168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s adaption to the Ducati “hasn’t been as easy” as he might haveﷺ wished for - but his testing times might be hiding his true performance.

Simon Crafar, ex-racer and now broadcaster inside the paddock, kept a watchful eye on Marquez’s first preseason as a Ducati rider and saw the difficulties of his switch from H💖onda.

His final lap times were not eye-catching in Sepang or Qatar but, ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Qatar MotoGP, there rem༺ains mystery about Marquez’s 𒊎competitiveness.

“I really think it might not have been easy for♐ him,” Crafar said about Marquez adapting to a new bik🎉e.

“I know that I put the word “sandbagging” out ꦺthere. The reason I said that was because Marc never shows his full hand before the rac♒e! He doesn’t!

“In 2019, when heജ d♚ominated, he was eighth in testing. Not showing his full hand.

“But I 🐻know it hasn’t been as🃏 easy, as I reckon he would’ve hoped.

“He’s over 30 years old. I’m not saying that’s too old. But at that age you struggle to ada𝓰pt to motorcycles aꦬs quickly.

“More so than in your 20s, especial💝ly early-20s or mid-20s when you adapt quickly.

“You are more set ꦰin your ways. He’s h🐭ad how many years on a Honda?

“It’s a tot🌞ally different style and it has been hard foꦐr him to adjust.

“But he’s so good at race craft. Whe༒n he getღs out into the race, he finds a way to make it work.

“He’ll be theಌre! He’s not a big fan of the circuit, whereas Aleix Espargaro is.

“Aleix will have a good one here, because he loves it, and the bike is🐓 strong here.

“Marc ꧟is the opposite. If he finishes top five or siꦗx he’ll be satisfied and on target.”

There are some considerations that Marquez might attack the first part of the seasonꦇ, knowing his Ducati rivals on the GP24 should get stronger as they learn about their new bike’s developments.

Gresini’s duo of the Marquez⛦ brothers, and the VR46 pair, will ride G💧P23s this year.

Marquez will know that h𝕴is first chance for victory will come at his favourite circuits, Crafar insists.

“When there are race tracks which suit him? And he knows the bike better? He will be bi💖g trouble…”

Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez movܫed to Ducati to reinvigorate his hopes of a seventh title but, first, he must learn how to ride the bike that was used by last year’s title contenders.

Crafar explained: “The Ducati 🐬has more rear grip, and accelerates really well.

“So you have to use that to make the lap time.

“The Honda didn’t have that, and still doesn’t. So he had to make the lap time with the𓄧 front, pushing so hard on entry.

“We’ve seen him fall so much because he pushes the front so ha𝔉rd.

“He said that when he rid🤪es naturally, and tries to go faster, he goes to that Honda style - he pushes the front too much, the rear suffers, meaning he doesn’t get everything out of it.

“Don’t do thatও! Use what the strengths are of the motorcycle.

“Don’t cli🌳ck back into your old way, when 🌳you push.

“That’s one thing that he’s fighting with.

🅰“Also, you haven’t spent time on this motorcycle on different tracks.

“So you don’t really know the base setting yet.

“When he finds that? At a track ๊he likes? He’ll be there fighting for𒆙 the win, I’m sure.”