Motor vehicle lock

A method for operating a motor vehicle lock for a flap of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle lock is equipped with a lock catch for engaging with a closing part in a holding manner and a pawl, which is assigned to the lock catch and which locks an opening of the lock catch in a lowered position and releases the lock catch in a raised position,

• wherein the motor vehicle lock has an electric closing drive and a control assembly, wherein the closing drive is activated by the control assembly in a closing routine so as to move the lock catch in a closing direction from a starting position into a main closing position,
• wherein the closing drive is activated by the control assembly in the closing routine so as to move the lock catch from the starting position into a delay position in order to carry out a delay action and then move the lock catch into the main closing position,
• wherein, in the at least one delay action, the control assembly activates the closing drive so as to move the lock catch counter to the closing direction,
• wherein the at least one delay position is provided between the starting position and the main closing position.