RiderTua.com – The crash while leading the race clearly made Marc Marquez very disappointed considering that this was the first time the Gresini rider had led on a Ducati. He slipped on his favorite track and had to end the race at COTA early.
Marc explained that the main reason for his disappointment was that the sensation was there and the speed was there. Despite technical problems that plagued him throughout the race, the front brake behaved strangely and overheated. The reason why he can stay in the top group is that his speed is not very high. He had to overcome braking problems, and at first he managed to do it quite well.
Marc Marquez: Brake Problems Cause Crash
However, the disaster was visible on the lap before Marc Marquez crashed. He revealed that at Turn 11 he wanted to brake as usual, but everything was not in place. This time he was able to save it, but on the next lap his race was over. “I was maybe a little faster, had to brake harder, then slipped,” he said.
Marc Marquez – Crash GP AmerikaJust like in the Portuguese GP, Marquez also failed to score points in the American GP. But there is one positive thing from racing at COTA this time. “The speed is there, that’s very positive. This also explains why I wanted to get away from the crowd and go to the front, because I wanted to cool the brakes as best as possible. Normally we pay attention to tire wear and calculate our race, but my mind was always on the brakes front because it feels different at every corner,” said Baby Alien.
MM93 also admitted that he made a mistake and fell. In fact, from the outside the crash didn’t look like a typical Marquez crash. He had time to perform rescue maneuvers long before he crashed without him doing anything crazy beforehand. BTW, technical problems like this rarely occur in the HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) factory team.
This time Marc’s Gresini bike experienced technical problems and they had to find the answer. Very easy. The team responded quickly and they will resolve the issue, he said.
Ducati data proves that Marc Marquez did not talk about brake problems. Before the crash, he pumped the brake lever because no pressure points were felt. Did he squander a win because of that problem? Marc replied that he didn’t know about the win, but maybe a podium, he replied.
Coincidentally, Marquez changed his mind about tire choice just before the start. He revealed that only 2 riders like him used medium rear tires but all other Ducati riders used soft rear tires. That’s why he made a difficult choice at the last second. But the fact is that choosing a different rear tire would not have changed the poor brake performance that day.
