Marquez has admitted that the practice crash “affected him a lot” on Saturday after qualifying down in 20th. He also admitted he did not think he would be able to ride this weekend after the spill..... he thought he had fractured his ankle. Another crash in Q1 no doubt did not help his mindset.
“I mean, it’s true that today I started the morning and the first thing was I was like, ‘OK, it will be impossible to ride the bike’ because after the crash from yesterday I had a lot of pain on the right foot and I was not able to push with the right arm,” he said.
“Then it was very difficult. This was in the morning, then in the afternoon step-by-step I feel better
“It’s true that the crash from yesterday affected me a lot today.”
Apparently he had been having issues with the electronics on Friday (Traction control) and when he crashed he had it turned off. Honda created a new electronics setting for Saturday and that was met with approval from Marquez.
At the other end of the grid its
Vinales on pole (having a better day than Germany!) with Quartar and Bagnaia on the front row.. Rossi a bit better this week qualifying 12th.