168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro has offered a prediction about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s season which might worry their MotoGP rivals.

The Portuguese MotoG🧸P at Portimao, the second round of the 2024 campaign, is this weekend.

Marq🏅uez is still adjusting to his year-old Ducati but a P4 finish at the season-opener in Qatar represented progress from his drab final year with Honda.

The chat in🐼 thꦆe paddock is about how far Marquez can truly go when he is fully acclimated to his new bike.

"Marc is, without a doubt, the most ta𝄹lented rider in the championship,” Espargaro, who has known him since t♓hey were both children, was quoted by .

“With the best bike on the grid... one plu❀s one equals two.

“꧑We will see how long he takes to get there, but he will be one of the strongest…

"I know the Gresini team well, s🧸ince I raced with the Aprilia Gresini tea♐m.

“💮The team is very familiar and pleasant. It h💎as everything to show that it can win.”

But Espꦇargaro also knows that the form and consistency of reigning champion France🐽sco Bagnaia is tough to overcome.

Factory Ducat༺i rider Bagnaia, this year riding the developed GP2🌊4, won the first grand prix of the year to begin his title defence on top.

"Pecco has a much 🐻higher level than people believe,” Espargaro in🎃sisted.

“Because winning two consecutive titles with the rivalry that 𒆙exists is very difficult.

“He is the man to beat.”

Espargaro is well known to be close friends with Jorge Martin, his fellow Spaniard who missed out on the championship on the final d✱ay of 2023.

Pramac’s Martin won the Qatar sprint and is immediately Bagnaia’s n☂earest threat.

"He has shown ve🅘ry high speed from the last part of the season in 2023 until now,” Espargaro noted.

“He will also be the man to beat.”

And what about Espargaro’s own hopes?

I𓃲n 2022 h♈e finished fourth in the standings, his best-ever result. He was sixth last year.

The oldest rider on the grid, aged 34, is first aiming to establish Apr🤪ilia as the nearest contender t❀o the dominant Ducatis.

But there is optimism around h♑ow Espargaro might fare this season.

"The goal is to finish in the top three of the championship,” he♊ 🐭said.

“We h♏ave been close for the last two💫 years, I hope this is the right time.”

Espargaro’s first weekend of 2024 was bizarre.

He awoke on Sunday in Qatar believing he could win, 🌃after a brilliant conclusion to Saturday’s sprint.

But rear grip unexpectedly blighted him,ꩵ and he trudged home in eighth.

Portimao, this w꧂eekend, offers the next chance tꦺo impress.