Márquez finishes sixth despite heavy morning crash

In FP1 for the Thai GP, Marc Márquez finished third with a time of 1’31.187 . In the final stages of the session, the MotoGP World Championship leader suffered a heavy crash at Turn 7, when going back out on track from the pits.

The Repsol Honda Team rider was transferred first to the circuit medical center and then to Buriram Hospital, where he underwent medical tests to rule out serious injury.

Márquez led the FP2 until 4 minutes from the end, when many riders mounted new tyres. The Repsol Honda Team rider continued to work on his race pace with used tyres and finished sixth, with a time of 1’30.891.

Jorge Lorenzo took almost a second off his time from the morning in FP2. His 1’31.949 best lap placed him 20th overall.

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2019 Thai GP – Rider statements

#MM93

We started the day well but in the last run we had a big crash on our out lap. I was feeling OK when I arrived in the medical centre but we followed the doctor’s procedures and went for some checks.

The most important thing is I am OK, I’m in some pain but OK. In the afternoon I was able to ride well and I am happy with what we achieved. We only had to modify our plan a little bit but I was able to be fast immediately.

#JL99

This morning I was quite satisfied with what we did because we did a lot of laps with good pace. In the afternoon we changed the setting but it didn’t work as well as we had wanted in the warmer temperature.

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