> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.the-race.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Marquez ‘angry with myself’ over absent-minded second crash
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/marquez-angry-with-myself-over-absent-minded-second-crash/
- Published: 2021-05-16T16:51:52.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T16:41:50.000Z
- Description: Honda rider Marc Marquez was left “angry” with himself after a second French Grand Prix crash that he deemed “not necessary”
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: MotoGP, #image-bottom-center

Honda rider Marc Marquez was left “angry” with himself after a second French Grand Prix crash that he deemed “not necessary”.

Marquez, contesting his third race since his return from injury, looked on course for a dream outing as he revelled [in the wet conditions at Le Mans,](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/miller-wins-french-gp-despite-penalty-marquez-falls-from-lead/) jumping ahead of Fabio Quartararo during the bike swaps and establishing an early two-second lead.

> 😱 [@marcmarquez93](https://twitter.com/marcmarquez93?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) crashes from the lead!!!
> 
> A return to winning ways has slipped away! 💢[#FrenchGP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FrenchGP?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) 🇫🇷 [pic.twitter.com/FaFKjSZvOO](https://t.co/FaFKjSZvOO?ref=the-race.com)
> 
> — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) [May 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1393903109538263040?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)

That came to naught when he highsided off his bike at the final corner – but Marquez was able to continue after that and looked on for a decent result regardless, recovering to 11th but then crashing again, this time at La Chapelle.

And while he said the first fall was a natural part of the risk of flag-to-flag races, Marquez did admit he was irked by the second crash, which he feels came about through a loss of concentration.

“It’s true that obviously today we don’t use the opportunity that the weather brought to us,” he acknowledged. “And I’m disappointed about this.

“Already in the \[morning\] warm-up was quite difficult to get the temperature in the rear tyre, especially in the entry, but then on the race I knew that, if just I was patient, and I was, and I thought that I was inside the limits, but if I was patient that first three-four laps then will be a good race for me.

![Marc Marquez Honda Le Mans MotoGP](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2021/05/2021-motogp-round-05-le-mans-france-1024x683.jpg)

“But I crashed when I didn’t expect obviously, I wasn’t pushing a lot but anyway was like this, this can happen in a flag-to-flag \[race\], it’s quite a lot of risk, many crashes today.

“The good thing is that I took the bike again, I was the fastest guy in the race track – but I’m angry to me, to myself, because the second crash was not necessary.

“I was more thinking about another thing, about the position on the bike. I was just riding and I didn’t think about the track conditions. So, the second crash was much better if I avoid, but anyway the weekend was quite positive.”

> Crash #2 for [@marcmarquez93](https://twitter.com/marcmarquez93?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)! 💢
> 
> The Spaniard was storming through the field until this point! 😲[#FrenchGP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FrenchGP?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) 🇫🇷 [pic.twitter.com/CC4PNuovE5](https://t.co/CC4PNuovE5?ref=the-race.com)
> 
> — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) [May 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1393907713248309251?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)

Marquez said the race was “exactly what we expected” in terms of conditions, adding: “Riding slower, I know – checking now in the motorhome the pace of the riders – the race \[win\] was there.”

He also revealed that he was preparing to come into the pits for a late-race switch to slicks – which nobody ultimately attempted – when he fell.

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2021/05/7336c65fa87190a74a375663a25b39d3e059e7081380c37a4065cf399a7ab88f-300x201.jpg)](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/why-mirs-biggest-le-mans-mistake-came-after-the-crash/)

Why Mir’s biggest Le Mans mistake came after the crash

[Read more](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/why-mirs-biggest-le-mans-mistake-came-after-the-crash/)

“This was my fault, and I was not able to control myself,” he reiterated of the second crash. “I was not fully concentrated.

“I was riding fast, maybe too fast. I didn’t know the front riders were riding slower than me, after the first crash. I was just riding, thinking about the \[recovering right\] arm, other things.

“On that lap I just informed to my team that I was just informing my team that I was going in on the box, to change to slicks, because I believed the track was ready.”