Marc Marquez explains “the good problem” Ducati faces with 2025 MotoGP bike

“We start from a base that won 19 races…”

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Sepang MotoGP test
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Sepang MotoGP test
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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez says Ducati has to be “very, very sure” w𝄹ith its 2025 MotoGP engine selection as ♈“the good problem” it has is that the GP24 is “a very good base”.

The factory Ducati squad⛄ has intensely been comparing the GP25 with last year’s GP24 over the thr෴ee days at the Sepang test, with the decision crucial ahead of a two-year engine freeze.

Marquez ended the test fifth overall, though outright honours went to his GP24-mounted brother Alex Marquez on Friday𓆏.

Though Marc Marquez turned heads with his sprint simulation on Friday, he remained coy on whaꦦt engine he was using.

“Was a mix,” he said. “Was with the aero of 2024, the rest you cannot see… S🎀o, for that reason I say only the aero.”

With just two days of testing left before the season starts and the two-year e🦄ngine development freeze comes into force, Alex Marquez’s Sepang-topping time and 🏅sprint simulation - which was faster than his brother’s - is a dilemma for Ducati.

“For that reason the good problem of Ducati is we start from a base that won 19 races from 20,” Marc Ma🃏rquez ad♓ded.

“So, this is something difficult to improveꦺ and that’s why you have to be sure it’s better, because you know with the 2024 you can fight for the championship 100%.

“So, it’s there where we tried many things because it’s nꦑot only engine, it’s not only aero.

“It’s many small thing♉s that today we worked more♐ on the small details and tried to understand which piece is better and which piece is worse.”

Marc Marquez asked about Alex Marquez

Asked if Alex Marquez could be considered a championship challenger this year, his elder brother said: “Too early for him. I would never put pressure on my brother. He is enjoying 🦋no💝w, he has a very good feeling.

“So, the pressure is for the official riders. In the offici🍰al team you must fight for the champio🎶nship.

“He’s enjoying, so keep going. But of course I was concentrated a lot on my garage because it was a very tough schedule, and all the engineers wꦚere there to understand well because we need to choose the correct wa♚y.

“The good problem of Ducati is that you start from a very good base, so to improve that base you haܫve to be very, very sure it’s better. So, for that reason we trie🎀d and retried.”

📖Marquez also noted that the track conditions being “unreal” make it hard to understand where Ducati has to improve the bike, bec༒ause high grip levels “absorb” all issues.

“Of course alꦯways you can try to improve,” h🅷e said.

“The problem was🍨 the track conditions were unreal, because there was a lot of rubber and you don’t know where the problem of the bike is, because when the grip of the track is super good - the track, if you walked it, was fully black.

“Many problems, all that rubber absorbs.

“So, it’s there at the moment w෴hen I put the best package I found I fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeel good, I cannot say to you where we can improve.”

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren

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