KTM: “Marc Marquez won’t become the new No1 at Ducati”

KTM boss offers a blunt r🔯eminder of the compe🌠tition Marc Marquez faces within Ducati

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez will not😼 swiftly become the top Ducati rider, insists 🌳the KTM boss.

This weekend’s 2024 season-opening Qatar MotoGP 💃is Marquez’s highly-anticipated Ducati debut with Gresi🔯ni.

But the riders more hotly tipped𓄧 to be the frontrunners are the trio riding the GP24 - Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini and Jorge🅰 Martin.

Marque👍z, still adjusting to the GP23 after 11 years at Honda, has unknown potential.

“Marc is a brilliant rider and now has a very powerful❀ bike,” said KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer to .

“This combination will be very dangerous.

"I don't think he will become the new No1 at Ducati and m🦋ake a leap in quality.

Beirer insisted tha⛎t Marquez "will have strong competitio𝕴n in his own camp".

He named Bagnaia as an "incredibl🌊e champion” and warned that Martin "has the knife between his teeth" after narrowly missing the 2023 title and a promotion to the factory team.

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Marc Marquez ‘mentality’ noted ahead of Qatar MotoGP

But Marquez has received backing on his Ducati debut from Pol Es🌞pargaro.

E𝓡spargaro sp🍸ent two years as Marquez’s Repsol Honda teammate in a difficult injury-riddled period for the eight-time world champion.

"If yౠou ask Marc Marquez he will tell you that he is not there to fight for podiums and victories,” Espargaro told .

“Marc Marquez is one o🐻f those riders who knows he can always win.

“It is that type of mentality that 🌼is very necessary in MotoGP.

“Marc has demonstrated it for many years, also on bikes that have not b🧔een at the level, which he has always been.

“And he has been able to fight for race🔴s that seemed impossible.

“Therefore, Marquez knows, and ♈I thiꦍnk he is convinced, that he can win.

“And i💮t is something that we are going to enjoy every race weekend.

“He has a 𒆙lot to prove and we'll see if it starts here in Qatar…”

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