Ducati doubts Marquez’s level

Mark Marquez reaches the last pre-season tests (February 19 and 20 in Qatar) celebrations. And although his celebration is currently not related to the sporting sphere, the Spaniard turns 31 at a key moment in his career. After eleven seasons behind the wheel of a Honda, it’s time for a new adventure in MotoGP, where The goal is to get back to the top. The eight-time champion will try to finish the fight Ducati who today seems invincible in the highest category and although he leaves behind all the vices acquired in a completely different motorcycle from the Italian prototype Time will pass, the truth is that the first steps of the man from Ilerda with Desmosedici show that there is potential to think about victories again, despite these four years of drought in which the pilot hides to lower expectations.

Marquez left Sepang with the third fastest pace of the race. they were surpassed only by Martin and Bastianini. The man from Ilerda was able to improve the simulation of the reigning champion Bagnai in the first pre-season tests he’s tired of walking finding a competitive level that even allowed him to record an average time faster than his brother Alex, winner of the sprint race on the Malaysian circuit. We can say that the table said something different, because at one time Mark was ninth, fourteenth and sixth in three days at Sepang. and although the eight-time champion attributes this to a lack of habit on the Desmosedici, the sensation from the top of the Ducati canopy is different from those results.

Obviously, when a rider changes bikes there is an adaptation process, but “Mark is an eight-time world champion, he is undoubtedly “one of the best in the history of this sport” remember Davide Tardozzi, supervisor Ducati company, in Crash.net. What does the head of the house Borgo Panigale mean? Firstly, Márquez is not just a racer, and he believes that to continue the Spaniard “he’s in no hurry” show what he can do behind the wheel of the Desmosedici.

“Marquez didn’t show who he is”

The Italian is convinced that Driver Gresini “hasn’t shown who he really is yet.” Tardozzi insists the Spaniard will “take the necessary time to demonstrate his highest level on Ducati” and is confident that “Mark’s potential is greater than what we saw in Sepang” We’ll have to wait until the first track race in Qatar (March 8 to 10), the venue for the next test, to see if there really is a surprise. Because in Bologna they are convinced that Marquez was still playing hide and seek.