Marquez says 2014 Brno save still his biggest

The Honda rider had a big moment at Turn 13, but managed to avoid a crash by pushing the bike up with his elbow and his knee.

The save was similar to one he produced two years ago at the same venue in the post-race test, although that time TV cameras did not catch it.

"The 2014 one is still bigger and more spectacular, but there's only photos of it, so I'll be honest, once I saved it I wondered if the camera was on me," joked Marquez, who ended up the session fastest.

"When these things happen it's because you are pushing and on the limit. I lost the front end.

"There was a moment where I thought I was crashing, but I'm a rider who doesn't let go of the bike until the final moment and I managed to save it with the elbow, which was starting to burn already because the overall had a hole.

"Then I kept pushing with the knee, and then once I saved it I said 'box' to calm down."

Marquez said his leaning angle during the save was 67.5 degrees, a smaller number than in 2014.

"They told me it was 67.5. In 2014 it was 68.3 and the whole body was off the bike. It was different here. There's an onboard image where you can see the bike on the ground, but I saved it.

"How? I don't know. I always say it's luck, but there's been a few already. But I hope in the race I don't need to save it like this."

The Spaniard admitted was happy with the progress made after a difficult morning session.

"In the morning I simply wasn't comfortable with the electronics. We didn't have a good base, so we changed a few things in terms of electronics.

"We also improved the set-up, but we still need to improve. We are not too far."