2023-05-26 18:47:04
The 2023 season for Alex Márquez is being very positive. The Spanish rider has changed teams and brands, showing great performance on last year’s Ducati. #73 prefers to read positively and assures that for this year has proposed to compete without the pressure to achieve objectives, something that will allow you not to make so many mistakes.
In an interview granted to Speedweekthe Catalan rider pointed out that he still has to continue adapting to a bike like the Desmosedici GP22, which is going better than expected: “I’m not better than ever (…) But it’s not bad. I still don’t feel 100 percent comfortable with the Ducati. I still can’t do what I want with the bike. But the adaptation has gone well and it’s going faster than I expected. So we can be satisfied, but we have to keep working.”
The first five appointments of the season have been enough for the man from Cervera to feel “more natural” and that I can “drive more how I want”. However, he has to change some hobbies that he had with the Honda and that cannot be applied with the Ducati, as is the case with “brake hard in the corners”. Of course, it warns that it will be a long process, in which it is already beginning to see its fruits: “After three years, it’s not something that can be changed overnight, but day by day I am progressing and improving with the Ducati”.
At a time like the present, the Gresini Racing driver has stated that he is happy with the performance he is showing, exceeding the expectations generated: “The situation is better than I imagined before the start of the season”, admits #73, who is 12th overall in MotoGP, 53 points behind the leader, Pecco Bagnaia.
After a drop in performance at the Spanish Grand Prix, the mentality of the #73 is none other than to go race by race and without great objectives, something that will allow him not to make mistakes: “If you think it’s not enough not to finish on the podium, you start making mistakes and you lose yourself. So we took a step back and started over. We always start the weekend with low expectations and then see where we are on Friday. and if we can maintain or improve on Saturday ”.
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Lastly, Fabio di Giannantonio’s teammate pointed out that it is important to maintain his strategy without generating additional pressure, which could make him make more mistakes: “I prefer to handle it that way. Because if you have high expectations and you don’t meet them, you get frustrated. That’s why I think it’s better to approach the weekend thinking: ‘Okay, it’s going to be very difficult here and I have to push from the start’. This is how motivation is maintained. It’s a bit like the GP at home: you’re very motivated and you think you can be on the podium, but then you’re in eighth place and you can’t go any faster. So you destroy yourself and your mentality”concluded Alex Márquez.
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