Alberto Puig has pointed out why Marc Marquez was forced to wait for his firs𝓡t win𓂃 post-Honda.

Mar💮quez secured his first wins on a Ducati last weekend in Aragon, rolling back the꧑ years to deliver a perfect weekend.

Marquez revealed that he visited his former colleagues at Honda - where he won his e♔ight world cham𒈔pionships - so they felt “a part” of his newest success.

“I was very happy about Marc💖's victory…and I expected it,” Repsol Honda team boss Puig told .

“And I'll tell you more: I expected him to win sooner, but I was very surprised by ꦡthe difference between this year's Ducati and the 2023 Ducati.

“I think that this difference, which is important, has prevented Marc from 🧜winning races in the first third of the season𒐪.

“That an💦d, of course, that both Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin and even Enea Bastianini are riding wonderfully and are three great riders.

Puig’s Honda remain stuck at the back of the grid,𝔍 𝄹the key reason Marquez chose to quit last year.

But he insists that riding a ‘23 Ducati has h❀eld Marquez back this season.

“That is why I say that what Marc has just achieved, winning with a motorcycle from last year against the official Ducati ones, ha🉐s even more merit.

“I'm not involved in Ducati, b﷽ut I've been here for many years, watching and anal💛ySing the races and the difference between this year's Ducati and last year's is big.

“that's why Marc's merit, by winning in Ar൩agon, is immense. And, I repeat, I expected it, it doesn't surprise me in the least."

Puig pai🍌d tribute to the champion that was once Honda’s star.

“I know better 🌌than anyone who Marc Marquez is, he is a rider with beastly capabilities.

“I know that, following his tremendous accident in Jerez, many people 🅘💮doubted him.

“And I understand it, because everything was comꦗplicated, not only the injuries, the diplopia in his eyes, the motorcycle that didn't work, but, even with everything, I never doubted that I would win again, never!

“Marc has returned to being Marc, he has won aga𓄧in, not because of his talent,♔ not because of the Ducati, not because of his new team…no, no.

“Marc has won again because he had it very clear.

“When you b♋ecome obsessed with a goal, when you have things as clear as Marc had them and have them, when you have a determination♛ as brutal as he has, it is impossible for what you pursue, what you propose, not to happen.

“And e🎐ven less so when it comes to a pheꦓnomenon like Marc.”