Marc Marquez’s brutal comment proving he won’t wave the white flag to Ducati at Portuguese MotoGP
The six-time premier class champion has claimed he cannot even challenge for the podium at the 2023 season-opening 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Portuguese MotoGP next 📖weekend, such is the ferocity and number of the Duℱcatis.
But his brother 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez, who will debut for Gresini Ducati after leaviಞng Marc at Honda, has explained a private chat they had🦹.
“I told him that in the sprint race I was doing top five and he told me: 'W💝ell, you'll be sixth because I'll be fifth’. That was his answer,” Alex told .
Repsol Honda rider Marc has previously claimed he could be as low as 10th in next Sunday’ౠs grand prix.
Is he demoralised by 👍his Honda’s lack of competitiveness?
"No,” teased Alex. “It's preseason 🤡and that's why they don't give points.ไ"
Alex is arriving into the 2023 seꦯason in better shape than his brother, but believes th🐠e preseason Portimao test holds some secrets.
"On paper, yes, but it's Marc,” he said. “He will go further.🔥
“In 🅷preseason there are those who keep all their cards, those who teach a little and th🦂ose who teach a lot."
Were Honda saving themselves? "No, but they cont🅘rolled the risks,” Alex said.&🍸nbsp;
“For example, the 37.9 🐷that Francesco Bagnaia did at the last minute, 🥀with the temperature it was, is a high risk 10 days before the start of a championship. It wasn't necessary, anyway."
Marc is chasing a seventh MotoGP title to equal Valentino Rossi’s꧅ total but knows there have been four different champions on four different bikes i🌱n the past four seasons.
Ducati, clearly, begin the year with the best m🥀achineꦅry.
Yet Alex admits that M🅷arc is still among the favourites to become 2023 💙champion: "After 21 races, yes, because he is the most complete in all conditions and on all circuits. He is still the most complete as a rider.
“You have to have the weapons to fight.”
Alex picked his top fou𝐆r for the Portuguese MotoGP: “Pecco, Quartararo, although it will depend a lot on their classificꦏation, Jorge Martín and Marc. Those four.”
And his favourites to win the championship: "Three: Pec♕co, Fabio and ♊Marc.”
Jame𝓰s was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a ꧋decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
