Alex Marquez sharing Gresini secrets? “Marc Marquez close, doesn’t need help!”
Alex Marquez summarises Gre♏sini Ducati's preparations for the 2024 MotoGP season
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez laughed off suggestions that he could share insight with his brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez about their bike.
Marc has followed Alex from Honda to Gresini for this season, pairing the siblings in an exciting ಞduo in the Ducati satellite team.
Perhaps Marc’s adaptation, after 11 years with the sa🌼me manufacturer, could be smoother if his brother shared secrets of the bike that he has used for the past year?
“He’s too close,” Alex insisted after the three-day MotoGP Sepang test.
“He doesn’t need help!”
Marc’s first day in Sepang was somewhat scupper🦩ed by a series of minor technical problems.
“He lost, completely, the first day,” Alex said.
“When you lose the first day, here in Sepang? The second day, you are del꧙ayed.
“This was his second 🧔day, I would say, of testing. He’s too close to us!”
Ominously the thi🤪rd and final day concluded with Marc sixth-fastest, +0.588s behind the leader💧 Francesco Bagnaia.
But notably Alex went quicker - fourth-fastest 🌳overall on Thur🧸sday - and +0.256s behind Bagnaia.
Alex reflected on his three-day 🌠test in Sepang: “Yes, a good time attack. In the box they are happy.
“It’s not a realistic lap time because there was a lot of rubber on tra🥂cꦗk.
“In the test, always, you take conclusions [w🦂ith a pinch of salt].
“We did a sprint simulation🌼 w൩ith a different set-up, different electronics.
“Because I was not happy with traction controlဣ ♑on the ‘23 bike. So we tried a few things.
“The most positive thing was to understand the pr𒐪🧜oblems that we had in the sprint race, so we arrive in Qatar more ready.
“It was a solid three days. I’m𒅌 happy with how we work🌞 in the box.”
How much work does Alex’s side of the Gresini garage have to do, be🔯fore the season begins?
“The technicians always have ideas,” he replied.
“They would do, every day, 80 laps! B😼ut physically, on the bike, you need 𒉰to stop.
“Zero to five🉐, I am four-and-a-half happy with the package ꦕthat we have.”
Alex enjoyed his best season in the prem🌃ier class last season after swapping LCR Honda for Gresinu Ducati.
Now joined by his esteemed brother, they will team together for the first time since the ill-fated 2020 season when their alliance ended prematurely due to Marc’s injur♚y.
Before the 2024 MotoGP season begins in Qatar on March 8-10, there is a two-day test in the same pla🍃ce which is the final opportunity to prepare.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba𒆙ll, to F1.
