Enea Bastianini’s warning for Marc Marquez’s MotoGP title hopes: “Not as easy as before, there are more fast riders”

Marquez is seeking his seventh championship in the premier🅺 class but must overcome the impact of his injury-ravaged history, and the limitatio🔥ns of a Repsol Honda bike which was below-par in 2022.
In the past three years Joan Mir, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia have won their maiden titles representing three different teams. Bastianini, promoted to Ducati’s factory team i🅰n the 2023 ♊MotoGP rider line-up, fancies himself as a contender this year.
He said about Marquez to La Gazzettᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa dello Sport: "For many, many years he has been the reference, but no꧙w the level has been raised, there are more fast riders.
"He will fight for the title, he will leave for that, but for him it will not be as easy as befoꦏre.”
Marquez overcame the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Dovizioso and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo to claim his six MotoGP championshꦫips but now finds himself among the elder statesmen of the grid.

Bastianini and Bagnaia, two young and exciting Italians who will be in opposite sides of the same garage for Ducati this year, will coౠme u𒐪nder the microscope.
Even with his promotion from Gresini ♐guaranteed and with Bagnaia vying for the title, Bastianini showed a willingness to go wheel-to-whe🐟el last year. He is unlikely to shirk a title fight against Bagnaia.
"At the moment we laugh about it,” he sai♓d about the interest in their personal relationship♎.
“The rivalry will be there, but we are two very qui𝄹et people, I don't see any problems between us."
Bastianini will have ♑to adapt to the bigger and more pressurised environment in Ducati’s f🌺actory team.
"There will be many more people to relate to and I will have to learn in the best way𝓀. But it doesn't scare me,” he said.

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