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Speed still there , says Marquez on impressive MotoGP return
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16/04/2021 - 19:36 Marc Marquez was third fastest in free practice ahead of the Portuguese MotoGP PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA AFP 3 min
Portimao (Portugal) (AFP)
Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez made a remarkable comeback Friday in his first competitive ride since crashing nine months ago and declared: The speed is still there.
Marquez was third fastest in the opening free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix.
The Spaniard fared marginally less well in the second session but still produced the sixth fastest time overall to round off an exciting return, 271 days after his crash at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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From now on, I think my knowledge is increasing, is much better. I’m set to do a better beginning of the race. This is what I was missing today, just to be performing better the first six laps of the race. If I would do that and start in a better position, my race would be much easier and for sure I will end up the race in a higher position. Already on the second lap I was three seconds behind and at the end of the race I arrived 5.9 seconds. So I lost 2.9s to Maverick in 20 laps. This is nothing because I’ve been overtaking. recovering time, getting stuck behind some riders.