MotoGP championship leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez says Ducati’s GP24 gave him an im🌳mediate "wow" factor from his very firstꦉ laps aboard the machine at last November's Barcelona test.

“When I tried it for the first time in Catalunya, it was like ‘wow’💞 this bike is super nice to ride,” Alex expl🐠ained.

“On the first day with a new bike you can be really fast in one lap but not on consistency, because you don't know how the bike will react and allꦆ that.

“But I was able to ꧙be fast on one lap, fast on consistency and already unde𒀰rstood what the bike will do.”

The confidence gained from that initial test continued during pre-season testing, then the opening rounds, wಌhen Alex secured seven runner-up finishes in a row.

“We carried on the tendency of the first test to all the pre-season tests and kept growing. The GP24 is giving me the confidence I need to ride as I wan🍷t, as my style is,” he said.

After🃏 a blip with sixth, due to incidents and penalties in Qatar, the 29-year-old rebounded with second in the Jerez Sprint and then a milestone victory in the grand prix.

To put his performances into perspective, Alex only took one podium finish, a third place, during the entire 2024 season on the trickier GP23. He is already on the verge of beating his entire points haul from the 2023 and 2024 (Sprint) season🧔s.

The Gresini rider, who takes a one-point title lead over brother Marc - on the latest factory GP25 - into this weekend’s Le Mans round, explained that the versatile nature of the GP24 means it can work with lots o𒆙f riding styles.

“I don't need to adapt a lot to the bike because this bike is quite natural and adapting a lot to all the styles of all𓆉 [the riders]… It's a really complete bike.

“So if you want to push on the braking. It’s there. If you are a rider who likes more the flow, or you like more to go on the gas also it’s t💞here.”

Ducati is unbeaten for the last five years at Le Mans, winning with ♏five different riders.

Victory by any Ducati rider on Sunday will also sܫet a new🐼 MotoGP record of 23 Grand Prix wins in a row