Marc Marquez says he “doesn’t care so much” concerning the variety of instances he has crashed in MotoGP this 12 months, however is eager on chopping down on errors in races.
The Gresini rider suffered 16 falls within the opening 11 rounds of the season, placing him on prime on the record of riders with most crashes in 2024.
The six-time champion has all the time had a fame of crashing too typically within the premier class, though many put that right down to the traits of the sophisticated Honda bike throughout his 11-year stint with the Japanese producer.
Having switched to a Ducati GP23 that’s a lot simpler and friendlier to experience, Marquez nonetheless has not been in a position to put an finish to the development – and is on the right track to equal and even surpass the report of 23 crashes he set in 2023.
Marquez’s most well-known shunt of 2024 got here shortly after taking the lead of the Americas GP, whereas extra just lately he dropped his bike in Silverstone and Spielberg dash races.
Requested if his crashes this 12 months are right down to driving fashion or the difference course of with the Desmosedici, Marquez mentioned: “It’s true that within the first a part of the season, as I mentioned in Portimao and Austin, I crashed so much.
“And it was not my mistake, however it’s true that these final races I had a few crashes that I didn’t perceive so much and these all gave me just a little bit much less confidence. However we now have to attempt once more to search out the restrict within the right manner.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing Group
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“Essentially the most constructive factor is that I’m crashing in follow. It’s true that within the races I crashed within the Silverstone dash [and then the Spielberg sprint].
“However usually in the primary race I all the time attempt to keep on the bike and that is an important level. I wish to crash much less, however in the mean time it’s a quantity I don’t care so much [about].”
Marquez has proven spectacular pace in 2024 thus far regardless of not having the class-leading GP24, incomes himself a promotion to the manufacturing unit Ducati staff alongside Francesco Bagnaia.
With 4 podium finishes within the opening 11 rounds, he sits a snug fourth within the championship standings, solely trailing these Ducati riders on the superior 2024-spec equipment.
Nonetheless, a win continues to elude the 31-year-old, who has now gone 1000 days since his final success at Misano in 2021. The Honda package deal was the least aggressive on the grid in 2022 and ‘23, whereas the leap Ducati has made this 12 months has even made podiums tough for anybody not on the latest-spec GP23.
Marquez nevertheless isn’t involved about his win drought in MotoGP and insists his focus is on placing within the constructing blocks for his 2025 marketing campaign, when he’s anticipated to battle for a title once more for the primary time since 2019.
“For me it would not matter [how many days it’s been since I last won a race],” he mentioned. “I do know this 12 months is a 12 months to construct and I am constructing and constructing. I am attempting to construct that confidence, I attempt to go in step-by-step.
“It is true we begin [this year] so good. Seems like we did a step again [after that] and now it seems like we come again.
“And this second a part of the season, we have to maintain constructing, attempt to be on the podiums and the victory if it isn’t this 12 months, subsequent 12 months it would arrive.”
