The 2022 Honda is a radical evolution from its predecessor as it seeks to create a bike with better rear traction.
This has seemingly made the bike more rear-biased, with Marquez admitting on Saturday after two crashes that he doesn’t understand the front end of the new bike right now and is having to “sacrifice” his strong point of corner entry.
Marquez is also still recovering his bike fitness following a winter on the sidelines with a vision problem.
Ending a rain-hit Sunday eighth overall, 0.201 seconds off the best pace, Marquez says he had to ask his team to stop his morning programme early because he was “not riding in a good way” and had planned more running in the afternoon before the wet weather arrived.
However, he was buoyed by the fact “the speed is there” on the bike.
“For today we planned to keep riding, this was the plan, but I asked the team to stop,” he said.
“I wasn’t riding in a good way and it was better to stop and come back in the…
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