168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was ‘sandbagging’♏ during the preseason Sepang testꦉ, claims Simon Crafar.

The Gres🦹ini Ducati rider was far more low-key during the three day test than he was in Valencia last year, when he stole the show.

But there are signs from within the꧙ paddock that Marquez might have been holding back his true potential on his new bike.

Ex-racer and now MotoGP broadcaster Crafar watched Marquez in Sepang: “He’s not got parts to test because he’s in a satellite team. But he’s getting t🦄o know the GP23.

“He’s chan꧂ging the bike a lot. It’s going u𒈔p and down.

“He’s exploring, which is what testing is for. He’s getting ⛎to know what he likes.

“So🙈mething I noticed; the riders that are up the top, they’ll he🦋ad out on a soft rear, bang, do the time.

“The next run they do? They’ve tak🎉en so much life out of it, they’re no longer in the ✃57s, they’re in the 58s. Then in the 59s.

“Marc hasn’t been doing time attacks, he’s been ಌkeeping it in the 58s. He’s doing runs out there, keeping it consiste💛nt.

“So, my impression, is that he’s testing. When I go out on track, the only place where he’s aggressive - the Marc♈ we know - is in braking.

“He looks impressive! I predict he’s going to be thജe hardest Ducati rider in the braking z𒐪one this year.

“Pecco has been, then he’s been threatened by Jorge Martin and Enea Basﷺtianini.

“But I think Ducati will have a new🌊 braking area champion!

“The re🐽st, he ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhas been doing it smoothly and consistently.

“The last turn, he is going consistently wide. It’s not the sort of thing that an eightꦡ-time worlꦦd champion does.

“That, to me, p൲oints to sandb🎶agging a little. Losing time consistently on one corner.

“He knows that he can just💞 go, bang! And the time will go, when he wants it, when he can put the rest 𝓰together.

“It’s my gut feeling watching.

“It doesn’t mea🍰n that I think he’ll win the first race yet. But we haven’t seen what he can really do.

“He’s working hard to make friends with this bike. He’s trying everything with Frankꦇie Carchedi, from positions on the bike to geometry settꦇings.”

Marquez was 14th-fastest on Day 2 of the preseason Sepang🅠, which Crafar was commenting on꧟.

He was ninth on a tricky Day 1 which included technical issues. And🎃 ꧒sixth on Day 3.

But his sprint simulations caught the eye.

Marquez did 10 laps with an average time of 1m 59.059s. Both Marc and his brother Alex🔜 pos🍸ted faster times than Alex’s winning time in last season’s Sepang sprint race.

Pramac’🍷s Jorge Martin has already claimed Marquez w꧋ill fight for victory in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP on March 8-10.