Marc Marquez race sim is red-hot, but he points at favourite to win Thai MotoGP
“I’m the second one…”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez has denied that he is the favourite to fight for victory in the opening round of MotoGP 2025 in Thaila🍌nd despite a head-turning race simulation on the last d🅘ay of testing.
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:factory Ducati 💜rider completed a 23-lap🧔 race simulation on Thursday at the Buriram test in an average time of 1m30.378s, which was half a second quicker than the all-time best grand prix lap at the venue from 2023.
Marquez also caused a stir with a sprint simulation at the Sepang test, while he topped both 🐠days at Buriram on the combin✨ed standings.
This has already led many to brand him favourite to open up the 2025 season with a win, though he still believes that title beꦑlongs to his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia.
Marc Marquez's impressive race pace simulation ⏱️ He was on average 0.7 per lap faster than Pedro Acosta and Alex ꦛMarquez who did a comparable distance 📊
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“Forꦇ me, the favourite is Pecco and I’mﷺ the second one,” he said.
“Last ye꧒ar we finished the championship like this.
“He fouꦍght for the championship for the last four years, won two꧅ times.
“So, we are in the world championship, everyone is very fast. Testing is testing, but how many pre-seasons is one rider sꦚuper-fast?
“So, we will try to find a good base. 🎉We found it, but continue with a good balance that will be very💫 important.
“And don’t forget 👍[Jorge] Martin. Ok, he’s not here 🍃and when you don’t see the name you just forget.
“But he’s a world champion, and as we saw [Mar🌞co] Bezzecchi today with the Aprilia he was fast.”
Marc Marquez on Ducati engine decision
On the final day of testing, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ducati confirmed it would be racinꦦg with its 2024 🍎engine for the next two years having not been able to make clear gains with the 2025 spec.
On the decision,💜 Marquez said: “I mean, of course, from th🦩e beginning I saw that, for me, it was two new bikes.
“So, from the beginning I saw that t💫he balance of the ’24 was super good🌺.
“But then we kept working a lot on the ’25 to understand if we can manage tꦆhe weak points, bec♐ause there was some very strong points.
“But then trying the bik𓃲e in three different race tracks, we understood… well, more than understand, I think Ducati took a smart decision to stay calm and be with t🐲he 2024 base, the engine, because then we have some small new things that we introduced here, we introduce at the races.
“But the bike is working well and was no reason to take a risk to homologate an engin♐e that we don’t know for the next two years.”
Marquez also downplayed his impressive race run on the final day of testing, highlig💫hting that not many did full distances like he did and that his brother Alex🗹 Marquez had a bike issue on his.
“I think not a lot of people did a long race, but it was one of my ⛦targets,” he explained.
“I know that it is boring, but it was 🌠a motivation there against my🎃 brother because is is fast also and he had a small problem.
“But it was like ‘ok, we do it d♏ifferent, not together, and then at the end we compare’. And we did it, because at the end he is riding in a⛎ very good way.
“I had a big list on technical si൩de and on performanc꧙e side and on my side of riding style, and we achieved everything. So, I’m ready to start the season.”
