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Marc Marquez: Best 7 laps of the year, but Honda has two problems

It ended in his third DNF in a row, but Marc Marquez said he 'enjoyed' his attacking seven-lap appearance in the Catalunya MotoGP. Battling both a lack of physical strength in his healing arm and shoulder, plus grip issues with the Repsol Honda, Marquez decided to throw caution to the wind, saying "just burning fuel and tyres riding for P12, P14 is not me." The Spaniard rose from 13th to 9th on the opening lap and was up to sixth place by lap 4 of 24. But the pace then became too much to match and, in an effort to stay with Aleix Espargaro, Marquez pushed too hard in the braking zone for Turn 10 and lost the front of his RC213V. "Today I enjoyed. I was pushing. I mean, I was...
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