Marc Marquez: “Honda riders aimed at me, I’ll do the same with Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin”

Marc Marquez plans to target Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, in the same way that incoming Honda riders would target him.
Marc Marquez: “Honda riders aimed at me, I’ll do the same with Bagnaia, Martin”

Marquez was unveiled alongside his brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez in the blue of Gresini Racing at the weekend, showing off the Ducati which he hopes will restore him to the front of MotoGP.

But chief among the new issues that Marquez will face is his seven fellow Ducati riders, including last season’s champion Ba𓃲gnaia and runner-up Martin.

"Logically when the new riders arrived 🍎in Honda they ‘aimed’ at me,” he told at the Gresini lau𒐪nch. 

“Now I w💞ill do the same with Bagnaia and Martin who are the two strongest and who are makingꦗ the difference. 

“I⭕ have to learn a lot of things from the two 🎶of them to understand how to ride this bike.”

Marquez will riꦛde a GP23 this season, the bike which Bagnaia and Martin rode as they battled over last year’s championship.

The factory Ducati and Pramac riders will step 🔥onto a new GP24.

Marquez add🌺ed: “Toughest opponent? In the end I'm worried more about myself, because I have to manage myself. 

“We hav♍e a lot of work to do, the expectations are very high bu꧑t I want to start calmly: if you eat too fast, then you get indigestion." 

He said about his new team: "Tไhey took a risk with me, they waited for my deไcision until October.”

Marquez has been tipped by riders from up and down the grid to immedi⛦ately fight for the 2024 championship, now he is rid of the Honda that held him back.

"I want to have fun again,” he insisted. “I won a🌳 lot but the last 3-4 years were very difficult for me and I was looking for something different, to have fun on a motorbike again. 

“The Gresini team was the only one who waited for me🔯 and gave me my time, when it saw me ready, it chose me. 

“It's a risky challenge for me but the Gresini family is very beau🐼tiful, a team that has a lot of hi🌼story. 

“What if I aim for the World Championship? I'm coming from difficult years and I haven෴'t won in a long time. 

“I pꦦrefer to cr🃏eate the base slowly then we'll see where we get. 

“But today I can't have a clear objective."

He shone on his Ducati debut at the postseason Valencia test, a run-out which hasꦇ whet the appetite for the upcoming season.

"I was only able to do 50 laps ꦜwith the new bike but I felt good,” Marquez said. 

“I rode cleanly, 💮I wasn't yet in a position to be aggressive in Valencia. 

“I'm curiousℱ, I have a lot of determination to get to th🌱e tests in Malaysia and do a lot of laps. 

“I'm like a child with 🍷new shoes, that's what they say in Spain!”

The Marquez brothers will be teammates again for the first 🔴time since early-20💞20, before Marc’s injury issues ended that period early.

“I always wish Alex the best,” Marc said.

“What I always tell him is that he must think that he is very strong, he is a two-time 🅰world champion, and I am s❀ure he will do well this year.”

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