Marc Marquez will start tomorrow's French GP from fifth on the grid despite being quite fast during the course of the day.
Marc's progression in his work to find the best setup has been affected by the limited dry track time and by two small crashes, in FP4 and in QP2, though both incidents were without consequence.
The Repsol Honda rider is now looking forward to making use of Sunday morning's warm-up to finalize the last details of their setup before the race, which will start at 2 p.m. local time.
“We knew this is a track where we normally struggle a bit more than at others, but anyway we're not so far off. We're not yet where we would like to be but we'll work hard this evening checking the data and hopefully we'll be able to get a bit closer in tomorrow's warm-up,” Marc said. “We've had just one completely dry session so far this weekend, so FP4 was like a normal FP1, and with the new tarmac and everything we needed more track time, more laps to set up the bike and to adapt the riding style.”
“As for the crashes, I had both of them in the same corner: regarding the one in FP4, I was trying to find the limit, and as for the one in qualifying, we had changed the setup a little bit and I probably should have done that corner a little bit differently. I was prepared for it in view of my second exit but then I had a little problem with the second tyre and couldn't do a perfect lap. Anyway, of course we'll do our best in the race.”
