The eight-time world ꦚchampion spent the early part of second practice in the top three positions, as he lit up the timingsheets alongside brother Alex.

However, when it came to 🥀time attack performance he and the remaining three Hondas had no answers for their rivals.

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Marquez did admit the race pace from his RC213V was strong, but the Spaniard will have to go through Q1 after finishing Frida﷽y’s running in 15th.

“At some tracks we have the one lap speed and not the pace, but here it is 💛the opposite, and our pace is quite good, but the one lap speed is not the🅘re,” began Marquez. 

“It was a day that we were expecting, so it is not a big surprise. I st🌼arted both sessions well but couldn’t find that extra bit when we switched to the time attack.&🥂nbsp;

“Quali𝔉fying will be very important, with twওo races starts this year, so I will keep giving my 100% to see what’s possible in Q1.”

Team🍷-mate Joan Mir was one place back in 16🌼th as he finished just over a tenth down on Marquez. 

Struggling with the same problems as previous rounds, Mir said: “It’s a pretty similar Friday to what we hav💛e had throughout the year honestly.&n♑bsp;

“It’s difficult to make big step൩s here, the grip changed a lot here over the course of the day and I felt pretty good with the second and third tyres 📖we used in the afternoon. 

“Tomorrow we will🔴 keep trying to improve and giving our all, hopefully we can be close to the spots moving into Q2. 

“It will bꦬe important to see what the weather 🐼does as well.”