Marc Marquez names two KTM riders who “can be close” at COTA MotoGP

Marc Marq📖uez expects Pedro Acosta and Maver𓃲ick Vinales to challenge Ducati dominance at COTA.

Marc Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA
Marc Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA

MotoGP title leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez led an all-Ducati sweep of the top five du💯ring a damp Friday pr🌱actice at COTA.

With the other Desmosedici of factory team-mate Francesco Bagnaia 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:also in the top ten and cla♐iming to have kept “a lot” of margin in the dicey conditions🍬, Ducati are again the clear favourites.

But Marquez also identified KTM riders Pedro Acosta 🤡and Maverick Vinales as potential threats.

Vinales beat then-rookie Acosta to victory at COTA last season while riding for Aprilia and enj🍨oyed his best session on the RC16 with eighth place, just behind Acosta, on Friday.

“Tomorrow we will see more of the reality,” Marquez said of𝓰 the dry forecast for the remainder 🤪of the event.

“I believe that maybe Acosta and Vinales can be close, because here there are a lot of stop-and-go corners and KTM is good th😼ere, especially in acceleration from first gear they are really fast.

“So I expect a strong Vinales and Acosta. ꦛAnd the rest, as we see today, all Ducatis will be there on the top.”

Marquez - who will try🌠 to extend his unbeaten run as a Ducati Lenovo rider to five in a row during Saturday’s Sprint race - rebounded from a wet morning highside to claim the top spot by over 0.7s in the afternoon.

“I did a mistake when it was not the time to do that kind of mistake in the first laps of FP1,” Marquez ⭕said.

“But it can happen. Extra confidence, I was flowing on the track and riding like there was no wat💛er.

“Then there was a🎃 lot of water on that corner, and I had a🌸 lot of aquaplaning.”

Slick tyres then made an appearance from the midway stage of t🔯he afternoon.

“I felt good with the slick tyres but [0.7s] is not the real distance, because tomorrow everything will be more tight🎃. But it's good to start.”

No♌t only has Marquez won every race so far this year, but he has also beaten younger brother Alex to both pole positions.

Alex was fourth fastest for Gresini on Friday.

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