Marc Marquez crashes Ducati for first time after purposely ‘increasing the risk’

Marc Marquez suffered his first crash 𒊎on a Ducati in what was a very promising day for𝔍 the six-time MotoGP champion.

Marc Marquez, Qatar MotoGP test, 20 February
Marc Marquez, Qatar MotoGP test, 20 February

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was fourth fastest for Gresini Ducati during the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar.

Able to reduce the time attack gap to the likes of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini, Marque💙z reminded everyone that he’s beginning to gel with the Ducati with every day spent on the GP23 machine.

Furthermore, Marꦆquez demonstrated very good race pace, as was also the case 🐬in Sepang before a tip off late in the day.

“It was on the plan today to increase a bit the risk on the bike and increase the real limit of t𒁃he bike,” Marquez told MotoGP.com. “Still, in one lap they are a bit faster but I’m happy because we improved our base set𒅌-up. 

“We improved the time ꦓattack and then I was doing a very long race simulation; 20 laps but with the red flag it was about 18, but on lap 12 I crashed because I was trying different thin꧑gs.

“The pace was not bad. It was a complete pre-season. The firs🎃t crash with the Ducati arrived afteꦍr six days of testing.”

A technical issue hampered Marquez at the beginning of the day, but despite ♊suffering from another technical issue at Sepang, Marquez is not worried heading into the opening round.

“No [I’m not worried], ther𝔉e was only one technical 𓃲issue which they resolved super quick,” began Marquez.

“Yesterday we only rode with one bike an♌d when we started today, the first run🐬 with bike number one there was a small issue.

“But they fixed it very quickly♌ and lucky for me today was a stable day. It was time to put some mor💙e risk on the bike.”

While Marquez has been one of the fastest riders when it comes to race pace, the eight-time world champion didn’t want to give too much ꦿaway.

Asked what position he believes is realistic for the season-opener, Marquez said: “Realist🅺ically for Qatar - if the race was not I think we can fight for the fifth♏ or sixth position.

“But on the race weekend it is different. These guys like Pecco, Martin, Bas♑tianini know very well the bike and just go out, push, and are very quick from the beginning.

“I’m still far from th🤡em but I’m trying to learn the 🐲riding style and how they manage the problems. Step-by-step I hope to be closer.

“Will it be enough? At the💯 momen🦩t I don’t know but we are a bit far.”

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