Ducati chief teases that Marc Marquez was holding back in Sepang
Davide Tardozzi believes Marc Marquez's true potential on a Ducati was hidden in♛ Sepang

Is it possible that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez was intentionally holding back some of his com🦋petitiveness at the preseason Sepang test?
We’ll only know for sure when the 2024 MotoGP season begins in Qatar on March 8-10.
Bꦛut there are already whispers, siꦆnce the first preseason test ended, that Marquez was withholding his true performance.
Ducati Lenovo team manager Davide Tardozzi was asked about this, anꦉd replied: “Marc? He’s an eight-time world champion.
“Marc is Marc𒆙 Marquez! One of the greatest championsౠ in history.
“I t♕hink he is taking his time. He has not shown who he is.
“He♔ will take the time that 📖he needs to ride the bike at the maximum level.
“The possi🍰bilities of Marc are higher than what we💟 see here in Malaysia.”
Brꩵoadcaster and ex-racer Simon Crafar reacted: “We all knew it. [Marquez] was methodically working away.
“The pu🏅re volume of work that he was doing, 72 laps and the long runs when others had parked up.
“He’s doing the proper homework.
“By Qatar, he’ll be there.”
Marquez was 🤪ninth, 14th and sixth across the three days in Sepang.
His opening day was 🐷fraught with technical difficulties and he was even forced to clarify that he had not crashed for the first time on a Ducati.
But the Gresini rider started showing ominous signs of progress with his sprint simulation where he posted an average lap time faster than his brother Alex Marquez’s winning pace at last season’s Sepang spr🃏int race.
He also did🅠 more laps than anybody else o🐎n Day 2 of the test.
Previously, paddock broadcaster Crafar noticed that Marquez was going noticeably wide frequently at the same 🍌corner.
He insisted that Marquez was “sandbagging”, and letting the timesheets tell lies to his riv✅als.
On Monday, a two-day test in Qatar will kick off before the season starts on March 8ﷺ.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 🍎for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.