Marc Marquez branded practice at the MotoGP French Grand Prix as the worst Friday of his season so far after failing to gain a Q2 place for Saturday's qualifying.
The Gresini Ducati rider crashed in the hour-long afternoon practice at Le Mans and struggled for pace through to the chequered flag. His penultimate flying lap in the session was thwarted by a yellow flag, before a mistake while fastest through the first sector on his last effort consigned him to 13th and a place in Q1.
I was not smooth enough, I was not clean on the lines and in that crash, I leant too much. 'I was struggling to keep the lines and then I leant too much. So, we need to understand well and try to understand tomorrow the way to improve.' The Spaniard tried a set-up direction in FP1 that proved effective, but suggests his Gresini team may need to revert to his standard settings for Saturday after his struggles in second practice.
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