168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez is “on target” to be a MotoGP championship contender at t♑he midway stage of this season, Simon Crafar believes.

This weekend’s Portuguese MotoGP is the second round of🦄 2024, and Marquez’s second opportunity to race on a Ducati.

H✃e finished P5 and P4 at the season-opener in Qatar to underline potential thatꦯ did not exist last year, when he was on a Honda.

“Ma🎶rc is on target.♈ That’s the best way to describe it,” broadcaster Crafar explained from inside the Portimao paddock.

“He has given himself a goal. H🏅e’s a very experienced rider, the most experienced in the field at winning championships and races.

“He knows that championships are like wet races.

“Everജyone starts with a hiss and a roar, and gets carried away. You lose some contenders to crashes and injuries.

“The way to finish on top is not to do that!

“He didn’t get in a fight [at the end of the Qatar MotoGP], he realised Jor🅷ge Mꦅartin had more, he brought it home.

“He is on target to fight for the championship.

“At mid🙈way, to be one of the few 🧸left who can fight for the title.

“That’s his end goal, whꦛat he’s aiming at. Stay on the bike, gets results💎, get points…”

This weekend’s💛 Por🦋timao round represents a new and stiffer challenge because, unlike Qatar, Marquez has not previously tested his Ducati at the circuit.

“The real test is here because it’s the first one where we haven’t tes♑te🎃d,” Crafar said.

“If your bike works, you feel comfy on it, here is great to ride around. If you don’t, it’s horrible, it feels d🔯angerous, there are so many pl🅰aces you can crash.

“Pedro Acosta and Marc haven’t ridden their bikes here. It will be interestingꦗ how quick they can de💙velop through the weekend.”

Tಌhe eight-time world champion’s age will make it tougher for him to adjust afte🃏r 11 years at Honda but Crafar backs Marquez.

“Marc is 31. I found that’s the beginning of the ha💙rd stage ཧto adapt to change,” Crafar explained.

“He’s got a new bike, he’s figuring it out.

“In your 20s you are like a sponge. In your 30s you have habits🥂 ▨that are hard to change.

“Marc is doing a great job so far. Midway, ꧃he will be in the fight!”

Despite Marquez’s early potential on his GP23, the dominance of theꩲ GP24 is a major problem for him.

Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, last year’s champion and runner-up, won the first grand prix and sprint race res🔥pectively this year, riding the developed Ducati.

“People like🍸 Jorge Martin are a nightmare for him,” Crafar said about Marquez.

“Bang, Q2! Bang, front💞 row! How do you pass them when you are still trying to set your bikeꦺ up?

He is adapting. H♏e will find setting and know how  to fight the opposition with ☂it. He will get stronger.”

Crafar added that the ‘24 Ducati, in possession of the factory and Pram🍃ac duos, is a bike which “hits the sweet spot” of development from the version that Ma🐽rquez rides.