Even if Marc Marquez loses eleven points to Andrea Dovizioso in each of the𒀰 remaining six rounds, he would still win the 2018 MotoGP titl💎e.

"Luckily for us Ducati [only] come very, very strong in the second part of the season. So we have 67 points 𝐆advantage. If they gain 5 points every race, no p🔯roblem," Marquez said after finishing runner-up to Dovizioso last time at Misano.

But i𓃲s the Repsol Honda rider really prepared to show such patience? Especially with Turn 10 of the Aragon circuit being rena𒐪med in Marquez's honour on Thursday.

"This year will be special because it will be the first time that a circuit dedicates a corner to me, and I’m very excite🍃d about that," he said.

"Aragon is one of my favourite circuits on the calendar, a track where I normally feel at ease and I can r🌳ide very well. I look forward to racing in front of my home crowd."

Marquez hasn't wonꦏ since July's German Grand Prix, with Dovizioso and Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo𒆙 taking victory in the three races since.

When Dovizioso said that Marquez woul🅰d "for sure" push for victory in front of his home fans at Aragon, the Spaniard spo🧔tted a trap.

"He wants to push me to do a m꧃istake!" Marquez smi💫led.

"I’m pushing every weekend. I pushed in Austria GP until the last lap. I pushed here in Misano, in Brno. I push but under control. I’m pushing 🔥and we are working. Every Thursday we thought that we will win the race. Then during the weekend we see, but the mentality ꧒is, 'attack to defend'.

"What I cannot do is just a stupid mistake. I need to manage. I tried to pu🔜sh here in Misano. In Austria I pushed a lot until the last lap. In Aragon I will push again, but we will see. If we cannot win, the way is to finish on the podium in all the races. This is my target."

But Marquez admitted th🅘e technical advantage now looks to be wi🐭th Ducati:

"Always the garden of the neighbour looks better than yours. But from wh🌟at I see on track, in the first four or five races I had the best bike. Now the best bike looks like it is the Ducati. But𓂃 it is always a compromise between riders, between the team."

Yamaha's Valenti🐽no Rossi is three points behind Dovizioso, but yet to win a race this season, while Lorenzo has dropped 91-points from the top after falling from second place on the penultimate lap in Misano.

Marquez won at Aragon🦋 in 2013, 2016 and 2017, with team-mate Dani Pedrosa taking victory in 2012.

Pedrosa is currently only eleventh in the world championship and 𒉰yet to finish higher than fifth in what is his final MotoGP season.

“I always enjoy going to Aragón like every time I race in f🐓ront of my fan club and my home crowd," he said. "I also like the track; I’ve had good results there in the past and it would be good to achieve another one. Can’t wait to get there and enjoy one more Spanish GP!”