Alex Marquez sharing Gresini secrets? “Marc Marquez close, doesn’t need help!”
Alex Marquez summarises Gresini Ducati's preparaꦆtions for the 2024 MotoGP season
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez laughed off suggestions that he could share insight with his brother 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez about their bike.
Marc has followed Alex from Honda toꦰ Gresini for this season, pairing the sibl🐻ings in an exciting duo in the Ducati satellite team.
Perhaps Marc’s adaptation, after 11 years with the same manufacturer, could be smoother if h⛦is brother shared secrets of the bike that he has used for the past year?
“He’s too close,” Alex insisted after the three-day MotoGP Sepang test.
“He doesn’t need help!”
Marc’s first day in Sepang💖 was somewhat scuppered by a series of minor technical problems.
“He lost, completely, the first day,” Alex said.
“When you lose the first day, here in Sepang? The second day, you are delayeꦆd.
“This was his second day, I would say, of 🌄testing. He’s too close to us!”
Ominously the third and final day concluded with Marওc sixth-fastest, +0.588s behind the leader Francesco Bagnaia.
But notably Alex went quicker - fourth-fastest overall on Thursday - an🃏d +0.256s behind Bag🌜naia.
Alex reflected on his three-day t🐟est in Sepang: “Yes, a good time attack. In the box they are happy.
“It⛎’s not a realistic lap time because there was a lot of rubber on track.
“In the test, 💮always, you take conclusions [with a pinch of salt].
“We did a sprint simulation with a different🐼 set-up, different electronics.
“Because I was not happy with traction control on the ‘23 bike. S𝓡o we tried a few things.
“The most positive thing was to understand the problꦕems that we had in the sprint race, so we arrive in Qatar more ready.
“It was a solid three days. I’m happy with how we work in the boxܫ.”
How much work does Alex’s side of the Gresini garage have to do, before t🐭he season begins?
“The technicians always have ideas,” he replied.
“They would do, every day, 80 laps! But physically, on ൩the bike, 𝔍you need to stop.
“Zero to five, I am four-an🦩d-a-half happy with the package th🐼at we have.”
A🦄lex enjoyed his best season in the premier class last season after swapping LCR Honda for Gresinu Ducati.
Now🎀 joined by his esteemed brother, they will team𒅌 together for the first time since the ill-fated 2020 season when their alliance ended prematurely due to Marc’s injury.
Before the 🌼2024 MotoGP season begins in ಞQatar on March 8-10, there is a two-day test in the same place which is the final opportunity to prepare.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything ꦡfrom American sports, to football, to F1.
