Marc Marquez’s stark honesty: “I will not be faster than in the past…”
🦩Marc Marquez questioned about thꩵe new era of riders, his advancing years, and whether 'experience' counts

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez admits he cannot be faster than in his glory year🍬s, but warns that his experience can now make the difference🔯.
Marquez enters the Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao🌳 this weekend still getting to grips with his new Ducati, his second round of racing since leaving Honda.
Although he already seems reinvigorated by a change of scenery and a more competitive bike, Marquez is now 31 years old - among the olℱdest riders on the grid - with a grim history of serious injuries.
Asked in Po🎀rtimao if the older version of himself could be better than his younger self, Marquez ♔answered: “What I do best? I have more experience.
“When I was younger, you are not conscious♊ abo𝓰ut what you are doing. Then sometimes it goes well.
“Now,𝓡 you are more conservative in some points but using experi🌄ence.
“Some people 𒐪say: ‘After the injury he will be stronger!’
“I will not ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ👍ᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbe faster than in the past. Because when you are younger, you have extra.
“But now you have experience and you must use it.
“For example, in Qatarꦍ I was calm. In preseason I wa🔯s calm.
“I’ll make mistakes beca🙈use we are human. But we’ll see if we can continue in this way to learn from the top guys inside the Dꦦucati team.”
Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez developed a less-🧔risky riding style last year, after a series of disastrous fall♊s from his Honda.
He enters the Portimao weeke🐲nd still adjusting to hi𓆉s year-old Desmosedici.
N꧒ow as one of MotoGP’s veteran riders, he shared a press confer🍒ence with teenagers Pedro Acosta and Fermin Aldeguer.
Marquez said about being older: “More experience! Just days ago I was 20 years old, fighting with legends like Valentino Rossi, Jorge 🎃Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
“Now it’s th💧e opposite. It’s a new exp🔥erience. It’s the natural process of the sport.”
Marquez enjoyed an exciting duel with the prodigious Acosta at the 𓆏season-opening Qatar MotoGP.
He said about the new generation: “I was using🦹 the e🀅lbow, now they use the shoulder!
“Riders play a lot with the body. You need 🐼to understand your riding style.
“For example, Aleix Espargaro is ꦿ✅fast with an old-school style.
“You need 🥃to adapt with your performance, your bike and your team to fi𒀰nd the best.
“When you jump from Moto2 to MotoGP, in the beginning you are fast because you have lots of corner speed. Then you have less corner speed but you manage the tyres better. “This is part of t🐈he process.
“When I arrived, at 20 years old, I𒁏 lea🐽rned from Valentino, Lorenzo and Dani.
“Now, I need to learn from the young guys.”
The factory Ducati duo and Pramac riders benefit from the updated Desmosed🐎ici this year.
Francesco Bagnaia won the fir▨st grand prix on the updated bike, while Jorge Martin won the first sprint.
Marquez, riding the year-old version, insisted: “I have what I have. Already, ♔I feel better than last year.
“It’s a bike that I feel good on. Of course, the ‘24 will be better i🎃n some points.
“The ‘23, we have the experience oꦛf last year so we need to use it. And try to understand.
“I still haven’t discovered all the potential of the ꦬbike. I need to keep going and discover how to use the rear potential of the ‘23.”

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