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Marquez rues wrong set-up change before qualifying crash

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez believes he could have achieved a stronger result in a wet qualifying session at Silverstone if not for a last-minute change in the set-up. Marquez kicked off Saturday by topping both third practice in the dry and the wet FP4 immediately prior to qualifying. However, he was only managed to take fifth on the grid as he missed the final two minutes of Q2 due to a crash at Copse with two minutes left on the clock. The Spaniard admitted his Repsol Honda team modified the set-up on his bike for qualifying, having not expected as much rain, and it proved to be the wrong move. "I was very disappointed because in FP4 I felt very good with the...
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