Marc Marquez ‘in no rush’ to decide future after links to factory team emerge

Marc Marquez admits🔯 he’s in ‘no🌠 rush’ to sort out his MotoGP future after being asked about joining the factory Ducati team.

Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Qatar MotoGP, 7 March
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Qatar MotoGP, 7 March

After alleged comments from Davide Tardozzi suggesting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez could be a possibility for the second Lenovo Ducati seat, the eight-time was asked about it during the press conference ahead of the Portimao MotoGP.

Marquez said: “My situation is completely different to the past. Inꦰ December I signed the contract for the next year and right now I’m not in a rush.

“I just want to concentrate on myself and d𒅌o the best I can on the race track. I know that if I enjoy it and I’m fast then I will have more possibilit💝ies to choose a seat. 

“But until no༒w I don’t want to speak. I want to concentrate on myself, focus on Qatar, focus here, some races will be better, some will be worse 🃏and I will try to do my 100%.

“I know that in this sport comes the present, not the past. The pre🐬sent is like this because there are two, three, four riders quicker than me.”

Marquez, who claimed two top five finishes on his Ducati debut in Qatar, was one of the standout performers as he looks to get o𒆙n par with the likes of Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin.

Pushed further on whether he would prefer the pressure o💯f being in a factory team or if choosing to have a full factory bike at Gresini would be his preferred choice, Marquez gave very little away.

“I will not answer the second question,” smiled Marquez. “I’m♊ concentrating♛ on myself and doing my best on the race track and like this I will have more opportunities.

“The p💝ressure is the same because the riders are happy if they ar🌌e in the podium. The teams are happy if they are on the podium and it's a target of this team.

“Being on the podium is better than the top five and winning a race is better than a podium. In the end, to have a good atmosphere and have some jokes, doesn't mean you don’t have pressure or ambition𝔍. 

“Thꦯe ambition is the same a🙈s a factory team because we are here to fight for the best result possible. 

“But it’s true that there are less people in the team and it is more like a family. In the Repsol Honda team the atmosphere was correct but the culture is different between Japanese, Italian, Spanish and American. Every atဣmosphere is good if the results are good.”

Marquez was part of a mouth-wa📖tering battle against rookie sensation Pedro Acosta in Qatar.

The latter looks destined to become a MotoGP great, something Marquez is and has bee꧃n for a very long time.

Marquez ultimately won tha🥃t battle as Acosta faded with rear tyre wear, but the Gresini rider expects Acosta to be a consistent presence at the front of MotoGP going forward.

“I already said last year and I reconfirmed after Qatar he will be one of the guys in the future of MotoGP and🃏 the present, because as he showed in Qatar, he has enough talent,” said Marquez.

“When you are super talented you are fast with any type 🍬of bike.

“He was🐻 really fast in those laps 🅠and I’m sure he has learned about managing the tyres. 

💦“I’m sure he will be much better in the next races.”

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