Marc Marquez: “Honda style” my main worry

Marc Marquez: 'I need to keep working꧋, thinking tꦿo ride what the [Ducati] wants, not what I want.'

Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Qatar MotoGP, 7 March
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Qatar MotoGP, 7 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez says that reverting back to ‘Honda style’ is his main worry during his first MotoGP weekend as a Gresini Ducati rider.

The eight-time world champion, ꦚwithout a race win for the last two seasons, has spent winter testing trying to adapt from the front-end strengths of the Honda to the high rear grip ava꧋ilable on the Ducati.

Clear progress has been made,🃏 with fourth place in the final test at Lusail, but the Sp𓆏aniard remains concerned he could slip back into his old style under the pressure and stress of a race weekend.

“M𓆏y natural riding instinc🃏t is still going to Honda style,” Marquez said. 

“In a test you are calm. You can think about it. But in a race weekend with pressure, with str💛ess, my natural instinct still is riding like Honda.

"I need to♏ keep working, keep thinking during all of the weekend to ride what the [Ducati] bike waꦡnts, not what I want.”

Marquez - who gave his 2024 title predictions as Pecco (MotoGP), Aldeguer (Moto2) and Alonso (Moto3) - joked that the fact he and forme♈r champion Fabio Quartararo were placed in a different press conference to last year’s MotoGP top three shows who the favourites are.

“We'r♋e in the second press conference! The guys to beat are in the first one, they are the favourites,” said Marquez, who has played down his chances of a debut Ducati victory or even podium this weekend.

“In the end, [success in]ꦫ MotoGP is a combination… And to have all these things is super difficult. So the key is just try to accept the situation and be realistic all the time and this is what I personally do.”

Opening practice for the Qatar Grand Prix starts on F🐷riday afternoon.

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