Marco Bezzecchi “will use Jorge Martin as a reference”

“I’ll try to copy everything that ꦚhe 💖does better than me”

Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test
Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi’s rapid MotoGP rise came to a sudden halt in 2023 when the young Italian managed only a single podium and s෴lipped to twel♒fth in the world championship.

A triple race winner beaten only by Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin the previous season, Bezzecchi a🌠dmits his motivation suffered as h♉e struggled to be competitive on the GP23.

“I struggle with the first touch of gas, the bike doesn't turn, I'm losing speed and of✤ten go wide,” Bezzecchi explained last season, at VR46💫.

“All the GP23 Ducati riders complain about the same problem. There are some tracks where I 🐈was able to adjust a bit, and some I struggled more.”

Fortunately for Bez, Aprilia saw last season as a blip and signed the 26-year-old to join new world ch🐎ampion Jorge Martin in its ⛄factory team.

Bezzecchi’s RS-GP debut at last November’s Barcelona test ended in 13th place, but just a tenth of a s💞econd slower than Mar🔯tin.

Perhaps most importantly, given lasಌt year's corn𒐪ering woes, Bezzecchi felt immediate confidence with the front-end of the machine.

“It was a nice first day for me in Montmelo,” Be🐓zzecchi reflected at the Aprilia💦 team launch. “I felt immediately good on the bike.

“The biggest diff💖erence was the front that was really, really stable. It's a characteristic of the Aprilia. A big stability. The bike gave me a good confidence immediately in straight braking.

“🦋This was quite different from Ducati, that is in another position, so when you brake, the b🌳ike reacts in a different way.

“Then also of course,ꦺ the way to ride [the Aprilia] is completely different, so I will need to adapt lap-by-lap more and more. But the biggest difference was this.”

Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia team launch
Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia team launch

Bezzecchi and Martin have spent all o🦋f their premier-class careers racing for Ducati.

The Spaniard had full factory support at Pramac but also went through a difficult phase, winless in 2🌃022 and losing out on a factory team🍰 seat to Enea Bastianini.

However, Martin bounced back spectacularly with a title challenge inꦛ 2023, then absorbed the pressure of being world championsh♈ip leader for most of last year.

Bezzecchi acknowledges there is a lot he can learn from Martin,�ꦅ� on and off track.

“🐓Well, first of all, his speed is huge. I mean, he's able to reach an amazing level of speed in such a short time,” Bezzecchi said. “Every time he jumps on the bike, h꧟e's very fast.

“So it will be important for me to🅷 try to use h🎀im as a reference, to see his data, to see the way that he works inside the box and try to copy everything that he does better than me.

“He is the world champion so at theꦚ end, 💟he is the strongest one at the moment.

“Let's say that apart from the skills on the bike, that he certainly has a lot of, he also has a very good work ethic. He trains ve𒆙ry well. But also he is very focused, very motivated every time.

“I’m also motivated, but sometimes it’s dif🤡ficult t🍃o keep this motivation for all the races when you have tough times. For me, last year was really tough.

“He passed some difficul🐈t times in the past. H𝓡e had to change completely his plans. But he kept anyway a strong mentality and a strong motivation.

“This is a good example to understand how much stronger Jorge is. So this is somet🌄hing that I will try to do as well and try to take him as a reference 🌄to improve myself.”

Bezzecchi and Martin will be back on track, with the RS-GP25, at the Sepang test fro🌳m Febℱruary 5-7.

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