The six-time MotoGP world champion was ruled out of last weekend’s Argentina GP after his violent crash at the previous round at Mandalika, which left him with concussion and forced him to miss that weekend’s Indonesian GP.
Marquez was left suffering vision problems, which also sidelined him for three months late last year, but made his return to the track on Friday at the Circuit of the Americas.
After just five laps in FP1, the Spaniard had already gone fastest and ended the day sixth on combined times.
When asked what his first words to his Honda team were after his initial laps on Friday, Marquez said: “We just spoke about the bike. I said to them I’m here for competing, I’m not here to make laps.
“Of course, if my eyes are not ok or my vision is not ok you cannot ride fast. But I said to them, ‘don’t ask [about the vision], if I have some problems I will [talk] to you’.
“I said ‘don’t ask’. I came to Austin to compete and not to make some laps.
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