MotoGP Malaysia: Marc Marquez blames ‘the tyres overheating’ for sprint crash

Marc Marquez says his crash in the MotoGP sprint at Sepang was due to overheating the front tyre.
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Sepang 2023
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Sepang 2023

The eight-tim🍃e world champion made another great start as he looked to recoℱver from a nightmare qualifying.

However, Marquez soon cras⛄hed out of points contention when he lost꧑ the front-end of his Repsol Honda at turn 14. 

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

“In the Spꦉrint race I started really well in the first two 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 b💖ack up and finished the race, getting the information for the team which is necessary for tomorrow. 

“Finishing 21st or 15th in the Sprint doesn’t really change much. We go agꦬain tomorrow.”

A rare sight since he jo🔯ined 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 befor🌼e 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 throughout the day and our times weren’🦂t too bad as we went in🔥to Q1. 

“If we did this time last year we would have been on the front row📖 I think! But we still need to fi🦂nd more speed in Qualifying. 

“Again, starting where we did made the race a bit com🎶plicated and falling at the last corner was not ideal. 

“We got back on and finished the race to get as much information as possible 😼for💯 Sunday.”

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