Marc Marquez ಞbelieves he can challenge Jorge Martin in Sunday’s MotoGP Austra𒆙lian Grand Prix, but not if it is “like a rally race”.

Marquez topped Friday’s running at Phillꦍip Island, but was convinced the GP24s would take a step forward compared to him come Saturday once they’d hꦓad time to analyse data from practice.

Indeed, Martin dominated a tricky qualifying to claim pole ahead of Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:was untouchable in the sprint as he beat the🉐 Gresini rider by 1.5s after easing off in the l🔜ast laps.

Marqu♔eไz’s race was compromised by him not ‘calculating’ Martin’s braking point at Turn 1 on the first lap, which sent the eight-time world champion wide and forced him into a fightback from eighth.

“Today before t꧅he race I said ‘Ok, will 🐲be a normal first lap and then it will be an easier race’,” he told motogp.com.

“But🗹 immediately in the first corner I did a mistake. I didn’t calculate well the way that ♎Martin braked.

“It’s true th🎃at he braked super aggressively but🐻 it’s the way to disengage the front device, the rear device after the start.

“So, that small mistake plus the wind cost me a lot ofꦆ positions. Then, from that point, I concentrated well, I tried to push from the beginning on that lap, don’t exaggerate because it’s eas🌞y to exaggerate and do more mistakes.

“So, Iꦚ just focused on that second position. When I arrived there I tried to push for two laps, but I saw Martin reacted in a good way. Tomorrow we will have another opportunity.”

Marquez believes he can challenge Martin on Sunday, but fears that a spread out ‘rally race’ will favour the Pramac rider more 💜than him.

“Maybe yes, maybe no,” he replied when asked if he could take the 🃏fight to Martin in ꦦthe grand prix.

“I think yes, but of course at the moment, hon💖estly speaking, tomorrow if we have like a ‘rally race’ [with] everybody alone, he’🐲s faster than me.

“So, let’s see if we can do a good first lap and especially try to understand the wind, the track temperature, because here the wind direction changes and it changes the riding ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstyle.”

In terms of tyre choice for the grand prix, Marquez is unsure what approach he will take and needs Michelin “to inform” him about any potential blistering that mig🧸ht occur.  

“Right now, in the sprint, the soft rear was the correct option😼,” he said.

“But we need to cut the tyಌre, understand how the tyre wear is. Michelin needs to inform the teams how is that famous blistering because new asphalt normally it’s there.

“But let’s see. I think i♉t will be between the soft rear and medium, but it will be crucial because here when you drop the tyre you can 🌃be one, two seconds slower.”