{"id":40950,"date":"2026-10-30T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/marquez-soffre-ma-e-secondo-iker-in-crescita\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T00:52:35","slug":"marquez-soffre-ma-e-secondo-iker-in-crescita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/marquez-soffre-ma-e-secondo-iker-in-crescita\/","title":{"rendered":"MARQUEZ STRUGGLES BUT FINISHES SECOND, IKER ON THE RISE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>ALEX MARQUEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSomething didn\u2019t work in FP1 this morning and I didn\u2019t feel comfortable on the bike. We worked patiently to find the right feeling again, and things went significantly better in practice. We got back to being smooth, especially on the soft tyre, which will definitely be important here. Unfortunately, I\u2019m not feeling great physically. Things have got worse compared to Phillip Island, so we\u2019ll need to take it calmly in order to finish the weekend strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>IKER LECUONA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with the progress compared to this morning. I won\u2019t hide the fact that this circuit has always been one of the tracks where I struggle the most, and I was quickly reminded of that this morning. In practice, I immediately felt better. I set my final time while riding on my own, and that is definitely important. We\u2019re still missing something, but we can certainly take another step forward tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEX MARQUEZ \u201cSomething didn\u2019t work in FP1 this morning and I didn\u2019t feel comfortable on the bike. 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