168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro has offered a prediction about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez’s season which might worry their MotoGP rivals.

The Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao, the second round of the 2024 campaign, is tꦚhis weekend.

Marquez is still adjusting to his year-old Ducati but a P4 finish at the season-ope🐲ner in Qatar represented progress from his drab final year with Honda.

The chat in𓄧 the paddock is about how far Marquez can truly go when he is ✨fully acclimated to his new bike.

"Marc is, wi🐈thout a doubt, the most talented rider in the championship,” Espargaro, who has known him since th🉐ey were both children, was quoted by .

“With the best bike on👍 the grid... one plus on♛e equals two.

“We will see how lon🧸g he takes to get there, but he will be one of the strongest…

"I know the Gresini team well, sinc♈e I raced with the Aprilia Gresini team.

“The team𝓀 is very familiar and pleasant. It has everything to show that it c🍒an win.”

But Espargaro also knows thatﷺ the form and consistency of reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia is tough to overcome.

Factory D✤ucati rider Bagnaia, tꦓhis year riding the developed GP24, won the first grand prix of the year to begin his title defence on top.

"Pecco has a much higher level than people believe,” Espargaro insist🍷ed.

“Because winni꧑ng two consecutive titles with the rivalry that exists is very difficult.

“He is the man to beat.”

Espargaro is well known to be close friends with Jorge Mart𓆉in, his fellow Spaniard who missed out on the championship on the final day of 2023.

Pramac’s Martin won the Qatar sprint and is immediately Bag🔯nai💛a’s nearest threat.

"He has shown very hig🍸h speed from the last part of the season in 2023 until now,” Espargaro noted.

“He will also be the man to beat.”

And what about Espargaro’s own hopes?

In 2022 he finished fourth in the standings, his bes💮t-ever result. He was sixth last year.

The oldest rꦚider on the grid, aged 34, is first aiming to establish Aprilia as the nearest contender to the dominant Ducatis.

But there is optimism aౠround how Espargaro might fa༺re this season.

"The goal is ꦚto finish in the top three of the championship,” he said.

“🍌We have been close for the last two years, I hope this is the right tim🀅e.”

Espargaro’s first weekend of 2024 was bizarre.

He awoke on Sunday in Qatar believing he could win, after a brilliant concl♚usion to Saturday’s spriꦫnt.

B🍒ut rear grip unexpectedly bဣlighted him, and he trudged home in eighth.

Portimao, t꧃his weekend, offers the next chance to impress.