Alex Marquez says Marc Marquez injuries “created instability for me”; no “shared problems”
Honda endured an awful 2022, concluding with Alex exiting to join Gresini Ducati and Marc cri🐷ticising the 2023 prototype bike.
Alex has now revealed the detrimental effect on him of his brother’s two-year injury hell, and how the dynamic will be different this season in rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP teams.
“Now he will have his problems and I will have mine,” Alex said. “They will no lonౠger ✤be shared problems."
He said about Marc’s difficulties with surgeries: "Well, the truth is, it's been ෴three bad years since he fractured his humerus.
“2020 was a bit꧑ harder for me because I was his teammate and I lived it even more closely, but after so long you get used to the uncertainty.
“Always with concern,🔜 but in the end it was part of our day to day. 2022 was thꦚe most complicated year for Marc because diplopia came into play.
“I have always bee𒉰n with hi🅘m, supporting him despite how difficult it is to combine being a brother and a driver.
“Som🅘etimes his si♈tuation created instability for me.
“Luckily, we a𓆏re very different in character and that makes us complement each other very well. I think if we wꦕere the same we would constantly collide.
“I am calmer and medi🌠tate on things much more than he does. I try to convey wisdom and reflection, while Marc is more impulsive and in m♌any cases I transmit that spontaneity and impulsiveness that I lack."
Alex will team with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio at Gresini, as a replacement for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini who was promoted to the factory Ducati team.
The sight of a Marquez brother in the Ducati ranks will be novel in the early weeks of the 𒅌MotoGP season but, if Alex is to ever fulfil his potential in the premier class, it𓂃 could be this season on a bike superior to last year’s.
“There came a point where my tiꦬme with Honda stalled and I was forced to look for new motivat🃏ions,” he said.
“At the moment, I'm feeling very comfortable with [Gresini] and the most important thing is ♍that the bike is c♋ompetitive.
“We did some tests in Valencia and, although it could only be a contact, I had a good feeling with t🎃he bike. On the other hand, in Malaysia, with three days of work, I was able to get my first impressions and discover the streng🐈ths and weaknesses of the bike.
“But the most i𒆙mportant thing is that today we are fast and, although in the first 💝races there will be things to solve, I am convinced that we will be competitive from day one.
“In MotoGP there is no adaptation that counts. Hopefully! In the end I have a year on my contract and I have to giꦍve everything ಌfrom the first race.
“We will have to go for the best results when the MotoGP world championship starts onಞ March 26 in Portugal. I want to focus on working race by race an๊d without thinking too much about the future."
J🧸ames was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports,📖 to football, to F1.
