The eight-time wo🅷rld champion made another great start as he looked to recover from a nightmare qualifyiꦑng.

However, Marquez soon crashed out of points contention when he lost the front-end ofཧ his Repsol Honda at turn 14. 

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“This is a difficult weekend, our pace has not been too bad but we made a big mistake during Qualifying practiꦺce and starting down in 20t🍰h is a big battle,” said Marquez. 

“In the Sprint race I st🌞arted really well in the first two laps a🐎nd made up a lot of positions, but when you push like this you overheat the tyres and I lost the front. 

“We got back up and finished the race, getting the information for the team whichܫ is necessary f🍰or tomorrow. 

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

A rare sight s🤡ince he joined Honda for 2023, Joan Mir ouꦆt-qualified Marquez and positioned himself well to try and get a decent result. 

But like his more experienced team-mate, Mir also we🤪nt down before re-joining the race and finishing last.

Mir added: “An intense day with the conditions and what we had to do. I was able tꦫo keep improving my feeling throughout the day and our times weren’t too bad as we went into Q1. 

“If we di🌟d this time last year we would have been on the front row I think! But we still need to find more speed in Qualifying. 

“Again, starting wheꦕre we did made the race a bit complicated and falling at the last corner was not ideal.ꦡ 

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