Marquez "angry with myself" for Silverstone practice crash

The Repsol Honda rider suffered a major high-side at Becketts in the opening stages of FP2, and while he escaped unscathed, it meant he had to use his number two bike for the rest of the session.

Marquez went on to have a second fall at Village in the closing moments of the 45-minute session, and ended up fifth fastest, seven tenths slower than pacesetter Cal Crutchlow aboard the LCR Honda.

Speaking about the first crash, Marquez admitted it was his own fault, saying he had underestimated how cool it was likely to be despite the clear skies over Silverstone.

"This afternoon, the first crash was a big crash," said the Spaniard. "This changed completely the plan on the practice, we were a bit limited only working with one bike.

"Of course I get angry with myself, only for the plan, because we’re fighting for the championship and we need to control the risk.

"The second crash I can understand because I was pushing, and can be normal, but the first one, I needed to take care on the cold tyres, because maybe I had extra confidence, I felt good when I went out of the box.

"It was my mistake because I didn’t consider we were at Silverstone with the hard rear tyre, it was sunny but not warm like other races.

"About the rest, we tried to work hard and the problem is the second bike had a completely different set-up. I wasn’t able to change, because it takes a lot of time.

"The confidence was not good, but the laptime was coming well, so happy for this."

Crutchlow: Crash shows how tough Marquez is

Having observed Marquez's crash, Crutchlow quipped: "If that was anyone else he’d have two broken legs and a dislocated shoulder! I have no idea how he gets away with it.

"And then, to top it off again, the bike nearly hit him and he still managed to miss it whereas somebody else would be cleaned up.

"It shows true credit to how fast he is and also how tough he is when he can… how tough he is to get back up and start going fast immediately, which he was.

"I was coming into Turn 2 [Becketts] and I looked up and thought ‘what the f***’s that in the distance?’ and it’s him flying through the air. It was big, honestly. But I’m glad he’s ok."

Additional reporting by Oriol Puigdemont and Edd Straw