The Gresini Ducati ride🐭r has not looked back since joining the Italian manufacturer, so much so that his results helpe🌌d convince Marc Marquez to leave Honda behind.

Marquez, who joined MotoGP as the Moto2 wor💦ld champion in 2020, began his premier clas🦋s career alongside his brother at the factory Repsol team. 

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But what was ꦓsupposed to be a very successful season together turned into a nightmare for Marc, as his crash at the season-opener in Jerez was the start of many injury setbacks.

For Alex, not having Marc alongside him ‘൩complicated’ matters, saying this to DAZN: “When he got injured it was complicated, because I imagined that by being with my brother in the garage I could learn and make giant strides. 

“Especially when I already knew that the following year I would♛ be in LCR and not in Repsol. It was all uphill there. A year as a rookie that I was supposed to enjoy collapsed on me.”

Alex Marquez was then replacedꦐ by Pol Espargaro who didn’t fare much better as he struggled throughout his two seasons as 💛a factory rider.

Not because of his relegation to the🧜 LCR team, but Alex felt let down by the Japanese brand as he believes they put ✤him in the rear-view mirror.

Marquez said: “In 2021 they put me in the backgroun𓄧d a bit and this affected me a l💧ot, it made me so angry. 

“All the engineers' attention had shiftꦆed to Pol, it was something that I didn't understand well and that was difficult to accept. History could have been different, but it cannot be changed.”