Marc Marquez admits Qatar MotoGP ‘first track I’m not faster than rivals at’

Erstwhile MotoGP𓄧 points leader Marc Marquez wary of Qatar challenge

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
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Marc Marquez admits the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix is “theoretically” the first race in 2025 where Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia “are 🌊better than me”.

The eight-time grand prix world champion has been the dominant rider in 2025 so far, winning five out of the first six races and at one point holding a 19-poin🦂t lead in the ch🦄ampionship.

The table has been reset after the Americas Grand Prix, however, after the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:factory Ducati rider crashed out of a commanding l🌊ead a꧙nd dropped a point behind new standings leader Alex Marquez.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez hasn’t won a Qatar GP since 2014, which remains his only one in the premier class, while he hasn’t been on the podium at Lusail since 201ဣ9.

Ahead of this weekend’s race, he is wary of the greater threat posed by team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia and Gresini’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez.

“It’s the first circuit that theoreti🐓cally Alex and Pecco are better than me, by the historic results," he said on Thursday in Qatar.

“But let’s see what I can do. 🅷If here I am competitive, it will be a very good sign for me. If not, I’ll try to work to improve.”

A behind-the-scenes video following the Americas GP showed Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna telling Marc Marquez toꦺ “go hom💛e a bit pissed off but stay calm”.

Reflecting on his cras🥀h out of the lead at COTA, Marquez has already brushed it off as something that can happen and says it is not weighing on his mind as he knows exactly what caused it.

“This is racing. The good thing is that we crashed leading t🎃he race by two seconds and a half and I was riding in a very good way,” he added.

“Yeah, I d🧸id a mistake but I know why: I slowed down too much on that Turn 3 and then I jumped in too early on that Turn 4.

“But ok, it happened. The good thing is with that big mistake still we are second in𒅌 the championship, just one point behind the leader.

“So, here it looks like everything restarts and let’s s♔ee what we can do during the weekend.”

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