Marc Marquez suffered his fourth crash of the 2025 MotoGP season on his option to fourth on the timesheets throughout Friday follow for the British Grand Prix.
The title chief had solid doubt on his pre-event prediction of Silverstone being a tough circuit for his using model by main FP1.
However the afternoon hour, through which Marquez suffered a front-end fall at Flip 3, was certainly a harder contest for the manufacturing unit Ducati star.
“I closed the fuel later. I braked later. I went in quicker, with extra banking… Outcome: Restrict!” Marc defined. “I simply braked too late.”
If the reason for the autumn wasn’t a thriller, Marquez admitted it was maybe not smart to cling to his GP25 for as long as it slid off monitor.
“It is my intuition. I used to be considering extra to return again to the storage and proceed with the identical tyres, greater than the crash,” he defined.
“I used to be considering extra to save lots of the bike.
“However it’s true that it is difficult as a result of once I handed over the grass I hit a bit the hand.
“Pondering proper now, I’d say ‘simply quit’ [and let the bike go], however my intuition meant I held the bike!”
Marquez was briefly pushed out of the highest ten earlier than simply claiming direct Qualifying 2 entry with fourth place (+0.360s).
In the meantime, youthful brother Alex exploited his superior nook velocity to prime the timesheets for Gresini, with the Yamahas of Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller separating the Marquez brothers.
“Right here I’m struggling greater than in Qatar,” Marc admitted, having emerged from Lusail with an ideal double victory regardless of additionally flagging that monitor as considered one of his weakest.
“I’ll work on my using model. However I am shedding lower than up to now, so for that motive I am nearer to the highest guys.
“It is true that it is a bit like final yr right here, with the used tyre I really feel higher than the brand new tyres, whereas within the first races the time assault was additionally considered one of my robust factors.”
The eight-time world champion, who agreed that Alex continues to be the rider to beat this weekend, might thus face his hardest battle but to increase an ideal run of dash victories to seven.
“There was just one proper nook the place Alex was extremely quick, in comparison with the opposite Ducatis, which is flip 8,” he revealed. “However we all know Alex. Right here, Catalunya and Malaysia, all these lengthy proper corners, he’s tremendous quick and traditionally this has been considered one of his greatest tracks.
“From FP1 to Apply, I already diminished a bit [the Turn 8 gap], however he gained in others. So in the long run, we’ve got some up and downs. I’m gaining quite a bit in some corners. He is gaining quite a bit in different corners.
“In fact, he’ll work on his weak factors, I’ll work on mine. However it’s just like the tendency, as at all times: Lengthy proper corners he’s quicker, left corners I’m quicker.
“Let’s have a look at what we will do for tomorrow.”
Marquez misplaced some useful follow begin time when he suffered a technical difficulty on the finish of the morning session.
“A sensor detected some error, and I obtained a message to cease the engine,” he stated.
“In fact, the follow begin turns into increasingly essential, particularly as a result of with the entrance system, rear system it is tough to disengage on the [fast] first nook right here.
“It’s not like Le Mans, nevertheless it’s tough. However it’s like this, so I can not give it some thought.”
As a substitute, he’ll name upon the identical kind of intuition that put his hand in danger within the afternoon fall.
“I’ll attempt to comply with my intuition tomorrow initially.”
Marc will begin this Saturday’s Dash with a 22-point lead over Alex.
Manufacturing facility team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was seventh on day one at Silverstone.
