Alex Marquez on brother Marc Marquez’s hopes at Honda: “It’s not my problem anymore”
The Marquez siblings will no longer both be representing Honda when the new season begins, as Alex will feature in a new-look 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP 2023 rider line-up for Gresini Ducati.
Marc’s hopes of a seventh premier classꦡ championship rest not only with his own ongoing recovery from another major surgery, but also with the limitations of his Repsol Honda bike - he has already bemoaned the 2023 prototype at the postseason Valencia test.
Alex said🌳 about his brother’s ambitions: "It will depend on 🍌how [Honda] work and they won't know until the Sepang tests.
“Marc is an eight-time wo🔯rld champion and his absence has 🎐been felt. But it's not my problem anymore..."
Honda endured a disastrous 2022. In Germany, for the first time in 40 years, they ended a MotoGP race without scoring a single point.
Marc Marquez’s fourth operation on his arm, which ruled him out of the middle section of the season, didn’t prevent him finishing 2022 as Honda’s highest-placed rider in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings.
LCR Honda rider Alex was 17th, a place below Pol Espargaro, u𒐪ltimately leading to his exit and his decision to join the Ducatiꦍ ranks.
"From the fourth race I will be able to 🍨see where we are,” Alex said about his new team.
“2023 is more important to me than to Marc. It's very clear, he has a contract and I signed a [one-year deal plus the team’s option of one more yea🏅r]."
Alex reflected on his time at Honda, which began as reigning Moto2 champion in 2020 with the Rep♑sol Honda team before he was moved to LCR: "I wouldn't say it𒆙 was a failure because I learned a lot from this difficult experience, but it's clear that the results didn't come."
James was a sports journalꦏist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything ꦯfrom American sports, to football, to F1.
