Marc Marquez has worryingly admitted that he is \u201cin a moment where I don\u2019t understand how I\u2019m riding\u201d, after claiming a front row in qualifying for the MotoGP French Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
The reigning world champion has endured a tough start to the 2026 season, with his injured shoulder continuing to affect him.<\/p>\n
However, he also noted after missing Q2 on Friday at Le Mans that he is struggling for front-end confidence on the GP26 Ducati.<\/p>\n
That came as the likes of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Pecco Bagnaia showed strong single-lap and long-run pace on Friday.<\/p>\n
But Marc Marquez<\/a> managed a new lap record to get out of Q1 and missed pole to team-mate Bagnaia by just 0.012s in Q2 on Saturday morning.<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a problem\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Marquez\u2019s 1m29.2s in Q1 was about a second faster than his best in Practice, but he is unsure where that speed has come from as his base set-up is \u201cmore or less\u201d the same.<\/p>\n Speaking in parc ferme after qualifying, he told TNT Sports: \u201cI\u2019m in a moment where I don\u2019t understand how I\u2019m riding. And it\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m laughing, but it\u2019s a problem, because I need to understand the way I\u2019m riding because I can be fast, as I showed today and as I showed in previous races.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I cannot be consistent. So, it\u2019s there where I am working.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how today I improved one second, because the bike is more or less [the same].<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cThey [the team] worked [on it], but the base is the same, more or less. So, it\u2019s myself, and it\u2019s there where we will try to improve in the next weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n Marquez has been strong on Saturdays in the sprints so far in 2026, having taken two wins from the first four.<\/p>\n Asked what he can expect from today\u2019s half-distance race, Marquez replied: \u201cI don\u2019t know, I cannot say to you, because if you check the pace of free practice, I\u2019m fighting for the top 10, eighth.<\/p>\n \u201cBut, starting from the front row, let\u2019s see if I can follow the top guys.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Pecco and some of them are faster than me this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez has worryingly admitted that he is \u201cin a moment where I don\u2019t understand how I\u2019m riding\u201d,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-659805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}