The season-opening Thailand MotoGP coul🔜d result in a first premier class win for an intriguing rider, it has been claimed.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez has been named alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli as 🐭among the favourites to win the first grand prix of 2025.

Their performance in preseason testing - and their com♑fort o🌠n the year-old Ducati which they also rode last year - means they caught the eye.

“You have to 🧸say that going into the Thailand MotoGP, the four names we’re speaking about won’t come as a surprise to anyone,” Dorna’s Jack Appleyard predicted.

“The big-hitters we’ll be talking about will be Alex Marquez on the GP24, Franco Morbidelli on the GP24, and Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia on the G🐲P25s."

Ducati domination at Buriram predicted

“Ducati dominated the Thai GP l♔ast year. In the sprint they ꦯlocked out the top eight," he added.

“The ༒nearest KTM was 13-and-a-half seconds adrift o🌺ver a 13-lap race!

“The nearest Yamaha was 14-and-a-half seconds🍰 away, Honda were 18-and-a-half seconds away, Aprilia were 19-and-a-half seconds away.

“They had seven bikes in the top🐲 10 at the end of practice. They locked out the front two rows of the grid.

“T💖his circuit is made for Ducati! 𝓡It plays to its strengths.

“The first half-a-lap, t𒐪he run to the final corner, is hard𒐪 braking, get it stopped, accelerate.

“That’s where they ga♔in all of their time. It was a complꦛete Ducati domination.

“You wouldn’t be surprised to see A. Marquez, M. Marquez, Morbidelli and Bagn🐻aia inside the top five.

“I think it’d be a huge sur💙prise if they don’t lock oಌut the top four.

“Yes, some manufactur𓆉ers have improved but, at this place, Ducaꦏti are in a different league.”

Marc Marquez and Bagnaia 💖are expected to ♔fight for the 2025 MotoGP championship.

But as they adjust to the new factory-spec Ducati, Al✱ex Marquez is an interesting pick to contend 🌞for victory in Thailand.

He hasn’t yet won a premier class race.

Morbidelli, meanwhile, hasn’t won a grand🍒 prix since 202ꦅ0.

The first round, the Thailand MotoGP, is this weekend - February 28-M🐷🐼arch 2.