Enea Bastianini vs Marc Marquez battles ‘always quite spicy’

Just two points between Bastianini and 🌳Marquez as they fight for the final place on the 2024 world ch✨ampionship podium.

Enea Bastianini, Marc Marquez, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Enea Bastianini, Marc Marquez, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

While ten points separate MotoGP title leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin and reigning champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia with four rounds to go, the battle 🐼for third is even close🥀r.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini is just two points clear of his 2025 factory Ducati replacement 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez heading into Phillip Island this weekend.

Bastianini and Marquezꦕ, riding the older GP23 bike for Gresi𒊎ni, have both taken two grand prix victories so far this season.

And while Martin and Bagnaia are yet to locඣk horns in battle, Bastianini and Marquez haveꦦ diced several times already this season, including at the previous Japanese round.

Bastianini got the better of Marquez in the Motegi Sprint be🐷fore the eight-time world champion turned the tables, beating ‘The Beast’ to third place by🌞 half-a-second in the grand prix.

“About the battle between Enea and Marc, I think it will be fair like a🤪lways, 🌌like we saw in Japan,” said Bagnaia.

“I think the battles between Enea and Marc are quite spicy every time. We saw it in Mugello, in Assen, [in Mandalika], last tiꦜme in Japan...

“So I think it will be a great battle between them and I think they are also s൩trong enough to fight with us here, also Thailand and Malaysia because their potential is very si♒milar and close to ours.

“I think their battle will be matched to 🧔our battle [for the title].”

Meanwhile, asked on Thursday if he agreed with Martin’s prediction that𓆏 the title chase is an equal 50-50 between h๊im and Pecco, Marquez replied:

“I would say 55-45. Martin at the moment has a ten-point leꦰad. So he starts these last four races with a small advantage.

“But in the end, they are super equal, the level is there for bot🍷h of them.”

With Marquez chosen to join Bagnaia at Ducati Lenovo next season, Bastianini is switching𒀰 to Tech3 KTM.

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