MADRID, 13 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish rider Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) has assured that he is “much better” and that his priority this pre-season was “to be physically fit” after his numerous operations and his reappearance last year, and he has been satisfied with the first contact in the official MotoGP test at the Sepang International Circuit.
“Being physically fit was the most important thing for me in this test in Malaysia. I have felt much better and I have been able to have a normal winter. We have worked in a very specific way to improve my sensations in the arm and we have achieved it”, he pointed out in an interview with the official media of his team.
Even so, the one from Cervera is “demanding” and wants “I still want more”. “I have been able to complete three days of testing here in a good way and we still have a month for the Portuguese Grand Prix, which is where I want to be one hundred percent and start in the best way,” he underlined.
Regarding Repsol Honda’s work, he explained that he worked all winter and that the team “has organized itself very well”. “When you have four bikes, it’s not easy in three days to test everything well and take the right directions, but I think we’ve managed it. We’ve worked well and we’ve analyzed all the new components they’ve brought,” he said of Friday’s test to Sunday in Sepang.
“We have a new technical director, Ken Kawauchi, who comes from Suzuki, and he has brought a new concept and ideas. The engineers have collected a lot of information and now we will see if for the Portimao test they can bring something new and some new ideas to help us. to be faster, which is what this sport consists of”, he continued.
Finally, the eighth world champion pointed out that he has never met his teammate Joan Mir on the track, but he trusts in his “talent”. “We have never met Joan on the track. I don’t know how he is doing, but from what I have seen in telemetry comparing to see how he is and how he is riding, you see that he is a talented and fast rider. He is MotoGP world champion , so he will be a tough rival and teammate, but this is also nice because it makes the level in the box grow,” he concluded.