The eight-time world champion had not seen the chequered flag on a Sunday in MotoGP previous to Austria because the 2022 Malaysian GP, marking a near-year stint of 301 days and not using a grand prix end.
At the entire grands prix Marquez began in 2023 previous to Austria he had crashed out, with all of his factors as much as final weekend coming within the dash contests.
However a raffle on the comfortable rear tyre within the scorching Austrian GP on Sunday allowed Marquez to take the chequered flag in 12th on his troubled Honda, marking his first major race end 10 rounds into the marketing campaign.
“It seems to be like a joke, but it surely’s true,” Marquez stated when requested about his first Sunday MotoGP end of the 12 months.
“It’s the primary time I completed a race on Sunday [this year] and first factors of the season on a Sunday.
“Mainly, it’s straightforward to know. You simply method the race in one other mentality, as I did at Silverstone.
“Okay, [not finishing at] Silverstone was extra of a race incident, not using over the restrict.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Crew
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“At this time I’m going out, we selected the comfortable as a result of the sensation was fairly good, and ultimately, as anticipated the tyre dropped rather a lot. Nevertheless it was acceptable.”
Previous to the summer time break, Marquez had been combating in robust positions in a number of grands prix – most notably France and Italy – earlier than crashing out.
However because the resumption of hostilities on the British GP, he has altered his method to focus purely on accumulating knowledge for Honda quite than on outcomes.
He famous after the Crimson Bull Ring spherical that the focus required is similar, as in any other case “it’s obscure” what is going on with the bike.
Nevertheless, he concedes this method is “tough”.
“I’m concentrated in the identical manner [as if I was pushing for results], as a result of it’s vital to strive issues as a result of should you strive new set-ups and various things on the bike and you aren’t absolutely concentrated, then it’s obscure,” he defined.
“However particularly right now for instance I had one other motivation, which was to attempt to handle that comfortable rear tyre as a result of I noticed that the sensation was good.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Crew bike
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
“And ultimately, as we anticipated, the tyre dropped rather a lot. Once I noticed that I used to be able to assault, I overtook them [the riders ahead] and I’m going.
“Nevertheless it’s tough to method the races like this, however we tried many issues throughout this weekend.
“Each run was a unique bike. This morning was an enormous change, however we understood that was not the route.
“Then for the race, it was a small change however massive from the dash race, which was a bit higher, reverse to the warm-up.
“So, step-by-step we try to analyse as a result of, with this 12 months’s aero, the bike is a bit totally different.”