Marc Marquez belie𒆙ves he can challenge Jorge♛ Martin in Sunday’s MotoGP Australian Grand Prix, but not if it is “like a rally race”.

Marquez topped Friday’s running 𝔍at Phillip Island, but was convinced the GP24s would take a step forward compared t🍬o him come Saturday once they’d had time to analyse data from practice.

Indeed, Martin dominated a tricky qualifying to claim pole ahead of Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:was untouchable in the sprint as he beat the Gresini ride🐽r by 1.5s after easing off in the last laps.

Marquez’s race was compromised by him not ‘calculating’ Martin’s braking point at Turn 1 on the first 🗹lap, whic꧃h sent the eight-time world champion wide and forced him into a fightback from eighth.

“Today before the race I said ‘Ok, will be a normal first lap and then it will be an easier race’,” he tol🌺d motogp.com.

“But immediately in the first corner🍸 I did a mistake. I didn’t calcula💞te well the way that Martin braked.

“It’s true that he braked super a💖ggressively but it’s the way to disengage the front device, the rear device after the start.

“So, that small mistake plus the wind cost me a lot of pos♛itions. Then, from that point, I concentrated well, I tried to push from the beginning on that lap, don’t exaggerate because it’s easy to exaggeraꦬte and do more mistakes.

“So, I just focused on that second position. When I arrived there I tried to push for two laps, but I saw Martin reacted in a good way. Tomorrow we🃏 will have another opportuni🔥ty.”

Marquez believes he can c🌊hallenge Martin on Sunday, but fears that a spread out ‘rally race’ will favour the Pramac rider more than him.

“Maybe yes, ma🔯ybe no,” he replied when asked if he could take the fight to Martin in the grand prix.

“I think yes, but of course at the moment, hon🦹estly speaking, tomorrow if we have like a ‘rally race’ [with] everybody alone, he’s faster than me.

“So, let’s see if we can do a good first lap and especially try to understand the wind, the track temperature, because ෴here the wind direction changes and it changes the riding style.”

In t൲erms of tyre choice for the grand prix, Marquez is unsure what approach he will take and needs Michelin “to inform” him about any potential blistering that might occur.  

“Right now, in the sprint, the s⭕oft rear was the correct option,” he s🧜aid.

“But we need to cut the tyre, understand how the tyre wearꩵ is. Michelin needs to inform the teams how is that famous blistering because new asphalt normal🦹ly it’s there.

“But let’s see. I think it will be between t🅰he soft rear and medium, but it will be crucial because here when you drop the tyre you can be one, two seconds slower.”