TOP-3 FINISH FOR MARC ON OPENING DAY AT COTA
It was not an easy day for the Marquez brothers at the Circuit of The Americas, but the results were still positive at the end of the day. Marc Marquez is the quickest of the two Gresini Racing standard bearers with a 2’01.806secs lap-time logged at the last attempt – which was enough for him to finish the day near the top of the timesheets.
Alex Marquez’s American Friday was not as encouraging, with a morning crash (turn 15) and a 13th place that means Q1 tomorrow. With the top ten only 0.150secs away there is confidence in the air ahead of a Saturday stateside action that will begin tomorrow from 10:10 local time (GMT -5)
3rd MARC MARQUEZ #93 (2’01.806s)
“It went as expected, but maybe not as others did. It’s never easy to ride on a track with a new bike but from the second run Frankie and I understood each other well and we found a new, comfortable set-up. My weekend started there. I knew the areas where I would have suffered and little by little we got closer to those three-four faster riders. Tomorrow we’ll understand better where we’re at, the goal is a spot on the first two rows: this is where we’ll understand what we’ll really be capable of this weekend.”
13th ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (2’02.493s)
“It wasn’t an easy day. We improved this afternoon but it wasn’t enough. I also made a mistake at turn one in the most important lap of the day and despite that we finished very close to the top ten and Q2. We struggle in the direction changes and under braking the bike moves a lot… These are details, but we need to work on them.”
