“His approach is admirable, after all he has achieved, he still wants to race but we have different mentalities. When I can no longer win and fight for the wins, I will stop. I am not made to race for 15th position,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marquez had said.

With this weekend’s Misano round marking the two-year anniversary since Marquez’s last MotoGP victory, the eight-time world champion was asked about those words and ꩲhow long he can go on without having fun.

“It’s true and I always say, for me, it's no meaning to ride a ✃bike or to be here a lot of years without fighting at least for the top five, top seven positions. Becau♎se then as a rider, I don't have fun,” replied Marquez.

“Some riders 🍬have fun fighting for the back positions... maybe. But all athletes, all 🦂riders, have fun if they are in the front.”

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“I keep saying that for me it's so difficult to keep now the motivation,” added Marquez, who again evaded the chance to kill off sensational rumours of a switch from Repsol Honda to Gresini Ducati next season by repeating only that 'he has a c𒆙ontract with Honda'.

“But when you are in those [difficult] moments, you need to keep your routine. And you need to keep your way of working. At the moment, nobody with the Ho𓄧nda is much faster than me so I feel competitive and I try to keep the motivation in that way.

“But it's true that for the future🅠, I hope sooner than later, to be fighting again for that minimum top five positions. That means that you are there on the to💖p. Maybe not every race, but at least you are there [fighting].”

Although adopting a more risk-free approach since Silverstone, after breaking “three bones and one ligament in just six races", Marquez has still sho💝wn flashes of his former advantage over the other Hondas.

“Just as when I was winning in ’18 or ‘🍸19 and the other Honda was in 7th-8th-10th place, I never say [I’m making the difference]. I just try to work i♈n my garage to find the best,” he said.

“It's true ꦫthat, for example in Portimao, I was much faster than the other Hondas. In Le Mans same, in Mugello same. But then it’s true that now I do one step [back] and I'm just taking the risk - as I did in the first part of the season - when I feel I can.

“But in Montmelo I did a few moments during the race weekend in a very good shape. I was feeli♐ng good. In Austria, for example, I didn’t feel well in the qualifying but in💙 the race distance, I was fast and consistent. So let's see here.

“I just try to work on my performance. The mentality is changing but I'm not losing the mentalityꦯ I have, because I'm fighting against my mentality. But my work is trying to keep the same routine as I did in ’18 or ‘19 or last year.

“Just try to be ready to fight for the best.”

The big question🦄 now is whether Marquez is aiming to be 'ready to fight for the best' on a Honda or Ducati ꦐnext season...