Alex Marquez sharing Gresini secrets? “Marc Marquez close, doesn’t need help!”
Alex Marquez summarises Gresini Ducatiꩵ's preparations 🌄for the 2024 MotoGP season
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez laughed off suggestions that he could share insight with his brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez about their bike.
Marc has foll🍷owed Alex from Honda to Gresini for this season, pairing the siblings in an exciting duo in the Ducati satellite team.
Perhaps Marc’s adaptation, after 11 years with the same manufacturer, could be smoother if𒀰 his brother shared secrets of the bike that he has used for the past year?
“He’s too close,” Alex insisted after the three-day MotoGP Sepang test.
“He doesn’t need help!”
Marc’s first day in Sepang was somewhat scuppered by a series of minor technical prob𒆙lems.
“He lost, completely, the first day,” Alex said.
“When you lose the first day, here in Sepang? The second day, yo�🌳�u are delayed.
“This was his second day, I would say, of testing. He’s too close to us!🍨”
Ominously the third and final🌃 day concluded witﷺh Marc sixth-fastest, +0.588s behind the leader Francesco Bagnaia.
But notably Alex wen🌃t quicker - fourth-fastest overall on Thursday - and +0.256s behind Bagnaia.
Alex reflected on his three-day test in S༒epang: 💛“Yes, a good time attack. In the box they are happy.
“It’s not a realistic lap time 🔜because there was a lot of rubber on track.
“In the test, always, you take conclusions [with a p𒅌inch of salt].
“We did a sprint simulation with a different set-up, different electr🃏onics.
“Because I was not happy with traction con🥃trol on the ‘23 bik🏅e. So we tried a few things.
“The most positive thing was to𝕴 understand the problems that we had in the sprint race, so we arrive in Qatar more ready.
“It was a solid three days. I’m happy with how we work in tཧhe box.”
൲How much work does Alex’s side of the Gre🍒sini garage have to do, before the season begins?
“The technicians always have ideas,” he replied.
“They would do, eve༺ry day, 80 laps! But physically, on the bikeꦜ, you need to stop.
“😼Zero to five, I am four-and-a-half♒ happy with the package that we have.”
Alex enjoy🍰ed his best season in the premier class last season after swapping LCR Honda for Gre꧋sinu Ducati.
Now joined by his esteemed brother, they will team together for the first time since the ill-fated 2020 season when their a🐈lliance ended prematurely due to Marc’s injury.
Before the 2024 MotoGP season begins in🃏 Qatar on March 8-10, there is a two-day test in the🧸 same place which is the final opportunity to prepare.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyt🐎hing from American sports, to football, to ౠF1.
