{"id":896716,"date":"2026-09-18T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896716\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:12:11","slug":"alex-marquez-explains-bizarre-crash-on-straight-your-body-isnt-ready-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896716\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Marquez explains bizarre crash on straight: &#8220;Your body isn&#8217;t ready for that&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/au.motorsport.com\/driver\/alex-marquez\/466141\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alex Marquez<\/a> offered an explanation for the bizarre crash that red-flagged Friday afternoon&#8217;s Practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish rider had already exited Turn 1 of the Spielberg circuit, and had the Gresini Ducati upright, when he lost control of the bike after a small wheelie and tumbled heavily to the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The curious accident occurred inside the final quarter of an hour, just as riders were starting to push for meaningful lap times. The resulting stoppage led to a final stanza of under 12 minutes once action resumed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>An unhurt Marquez, who managed to put the accident behind him and produce a top-10 lap with his spare bike after the restart, explained that a stuck brake was the root of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The brakes always are quite on the limit here and sometimes, you know, they lock a little bit,&#8221; he said. &#8220;At that point they were a little bit locked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was the first [flying] lap [of the run], so it&#8217;s just that, you know, here we have also a lot of wheelie and then when [the front wheel comes back down], you know, everything needs to be perfect to not crash. In that moment, the brakes were a little bit of a strange problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a nice crash because you don&#8217;t expect it and your body is not ready for that. But everything is okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon crash was not the only odd incident for Marquez on Friday in Austria. During the morning session, he ran off the circuit after a large piece of his lower fairing came loose on the left side of the bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I tried a few different modifications, but also, you know, I had that issue in FP1 with the fairing that was, you know, the main issue for us and I was not able to do the back-to-back [technical comparisons].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Marquez, who has been known to bounce back strongly from shaky Fridays and Saturdays in the past &#8211; most recently at Misano last weekend &#8211; remained focused on the bigger picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not how the weekend starts, it&#8217;s how the weekend finishes. 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