The Spaniard was fast from the start of morning practice on his way to second behind Fabio Quartararo ❀in FP1, then was left just 0.173s from Luca Marini during the afternoon time attacks.

But Marquez was also clearly pushing the ꦯlimits, suff꧃ering a fall in each session.

The first was a slow Turn 2 off in the morning, followed🐎 by a much faster lowside at Turn 1 in the afternoon.

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“The grip level was good, ♔especially coming from Malaysia that was very poor for us. And with a higher grip level our bike is working better. But even like this [better grip] today I had some problems and I didn't feel the way to push,” explained Marqu🅠ez.

“But it's the last race, a Spanish GP and I decided to take risks today. I crashed two times and I will take risks🐬 tomorrow. Maybe I will crash again. And I will take risks on Sunday also because I want to finish in a good way.

“But in the end, I have what I have [with the bike] and I need to wait until Tuesday [test] to do, I hope, another ♍step.”

Valencia is now the last chance for Honda to avoid becoming the only manufacturer not to win a MotoGP �꧟�race during the 2022 season.

“I said to you yesterday, [our performance here] w🐠ill be between Australia [2nd] and Malaysia [7th] and at the moment💯 we are 4th," Marquez continued,

“We are there. I know that tomorrow with a single fast lap it will be difficult to [qualify] in the front two rows. May𝔍be the target is to be on the third row.

“But we will see. As I said, I will take a risk bec🐼ause I want to do something m𝓰ore on my side.

“During all the [previous] races I was fast but always trying to control everything. But at thiဣs race I want to see if I have this fire inside me. And I have.

“Today 🐈;I showed to myself that if I want,🔜 I can push, but I have what I have [with the bike]. I can do what I can do and no more.”

Speaking with a croaky voice, Marquez explained:✅ “I’m [feelin♏g] destroyed!

“I [woke] up and I was sick. So I'm taking medicines anꦏd tomorrow I hope to feel better and Sunday better again. But you never know.”

But thไere was more positive news about the ever-improving condition of his right arm.

“I'm happy because the target of my comeback was to improve my ri𒈔ght arm and we improved a lot.

"Today I rode in a normal way and it was long time since I rode in a normal way🗹.

“So for that reason I ಌpushed more and I crashed more. But I was riding very good.”

Despite missing six mid🌊-season races following his latest round of arm surgery, Marquez is twelfth in the world championship a♒nd the top Honda rider.

The next best RCV on Friday was൩ the LCR machine of younger brother Alex Marquez, in 17th.