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Reigning world champion Marc Marquez is resigned to his Honda losing ground to his Yamaha title rivals off the line for the remainder of the MotoGP season

While his slow getaway not as pronounced as Valentino Rossi's drop from third on the grid to fifth at the start of the Czech Grand Prix last Sunday, Marquez could not match Jorge Lorenzo's Brno start.

A week earlier at Indianapolis, polesitter Marquez was jumped at the start by Lorenzo, and had to wait until three laps from home to retake the lead.

The Spaniard says that it is a problem the team is aware of, but that any solution would be for Honda's 2016 bike.

"I think we are losing on acceleration and on the start [itself]," he said.

"With first gear, we start well, but when we [go up through] the gears, also with acceleration, we have a lot of wheel [spin].

"This is basically one of the biggest problems. With this wheelie, the bike is very physical.

"We are trying to work on this, but for next season. This season it will be like this."

With seven races to go, Marquez is 52 points behind Yamaha team-mates Lorenzo and Rossi.

While Lorenzo dominated the Brno weekend, Marquez split the pair in the race and was content to look ahead to more favourable circuits.

"It's really difficult to catch 52 points from one rider and it's even more difficult to catch 52 points from two riders," he said.

"Both of them have really good pace, like we saw [at Brno], both of them were on the podium at Indianapolis again.

"So it will be really difficult, but we will try our best.

"Brno was one of the most difficult for Honda and our problems and my riding style and now it's coming to circuits that should be better.

"But also Silverstone will be difficult because Jorge is strong there every year."

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