Alex Marquez’s Ducati is “worse than 2022, we need to adapt better”

Alex Marquez has shared a comparison between last year's Ducati 🎃and this year's

Alex Marquez, Sepang MotoGP test, 6 February
Alex Marquez, Sepang MotoGP test, 6 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez’s feedback after his first day 🐎of testing in Sepang shed light on the challenges faced by Gresini Ducati.

The younger Marquez brother’s Tuesday wasღ highlighted by a fall at Turn 2 then a seventh-placed finish, +0.591s behind leader Jorge Martin.

But his words about the development of his ‘23 Ducati - which he will begin using this season - show there is still work to be done. He rode the standard GP23 on Tuesday, without the upgrades enjoyed by Francesco Bagnaia or J🐓orge Martin last season.

“Honestly speaking, worse than ‘22 in th💛is m♚oment,” Alex said.

“We need to adapt better.

“In the last run of the day we found something.

“I 🍌was able to make [1:58.5] with used tyres. It’s not a ♔bad time.

“We need to se✱e if this is the way to follow or if wꦬe need to change more.

“Here, with the ‘22 bi🔯ke on the GP, I had a better feeling.

“Especially in 𒐪the turning area I was strug🦩gling a lot today.”

🍎Asked where he struggled, Alex said: “A little bit of everything. I didn’t do a time attack because I had 12 kilos in a full tank.

“I was with a set-💯up which I 🦩didn’t like. I had a lot of problems, big movements.

“Later on, when we tried the lasܫt run, it was much better.

“We didn’t have a lot of margin to improve.

“For t🌱he first day, the feeling was not bad. I was riding, approaching the braking point in the correct [way[. We need to be happy for that.

“And find the solu🌼tion for tomorrow, see what we can try.”

He did, at least, have a be🐻tter day than Gresini’s other supersta♒r rider.

Marc Marquez, his brother and his new teammate, had to clarify afterwards that he first crash of a Ducati was a “misunderstandin🎀g” because he did not actually fall.

But Marc was blighted with techn🔜iꦍcal issues on Tuesday.

Alex accept🉐ed his own day was better: “Yes. I am more lucky with the technical problems.

“I did a normal day. I did a small ꦏcrash on the first corner - something strange, I touched the inside corner. The power delivery was not clean.

“It was strange. Apa✃rt from that stupid crash, everything was working well.”

The Marquez brothers will hope the technical issues faced on Tuesday will be solved by the second day of the Sepang tes꧂t.

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