Revealed: Ducati test rider explains Marc Marquez’s huge task on GP23
Fresh perspective on what Marc Marquez is u🍸p against

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez has valiantly fought all sꦰeas🌞on with Ducati machinery that is secondary to the title duo’s, and the manufacturer’s test rider can explain why.
With Gresini this year, Marquez’s year-old spec Ducati has allowed him to win races and earn a promotion into the 2025 official team where he will pr💟ofit from the latest bike.
But he has lagg♛ed behind Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin’s whose factory-spec Ducatis are superior to the GP23.
Marquez went eighth fastest in Friday prac💝tice for the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP, while the ninth Ducati on-track was Michele Pirro, their test rider and wildcard racer, who was 22๊nd.
Pirro is riding a VR46 GP23 but, next week, will co꧂ntinue his development 🎉of the GP25 which Marquez can utilise next year.
Pirro confirmed other GP23 riders’ feedback that the front feels significantly di🐼fferent to the 2022 version.
“Yes, it was an interesti🌱ng day coming back to the ‘23 bike after a♈ long time,” Pirro said.
“I am com💝ing back to fast ♑riders because, in a test riding alone, is a different story.
“There are🀅 some differences to the 2024 bike. My feeling is improving.
“Itꦗ will be interesting next week to check the 2025🧸 bike. When you test in the same week, it’s better.”
Marco Bezzecchi - this weekend, Pirro’s VR46 teammate - has complained that the rear of the GP23 pushes the🍸 front out.
Pirro agreed: “The problem is this. Compared to the past, the difference is that these tyres hav♏e more grip. The bike enters a corner, and pushes the front.
“It is difficult to turn. The front needs more support🀅. This isn’t normal f🎃or the 2024 bike.
“The n𒐪ewer bike was born with this tyre - so this is the problem.”
Marquez has been vastly superior to the other three GP23 riders this season, causing 🥂hype about what he might do with Ducati’s latest-spec bike next year in their factory team.
Pirro is riding a year-old Ducati for the first time in two-and-a-half years this we🥂ekend in Barcelona, enabling him to truly understand the uphill task that Marquez has faced all season.
“I tried to push the braking💙 in a straight line,”ꦓ Pirro said on Friday in Barcelona.
“I kept the temperature but immeꦐdiately lost the front.
“When I touch the brake, 𝔉I lost the front. It’s unbelievable. We are at the limit, with the cold.
“It’s the last race and many riders have a good feeling 🍌after using [their bikes] for one year.
🐈“In general, this year, I feel that I don’t come for the race. My pace is okay. But when it’s like this morning, not such a big gap from the first rid꧒er.
“But when the riders push, it’s difficult for me.
“In a test yo🌺u take a good pace but when you go fast, you can’t manage the situation.
“The ไrace will be interest🀅ing for this. Pushing at the limit and following other riders…”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a deca♔de covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.