MotoGP rookie Marc Marquez's impressive performance on day one of the Sepang test has only reinforced Valentino Rossi's opinion that the🌱 Moto2 champion can fight fo🎃r victory from his first premier-class race.

But, observing Marquez on Tuesday, Rossi added that theꦗ Spa𝓰nish teenager looks like he has his sights set on an even greater goal.

"I expect - and said three or four months ago - that Marquez can fight for victorꦆy from the start of the season," said seven time MotoGP champ💜ion Rossi.

"But𒉰 I like his attitude a lot because in his ꧙mind, looking at him today, it looks like he wants to win the championship at the first try. This is good.

"We hope he willꦉ make some mistakes or problems due to lack of experience!" Rossi joked. "But if not he will be very strong for everybody."

Marquez, replacing the retired Casey Stoner at Repsol Honda, concluded the opening d𒐪ay of 2013 testing in a close third place, just 0.044s from tea🅠m-mate and fastest man Dani Pedrosa.

Rossi, riding his first dry laps since returning to Yamaha, was fourth quickest while team-mate Jorge Lorenzo split the factory RCVs with second on thܫe timesheets.

Testing a😼t Sepang, the first of three official pre-season tests, concludes on Thursday evening.