Alex Marquez on Marc Marquez: “Your teammate is your first rival…”

The siblings will join forces at Gresini Duc𝕴ati for the 2024 MotoGP season.
For Alex, he will get to share data with an esteemed eight-time world champion, bꦍut will also be forced to c🌠ompare performances and results.
Asked if he can imagine battling forꦫ the championship agai﷽nst Marc, Alex told : “I hope so. For me it will be a very important year, as I said, a second year with the same bike and team.
“We have to try to do big things. I think I have the speed and♊ I just need to consolidate, be more solid and 🎉not make so many mistakes.
“If we manage to start the year well, why not be fighting; I don't say it so much for the title, because a year is very long and many things have to be balanced, but for co♌nstantly b♕eing in the top five and at the end of the year trying to be among the top three in the championship.
“2024 looks good, looks nice. We were together in 2020, but it didn't last long due to his arm injury, but life sometimes gives second chances and I think this one is ver🍬y goodౠ.
“I think 🐼he will also feel very comfortable, as I have felt from the first moment. 🌃;
“Of course there are jokes, the first is about which side of the box each one is going to occup🔴y, but it is already very clear: he is going to change sides, he is going to go to the left side.
“I ha👍ve already told him that I have been there for a year and Nadia [Padovani], the owner of the team, has also told me: ‘you are on the right and you don't move from there.’
“Aside from small jokes, it will be a key year for both of us; an important year because he is an eight-time world cha💖mpion and we will be in the same box.
“I hope he is fast from tꦗhe beginning because the sooner he is fast, the sooner I can take advantage, right?
“I am looking forward to him also testing the bike and gi𝓀ving me his opinion, it is true that your teammate is said to be your first rival.
“Bu♏t that complicity and that rivalry helpꦺs you also get a step forward.”