Marc Marquez feeling a lot of ‘support from Ducati’ as momentum builds

Marc Marquez admits he’s receiving a lot of support from Gresini and Duca♎ti as whispers about joining the factory Ducati team surface.

Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April
Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was in top form during Sunday’ Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, finishing second behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia following a brilliant fight for victory.

Marquez,ꦆ who lꦍost time early, caught the two-time reigning MotoGP champion before attacking twice at turn nine. 

But despite his best weekend aboard the Ducati in terms of performance, which did no harm in his attempts to jo🌌in the factory Ducati team in 2025,🅰 Marquez does not want to think about the championship.

“It is too early. It’s not something where I don’t want the🌞 championshiౠp, but it is too early to think about the championship because I know that there will be some race tracks where I will struggle a lot<” said Marquez.

“But let’s see. We need to keep going and with this bike I feel some of the strong points of my riding style are 𝔉๊weaker, but the weak [from before] are now a bit stronger.

“This is something that in the test will be important. During the race weekend it is super difficult 🍎and st𝐆ill we need to understand something on the balance of the bike.

“We have the tools that we hܫave and I will do the maximum. But I feel the support from Gresini and Ducati and this helps me a lot.”

Marquez has been brilliant since joining Ducati, and despite crashes at COTA and Jerez, both of which were down to unusual circumstances, the eight-time world champion is clearly getting closer to a first win with the🍨 Italian brand.

One of the reasons for that is the natural speed he’s showing, which is no🦂t something that’s come about because of overriding, like at Honda.

“For me, the Ducatiﷺ is the bike t🍒hat is the most complete in all the circuits,” added Marquez. “Of course, in some circuits other manufacturers will arrive but it is a bike that when you understand the potential and how to use it, then the lap time comes, I don’t know why.

“You go ou𒁏t and the lap time just comes. You don’t do anything special or I don’t do anythin🐻g special.

“Sometimes in the past I was 🎶struggling with both tyres, or fighting with the front, but with this bike at the moment I am smooth and the lap time is coming.

“This gives me more and moreꩵ confidence. The good thing for me is that still I don’t have a crash because of overriding.

Yesteꦓrday [Saturday] I crashed, but it was a wet patch. To override and lose the front or the rear, still this has not happened. I still have margin to understand 🦂where the limit is.”

Marquez ‘stressing the front tyre’ in battle with Bagnaia 

Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April
Marc Marquez , MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April

After two attempts at taking the lead during the grand prix, Marꦆquez was unable to mount a late charge as Bagnaia set a new fastest lap deep into the race to create a small gap.

Asked if he was too tentative early on, Marquez refuted that claim: “I attacked early but when I arrived to him I attacked. But when he pushed and made that 37.4s I lost a l꧅ittle bit and with those four tenths, I was stressing a lot the fron🅺t tyre in the last two laps.

“The previous two laps from that attack on Pecco. Then I just g♔ave up a bit because I had a lot of front locking and then the last lap I tried again becau💫se I was riding in a comfortable way. 

“I was pushing but I was not overrid𓃲ing. The last lap I said [to myself] I would do my normal pace and if he makes a mistake, but he did a very good race🗹.

“Th♑e victory was on the first overtake at turn nine because the tyre was ready to do it.

“But when I did another🦩 two laps behind him it was impossible to stop well in the braking areas.”

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