“It’s pole position, we’re in the water, but we needed it,” said Marquez.

Marc Marquez kept his infectious smile on his face as he addressed the envoy in Spanish at the end of the official press conference.

i want that pole

“It’s Saturday, it’s pole position, it’s in the water, it’s everything you want, but we needed it. Maybe we didn’t expect it so soon. But both the team and Honda and I needed to get this kind of encouragement..even if it’s a ‘pole’ it’s good to have this kind of feeling of celebrating things again.sit in the chair’

Easy from FP2

“Already with the free seconds the time came out easily and when I realized it was water, Alberto, who already knew me, said to me, ‘Don’t screw it up for me (laughs). I said, don’t exaggerate. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the first row or he’s in the second, but don’t exaggerate, ”I risked. To exaggerate, it’s not faster, it can be slower, but tomorrow we can get back to where we were, but today the pole is there.

Back in Motegi

“Fate said that my last ‘pole’ was here three years ago and must be here again. So it is true that in those three years many things happened that I did not expect at all. A lot has happened in the world too. The pandemic and all, but above all, it’s true that I’m suffering because I’m not yet where I want to be. ”

cautious

“The tortilla is not something that changes from day to day, it is based on work and perseverance and the purpose of the last six races was this, a little stimulation, to celebrate and what we celebrated when we woke up this morning, for example. We are in the second classification on the team and we celebrate it because we need to know how to evaluate where we come from and where we can go…the satisfaction that brings us.”

having fun in the rain

“Yesterday I said that if it rains I have to take advantage of it because I have always been a fast rider in the water. No, but today I was fast and comfortable, I felt good about my arms, I was in a good position, I was able to lift the bike in the right corners, which I couldn’t do before; is that for me the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter little by little and later I know what 100% of my arm is, but I have already gained something by deciding to operate again. ”

Test yourself with 24 spins

“Tomorrow is the test. There are a lot of things to manage, tires, petrol, physical, so 24 laps in a row is a good test to see how to manage everything. One is to drive as you want, and the other is to drive with your body in mind, and you have to manage a lot of things in your head to drive as you want.”

In the water you can drive however you want

“In the water it confirms that I can ride the way I want, at least in the position I want. Later on there are issues with the bike and everything else, but this gives me extra peace of mind because Aragón: I noticed my arm was bouncing here and not riding dry today will help tomorrow because if I was riding dry all weekend it would have been difficult to do well at a high level but they is a stimulus