The hard stick that Marc Márquez gave himself in the FP1 of the British GP, at 267 per hour, led him in the afternoon to cancel his commitments with journalists, to rest, but he was kind enough to send a reassuring message through the department communication of Repsol Honda. The accident ended with no injuries to regret, but grit got into one eye that bothered him for the rest of the day.
This was said by the eight-time champion: “Today I felt quite good from the start. I already said yesterday that I felt energetic this week, that I felt good. My shoulder did not bother me much and I was able to go out and ride as I like, as I wanted, although it was a shame the crash at the end of FP1 that upset the plans for FP2 a bit. During that fall, sand got into my eye and that caused a small wound that bothered me during FP2, because my eye was crying. Although it was not a problem, when I finished FP2 it did dry out more and the wound got a bit worse. I have gone to the hospital to have it cleaned and in theory it does not have to be anything serious. They told me that tomorrow will be fine, but I need rest, to be with my eye closed. “
And a final summary: “You can say that I am happy with how the first day went (fifth at 0.7 from the head), I felt good on the bike and it seems that here it works well and we have a good level, so let’s see if we can keep it from here until the end of the weekend. “