Alex Marquez says he was able to use a practice \u201cproblem\u201d to his advantage during he Silverstone MotoGP Sprint.<\/p>\n
In a Silverstone MotoGP Sprint that was dominated by Aprilia, Ducati struggled dramatically, but Alex Marquez much less than the others thanks in part, he says, down to a \u201cproblem\u201d he had in practice.<\/p>\n
Ducati\u2019s main issue was tyre wear, with grip fading dramatically in the second half of the race for Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marc Marquez in particular.<\/p>\n
While they went backwards, though, Alex Marquez went forwards. He said afterwards that his ability to manage the end of the race better than the other Ducati riders was because he\u2019d already encountered that grip loss in practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had this problem already this morning on the FP2 second run that I was super-slow and having this problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I think that was the best training for the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Marquez feels he should have run the medium-compound rear tyre instead of the soft.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, after the Sprint and all that, I think we did a small mistake to not put the medium rear [tyre].\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think for us it was a better option to pay a little bit of time on the first lap […] to recover a lot in the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it's like it is and it's an experience for the future. It was like it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, I was quite lucky in the beginning that I had Raul [Fernandez] and also Marco [Bezzecchi] in front.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were fast, but not extremely fast, so at that point I was able to save some tyres. Instead, the other ones were trying just to follow Jorge [Martin], but he was super-fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marquez explained that he didn\u2019t use the medium rear tyre in the MotoGP Sprint because he hadn\u2019t considered it as an option before the last minutes before the start.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did the mistake that I never put the \u2018option\u2019 of the medium, you know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then when Michelin came to me before going to the grid, they said to me \u2018Maybe Raul will go with the medium\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n