning on Saturday. Marquez will start from sixth on the grid on Sunday after abandoning a potential pole lap when he mistook a lack of adhesion flag for a yellow flag.
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