The Spaniard ꦇwas fast from the start of morning practice on his way to second behind Fabio Quartararo in FP﷽1, then was left just 0.173s from Luca Marini during the afternoon time attacks.

But Marquez was also clearly pushing the limits, suff😼ering a fall in each൩ session.

The first was a slow Turn🎉 2 off in the morning, followed by a much faster lowside at Turn 1 in the afternoon.

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“The grip level was good, especially coming from Malaysia that was very poꦕor for us. And with a higher grip level our bike is working better. But even like this [better grip] today I had some problems and I didn't feel the way to push,” explain𝓡ed Marquez.

“But it's the l💜ast race, a Spanish GP and I decided to take risks today. I crashed two times and I will take risks tomorrow. Maybe I will crash again. And I will 🐠take risks on Sunday also because I want to finish in a good way.

“But in the end, I have what I have [with the bike] and I need to wait un💫til Tuesday [test] to do, I h🎐ope, another step.”

Valencia is now the last chance for Honda to avoid becoming the only manufacturer not to win a MotoGP r🍷ace during the 2022 season.

“I said to you yesterday, [our performance♕ here]✨ will be between Australia [2nd] and Malaysia [7th] and at the moment we are 4th," Marquez continued,

“We are there. I know 🍃that tomorrow with a single fast lap it will be difficult to [qualify] in the front two rows. Maybe the target is to ▨be on the third row.

“But we will see. As I said, I will take 🥀a risk bec♈ause I want to do something more on my side.

“During all the [previous] races I was fast but always trying to control everything. But at this race I want to see🀅 if I have this fire inside me. And I have.

“Today I showed to myself that if I want, I can push, but I have 🦂what I have [with the bike]. I can do what I can do and no more🐼.”

Speaking with a croaky💃 voice, Marquez explained: “I’m🃏 [feeling] destroyed!

“I [woඣke] up and I was sick. So I'm taking medicines and tomorrow I hope to feel better and Sunday ꧒better again. But you never know.”

But there was more positive news about the ever-improving&nb📖sp;condition of his right arm.

“I'm happy 🔜because the target of my co𒀰meback was to improve my right arm and we improved a lot.

"Today I rode in a normal way and it was long𝓀 time since I rode in a normal way.

“Sꦅo for that rea𝕴son I pushed more and I crashed more. But I was riding very good.”

Despite missing six mid-season races following his latest round of arm surgery, Marquez is twelfth in the world championship and the ♍top Honda rider.

The next best RCV on Friday was the LCR mac𒆙hine of younger brother Ale🧸x Marquez, in 17th.