Marc Marquez revealed a “very good intensity” from lights to flag was the reason why he completed a perfect MotoGP weekend at Aragon.
Marquez topped every session of the weekend and became the first rider to achieve the feat for a decade, since himself at the 2015 German Grand Prix.
The eight-time World Champion revealed he needed complete focus and intensity in order to win Sunday’s main race ahead of brother Alex Marquez.
“The weekend was a perfect weekend for us. We led all the sessions and were very focused. It was a perfect weekend,” Marquez told SpeedWeek.
“The team did an excellent job. I focused completely on training and showed very good intensity from the start, finishing almost a second faster than the second-placed rider.
“And then I tried to find the same speed with less risk. We’ve done it again after 2015, 10 years later. It’s nice to have another perfect weekend.”
Marquez admitted he “forgot about lap times” while he was riding around the circuit, which allowed him to control his lead at the front.
“I was very focused. The race was faster than I expected today. But I was still able to manage it well and control it until the end.
“I always tried to follow my gut feeling. I simply forgot about lap times and rode the way I felt.
“And then once I saw that we were in the 47 range. But at that moment, I didn’t feel any more than usual. So I stayed calm.
“And then the track got faster step by step because I was riding the same way. But it was also important not to overheat the rear tyre.”
Marquez was ‘thinking a little about Austin’
Marquez also revealed he had been concerned towards the end of the race about losing points in the title battle, citing his crash in Austin as an example.
The Ducati rider has a lead of 32 points over brother Alex, but a couple of errors in COTA and Jerez have made the gap closer than it could have been.
Marquez suggested the way he kept focused throughout the Aragon race was to ride even faster.
“If I want to fight for this championship, I can’t lose stupid points like I did in Austin, for example,” Marquez admitted after the race.
“With 7, 6, and 5 laps to go, I was thinking a little about Austin.
“And then I said to myself: ‘How can we find a solution?’ The fastest lap. Because that way I’ll get back into the race better.”
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