Th꧟e eight-time world c💫hampion made another great start as he looked to recover from a nightmare qualifying.

However, Marquez soon c𝓀r♕ashed out of points contention when he lost the front-end of his Repsol Honda at turn 14. 

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“This is 🎀a difficult weekend, our pace has not been too bad but we made a big mistake during Qualifying practice and starting down in 20th is a big battle,” said Marquez. 

“In the Sprint race I started really well in the first t🌃wo laps and made up a lot of positions, but💎 when you push like this you overheat the tyres and I lost the front. 

“We got💫 back up and finished the race, getting the🔯 information for the team which is necessary for tomorrow. 

“Fꦬinishing 21st or 15th in the Sprint doesn’t really changꦜe much. We go again tomorrow.”

A rare ෴sight since he joined Honda for 2023, Joan Mir out-qualified Marquez and positioned himself well to try and get a decent result. 

🐻But like his more experienced team-mate, Mir also went down before re-joining the race and finishing last.

Mir added: “An intense day with the conditions and what we had to do. I was able to keep improving my feeling thro♓ughout the day and our times weren’t too bad as we went into Q1. 

“If we did this time las𝔍t year we would have been on🥀 the front row I think! But we still need to find more speed in Qualifying. 

“Again, starting where we did made the race a bit complicated and falling at the last corner was not ideal.&🐭nbsp;

“We got back on🐓 and finish⛄ed the race to get as much information as possible for Sunday.”