Marc Marquez: New aero made accidents harder to save
Marquez 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:topped the 2023 MotoGP f꧙alls list despite being 🎃absent due to injury for three complete weekends and t🔜wo other grand prix races, out of the 20 rounds.
While Marquez has never been afrai♔d to push his RC213V to its🐷 limits - as illustrated by his falls per season since joining the premier class, see below - he is also famous for being able to save numerous front-end moments.
But the eight-time world champ🌼ion revealed that such recoveries became much harder after the mid-season introduction of a larger fairing, to generate greater downforce.
"In the past, I could save those falls. Even last year. But this year, especially since we have put the new aerodynamics, I am not able to,” explained Marquez, who openly admitted to taking f🍷ewer risks after a spate of early-season injuries.
“Yes, [the performance] is a 🎃little better, it seems that we are ♉a little faster [with the bigger aero], but the bike is a little more unpredictable when you fall or not.”
Some believe the sudde♏n change in downforce when a bike drop𓂃s during a front-end slide makes such moments harder to recover from.
Whatever the cause, Marquez also pointed to t♓he similar crash tally of his team-mate Joan Mir, who joined Honda from Suzuki this season and finished the year second oꦡn the falls list with 24 accidents.
“Both Joan and I [fell]🙈 more than normal, especially when we tried to force the bike,” Marquez said.
Marquez felt the only way to avoid being caught out was to leave a larger safety margin, or not push as hard, which he disc🐲arded as not an option for either Repsol rider.
"If you don't force [the bike]... fine, but I think 🧸Joan has the same mentality as me✨. He is a world champion, is pushing on the track and always giving one hundred per cent."
It will be interesting to see if M♛arquez can tease the limits of his new Gresini Ducati in the same way as his earlier Honda🐲 years.
Marc Marquez – MotoGP falls per season
- 2013: 15 (world champion)
- 2014: 11 (world champion)
- 2015: 13
- 2016: 17 (world champion)
- 2017: 27 (world champion)
- 2018: 23 (world champion)
- 2019: 14 (world champion)
- 2020: 2*
- 2021: 22*
- 2022: 18*
- 2023: 29*
*Missed races due to injury.
Joan Mir – MotoGP falls per season
- 2019: 12*
- 2020: 5 (world champion)
- 2021: 8
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 24*
*Missed races due to injury.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc🧸 Marquez’s injury issues.
