An interesting talking point has been raised which might increase the optimism around 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez’s championship hopes.

The cancellation of the Argentina round of the 2024 MotoGP season will benefit Marquez, according to his ex-teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro.

Argentina was scheduled to be th🐎e third round of the new season, on April 5-7, but was cancelled 😼due to government restrictions.

The season was reduced from 22 rouওnds to 21, as a result.

E🎐sparꦚgaro believes that losing this race from the earliest weeks of the season plays into Marquez’s hands.

Asked if Marquez can fight for the championsh💮ip this year, Espargaro told : “Yes, I see it𝄹 as possible.

“Above all, it will depend on what he does in the first races or what his rivals do in theไ first races♎.

“If you don't gain muc♔h distance in the first races until you reach Europe, which are the most complicated races, you can do it.

“The good thing is that there will no longer be a race in Argentina and this favours Marc because it is a circuit where he does not🎶 have much experience riding, such as Jerez, for example.

“And if they don't gain much distance in these first races, I think that in the second half of the season is where Marquez can [increase his perform🦋ance].

“He will have already accumulated much morﷺe experience on the bike.

“Of course he can be a champion because he has incr❀edible talent and the GP23 is a competiti🐽ve bike to win the World Championship, there is no doubt about that.”

♛Marquez is swappi꧃ng Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati for this year.

After a promising preseason testing, Marquez’s first race on a Ducat﷽i💫 is the season-opener in Qatar on March 8.

He will ride aꦑ year-old Ducati with title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin 🥃stepping onto the new, developed bike.

Espargaro said about the dominant Ducati which 🦹Marquez will fascinatingly now ride: “Well, it has many things together.

“It has a lot o𒁃f stability,🐈 maybe it doesn't have as much turn, but it makes up for it a lot with the aerodynamic issue.

“They have been the firs🐼t to create that streamlined world in which everyone is focused and working.

“Therefore🎉 they have some advantage over the other factories.

“Right now, the aerodynamic issue isꦅ what all the factories are trying to work on to improve the motorcycles and, there, Ducati is No1 in the competition.

“They understand perfectly what they have to touch when♐ a problem arises.

“I think that is t෴he key to their superiority and what makes the diff𝓰erence with other factories.”

Espa💦rgaro is a te🦹st and reserve rider for KTM this season.

He spent two s🉐easons alongsideꦬ Marquez at Repsol Honda, in the eight-time champion’s difficult period as injuries hampered him.