168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez ꦰwill not swiftly b💝ecome the top Ducati rider, insists the KTM boss.

This weekend’s 2024 season-opening Qatar MotoGP is Marq🅰uez’s highly-anticipated Ducati debut wi༒th Gresini.

But the riders more hotly tipped to be the frontrunner🥃s are the trio riding the GP24 - Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastiani🐲ni and Jorge Martin.

Marquez, still adjusting to the GP23 after 11 years at ﷽Honda, has unknown potenti🌼al.

“Marc is a brilliant rider and now has a very power🔯ful bike,” said KTM motorsportဣ director Pit Beirer to .

“This combination will be very dangerous.

"I don't think he will become the new No1 at Ducati and make a leap in qua🅠lity.

Beirer insis😼ted that Marquez 💖"will have strong competition in his own camp".

He named Bagnaia as an "incredible champion” and warned that Ma📖rtin "has the knife between his teeth" after narrowly missing the 2023 title and a promotion to the factory team.

Marc Marquez ‘mentality’ noted ahead of Qatar MotoGP

But M💮arquez has received backing on his Ducati debut from Pol Espargaro.

Espargaro spent two years as Marquez’s Repsol Hond🎀a teammate in a difficult injury-riddled period for the eight-time world champion.

"If you ask Marc Marquez he will tell you that he is not there to figh🐽t for podiums and victories,” Espargaro told .

“Marc Marq🎀uez is one of those riders who knows he can always win.

“It is that type of mentality that🍒 is very necessary in MotoGP.

“Marc has demons🐟trated it for many years, also on bikes that have not been at the level, which he has always been.

“And he has been able to fight for ꦅraces that see📖med impossible.

“Therefore, Marq𒆙uez knows, an👍d I think he is convinced, that he can win.

“And it is something that we 🌌are going to enjoy every race𒊎 weekend.

“He has a lot 😼to prove and we'll see if it starts here in Qatar…”