Alex Marquez stays grounded after MotoGP win: “Still half a step behind Marc”
MotoGP title le🐻ader Alex Marquez taking it ‘race by race’, still ‘half a step behind Marc’.

Fresh from a breakthrough MotoGP victory in front of his home crowd, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez was back on track the ne♚xt morning at the Jerez test.
The168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Gresini Ducati rider completed 47 laps🅷, the best of which put him tenth on the timesheets.
Marquez, who now leads the MotoGP standings, used Monday’s test to explore 🎶set-up changes on his GP24 under what he described as “super high” grip cond♌itions.
“Today the grip level was super high. Unbeliev📖able,” Marquez said. “And normally we have a base setup that gives us a lot of traction. In general, we are always the best on traction inside the Ducati family.
“But when the grip level is [very high] like this, we struggle to turn the bike and have a good balance. So we tried a few things on the setup, also on the electronics, to 🌠try to understand what we need to do.
“Somet🥀imes also having too much grip is a problem [for balance]. So we're just trying a few radical changes to see which is the way to go, if we have t🐭his issue during a weekend.”

New MotoGP tyre won’t solve pressure issues: “Rubber is rubber.”
Alongside 🅘the set-up work, Marquez also provided further feedback on the proposed 2026 Michelin front tyre.
“Less positive tꦫhan in Misano, Montmelo, Malaysia and Buriram, I will say. On this track, which is slower, I don't know why, but it f𒐪elt a little bit worse. But it's some positive things, some negative things, not a big issue.
“Also, it's not sure they will give it to us next year… If they bring the tyre to Aragon, they will decide there𝄹. But in slow tracks, for me, it's a little bit less positive, but still really similar to the other one.”
The main aim of the new front is to soothe rising tyre pressure 🐬issues when closely following💖 other bikes.
But Marquez is sceptical that an♔y tyre ca🧸n offer a complete fix.
“I think it's difficult, be♔cause rubber is rubber. When you have something really ho🅷t in front of you, that is another bike, it will get hotter.
“I think it will not be easy. And in one and a half yea⛎rs, we change manufacturers [to Pirelli].
“I have no doubts that Michelin, they are super professional and t📖hey will work. But it's also a business and they need to control also the investment.”

“Race by race”
Alex’s maiden MotoGP win catapulted him back into the 💝championship lead for the second time this season, with older brother Marc trailing by just a single point.
“It was the perfect Sunday for us: First victory, taking the title lead," Alex said. "But we know that we are still maybe - no🎐t one step behind Marc, maybe half. But still Marc is stronger and is able to make a few things slightly better than us.”
Le Mans, site of next weekend’s French 💧Grand Prix, is not traditionally a happy hunting ground for the younger Marquez - but neither was Jerez.
“Jerez and Le Mans are two tracks where historically I was not super good. But I won in Jerez, so we will ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsee if we can be there again at Le Mans. Then later on, there are tracks like Silverstone, Mugello, Aragon, where I'm fast.
“So we'll see if ꦑwe can be really close to Marc in Le Mans, then go race by race.”

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 ye෴ars and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.