Alex Marquez on Marc Marquez’s secrets: “Sometimes talking confuses more than it helps”

Alex Marquez insists that he and his brother Marc Marquez do not share information as much as you might think.
Alex Marquez, Ducati MotoGP Valencia 2023
Alex Marquez, Ducati MotoGP Valencia 2023

The siblings will reunite this year as Gresini Duca✃ti ✨riders after Marc followed Alex, a year later, out of Honda.

It means they will share a garage, a bike and data for ♎the first time since 2020, when they were Repsol Honda teammates, a period which ended early due to Marc’s injury.

"We talk on the circuits, but not much,”♑ Alex said on . 

“There is not much time. H🍃e is one way and I💜 am another. 

“It is also like that with the other riders💦, sometimes talking confuses more than it helඣps.

“That's why everyone has to do their own thin🎃g. 

“I work with his team and his people. 

“If you have doubts, of course it is an advantage to go to your brother and ask 'how do you do i💦t?'

“But if not, no."

Marc’s impressive debut on a Ducati at the postseason Valencia test means he enters 2024 as a MotoGP title contender.

It could be the key toꦅ the younger Marquez brother’s improvement too.

"I really like to observe the 🔯people around me,” Alex said.

“For example, my b🦩rother has won eight world championships, so I say 'is he good, what does he d🎃o better?' 

“Sometimes people, when they have someone who is better next to them, say that꧙ it's luck and that's it.&ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnbsp;

“But if you look at it with the idea of ​​wanting to learn, it's cool, if not⭕, it doesn't get better.”

A career in the sp🤡otlight as the younger brother of arguably MotoGP’s greatest ever talent has not always been easy for Alex.

A Moto3 and a Moto2 champion in his own right, the most recent premier ♑class season was his best yet.

But he’s had to 🐼cope with criticism along the way.

"When things go wrong you have to ✱know who criticises you constructively, who can help you," he said. 

"For example, the 'haters' give me motivation.

“The 'hate' makes you think 'I'm going to shu♛t up, I'm going to try harder’.

“When you leave here, you will realise that the important thing is🎉 that they talk about you. 

“The day they stop doing that, it's over.

"At first criticism hurts because you are not used to it, but in the end it is what I said before: you have to fo♈cus on constructive criticism. 

“When it comes to criticism that is going to hu🐷rt, why waste time with it? You set it aside and that's it.

"There will൲ always be people who want 'evil', but it's envy. 

“How many people would like to be here? 

“You have to surround yourself well, have your family close, and tho🥀se who help you keep your feet on the ground.”

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