2024-08-01 17:45:08
Marc Márquez arrives at Silverstone with his batteries charged after a summer in which he had time to relax on the beach and, at the same time, face the advertising promises of being a Ducati rider, including his first participation in the Ducati World Week held at the Marco Simoncelli Misano Circuit at the end of July.
The #93 in the same Silverstone pole revealed the vintage Ducati GP23 he will be wearing this weekend for the 75th anniversary of the Motorcycle World Championship, a decoration inspired by the Garelli with his Fausto Gresini won the second of his two 125 cc world titles in 1987.
“Our design is special, because it is all dedicated to the Garelli that Fausto raced with in 1987so it is a decoration that I would call emotional“, csaid the pilot Cervera, ready to “Try to have a good Sunday with these colors on the bike” dedicating the podium to the founder of his team, Fausto Gresini.
After a month off, Marc says he will tackle this second half of the season “in a positive way”starting with Silverstone, a track where Ducati has not traditionally been competitive:”Silverstone is a nice track, I don’t want to say anything before we start riding italso because I know that the two guys who are here with me are very fast.
The driver sees Gresini Racing “controversial” reduced the gap of 56 points that currently separates him from the world leader, Pecco Bagnaia. Marc admitted that “We have saved Sunday from Le Mans, and if you want to fight for the title you have to be as stable as Bagnaia and Máirtín in terms of speed. When you have the speed, but you fall like Martin, you can fix that. If you don’t have the speed it costs more. “We will try to work to take one more step and see when they set the bar in the second half.”
Regarding his time at Ducati World Week, Marc was delighted with the treatment he received in Misano from more than 90,000 fans who attended this special “It was my first WDW, even the bosses told me it was there when I would understand what it means to be part of Ducati. I have to say it’s true, Ducati is not just MotoGP. “I received a lot of support from the Ducatistas in Misano, everyone had a great time and I will try to defend their colors in the future.”
Today he was also asked about his controversial maneuver on Nicolò Bulega in the last lap of the Race of Champions, the race that pitted Ducati riders from MotoGP, WorldSBK and other disciplines using the new Panigale V4 S. The Catalan simply said it was “He tried to do something he had already done in MotoGP, but at that moment I didn’t realize I was on a road motorcycle and, although it is a very good motorcycle, his reaction was not what I expected. Unfortunately, it ended as you saw, but it was a mistake, of course. I can’t say more about it.”
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Finally, the man from Cervera has also been asked for his opinion on the arrival of Simon Crafar to the Panel of Commissioners starting in 2025, where he will replace his current director, Freddie Spencer: “I wish the best for Simon, I know the position he is going to occupy is not easy. He is a bit like the referee in football, it is impossible to please everyone. In the end it is It’s Race Direction, you have to adapt and understand it as best you can.Mark finished.
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