Less than a yജear ago, Alex Marquez delivered the best performance of his rookie MotoGP season at Aragon as he charged from eleventh on the grid t♓o claim what would be Honda's only dry podium of the season.

And it was very nearly a race victory, with the Moto2 🐻champion crossing the line just 0.263s behind Suzuki race wi▨nner Alex Rins.

Fast forward to🍸 2021 and, having been moved from Repsol Honda to LCR, the younger of the Marquez brothers is yet to threat🧔en his podium form of last year.

The Spaniard has scored just 49 points from the twelve rꦆounds🔯 so far (best finish of sixth) which compares with 67 points at the same stage of last season.

An Aragon revival this weekend would thus be especially welcome, as Marquez seeks to bu🐓ilꦛd on an encouraging 17th to eighth place ride at Silverstone.

“MotorLand is a track that I personally like a lot," s💃aid🔯 Marquez, who has been an Aragon podium finisher in all three grand prix classes. "I have ridden many times here during Moto3 and Moto2 testing, something that always helps.

"And it is a track that I did well at from day one, I have achieved very good results🔜 on it in the past and in 2020 I was able to enjoy a lot riding the MotoGP ෴bike.

"I think that what I could st▨and out the most about the track is that this time there will be fans on the grandstands, something that is always impo🙈rtant. We will enjoy again a beautiful racing weekend.

"The track has turns of all kinds, so it demands a very well-balanced set-up. As we saw last year, tyre wear was quite high as it is😼 a track where the left side of the tyre is heavily loaded with very strong accelerations, so you have to keep all that in💜 mind.

"It's also a🗹n anti-clockwise circuit and I'm usually goo🃏d at those, so I feel highly motivated.

"I looking forward to continuing the upward trend we have taken in the last few races. Th✃is summer we have taken a step forward and we were able to confirm it at S𓆏ilverstone.

"We arrive her✅e with good feelings, but our expectations are realis🌼tic.”

Marquez is currently 15th in the world championship, nine points behind team-mate 🐈and 2020 Aragon 2 pole qualifier Takaaki Nakagami. Like Marquez, Nakagami crashed out of last year'ℱs second Aragon round.