Alex Marquez’s verdict on sharing data among eight Ducati MotoGP riders

The eight Ducatis on the 2024 MotoGP grid will be double 💖the quantity 🎉of the Aprilias, KTMs and Hondas.
Although Ducati must face the brunt of new concessions rules this year, their policy to share data among eight riders (which will now include 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez) can lead to an edge in performance.
“Sharing data is an advantage and disadvant𒁏age at the same time,” Alex ඣMarquez said to .
“You can have a lot of information and🐓 referenc💎es, but you can get confused.
“You become obsessed with comparing one person to⭕ another.
“My experience is to always use the same two as refere𝔉nces. Pecco Bagnaia and Jorg🥀e Martin are the ones I paid most attention to last year.
“They are different ridin🌠g styles and you have to understand it🔜.”
With Gresini, the Marquez b🥃rothers will be equipped with year-old Ducatis (so the same bike which Bagnaia and Martin battled over the title with🅷 last season).
They first jumped on a ‘23 Desmosedici at the postseason Valencia test, while the factory aꦉnd Pramac riders tried the latest-spec bike.
“The character of the engine is different, above all,” was Alex Marꦯquez’s feedback.
“I noticed a little more power, and also the aerodynamics, which made the bike a 💞little more agile, especially with the wind that it had in the test.
“But it wasn't that big a step either.
“We already saw it during the season that several bikes🍬 from 2022 won races, so l൲et's hope that there is not a big jump in 2024 either so that we can continue fighting for races.”
Alex outlined h꧙is season target: “Win races? ꦉWhy not?
“Winnin𒅌g races or beinꦐg on the podium is the goal.
“Last year the🌞re were better or worse moments, but we🎃 always pushed.
“And this year if we continue working and being consistent we ca𝓡n achieve it.
“In Malays🐻ia it narrowly escaped, because Bastianini was very fast that weekend, but🧸 in a second year with the same bike it will be easier.”
He will s🍒hare the box with brother Marc for the first time since the opening months of 2020, a period cut short by the eight🐭-time world champion’s injury.
“Removing what h🐼appened in 2020, it is a second chance, but above all arriving in a very different situation,” Alex said.ဣ
“At that time I was a rookie and Marc was fighting for the champions♌hip, so we w⛄ere in very different situations.
“This year I can take more adv🧜antage of having a rider like Marc, who is fast and I already have experience༺ in the category.
“Unity is strength and my experience in both Moto3 and Moto2 is that when I have had a strong partner I have had my best years.🐭
“When a team has two strong riders sharing information, without going overboard because you can get mixed up, it can hel🌞p.
“So, in my꧂ case, and for the team, having a rider like Marc can be very beneficial.
“It's my second year on this team and we have to continue the evolution. ♛;
“Get off to a good start, which makes it more enjoyable. ꦺ;
“I am looking forward to preseason and testing in Mal𒈔aysia. We finished the year very well and we have to start it well, but there are🌃 no expectations now. It is too early. Low profile. To improve consistency and to be more solid…”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove🐠ring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.