Explained: Why Alex Marquez rides a Yamaha in training

Gre♔sini Racing’s Alex M൲arquez was training on a Yamaha

Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2025 Thai MotoGP
Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2025 Thai MotoGP
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Recent footage from the Aspar circuit showed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez training on a Yamaha.

That's because the Grꦛesini Ducati rider is set to receive a new machine from the manufacturer he represents in MotoGP.

Unfortunately for Marquez, it’s not a new race bike, but rather a new training bike, as the Italian company is repo🍸rtedly preparing him a new Panigale V2 S, according to the .

The Spanish rider continues at the moment to ride a Yamaha R6 in training, despite having been a Ducati MotoGP rider – albeit on a satellite contract with the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gresini Racing team – since 2023.

In contrast, his brother – 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez, who became a factory Duca🌠ti rider in January and who currently leads the MotoGP stan💞dings after winning both races at the opening two rounds of this season – has been riding the 120bhp 2025 Panigale V2 S since January. 

Marc Marquez’s Ducati Lenovo teammate, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia, is theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱🅰ᩚᩚᩚ only other rider to have been given a V2 S for training purposes.

Motorsport.com reports that the younger Marquez had initially wanted a 2024 V2 last year, but wit🌊h the bike in the end of its production cycle he decided to wait until the new bike became available this year. 

Additionally, the bike that will be initially loaned to Marquez will become available for him to purchase outright 𓆉at the end of this year.

Marquez currently sits second in the MotoGP riders’ standings, 16 points behind Marc Marquez, a๊fter finishing second in both Grands Prix and both Sprints so f꧃ar this year.

Round three of the 2025 season takes place this weekend at the Circ൩uit of the Americas in Austin.

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