Alex Marquez stays grounded after MotoGP win: “Still half a step behind Marc”
MotoGP title leader Alex Marquez ๊taking it ‘race by race’, still ‘half a step🦋 behind Marc’.

Fresh from a breakthrough MotoGP victory in front of his home crowd, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez was back on track the nex☂t morning at the Jerez test.
The168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Gresini Ducati rider completed 47 lapღs, the best of which put him 𝔉tenth on the timesheets.
Marquez, who now leads the MotoGP standings, used Monday’s test to explore set-up chanඣges on his GP24 under what he described as “super high” grip conditions.
“Today the grip level was super hig💃h. Unbelievable,” Marquez said. “And normally we have a base setup that gives us a lot of traction. In general, we are always the best on traction inside the Ducati family.
“But when the grip level is [very high] like this, we struggle to turn the bike and have a good balance. So we tried a few things on the setup, also on the elect💯ronics, to try to understand what we need to do.
“Sometimes also having too much grip is a problem [for balance]. So we're just trying a few radical changes to see which🎶 is the way to go, if 🐠we have this issue during a weekend.”

New MotoGP tyre won’t solve pressure issues: “Rubber is rubber.”
Alongside the set-up work, Marquez also provided further feedb๊ack o♏n the proposed 2026 Michelin front tyre.
“Less positive than in Misano, Montmelo, Malaysia and Buriram, I will say. On this track, which is slower, I don't know why, but it felt a little bit worse. But𓂃 it's some positive things, some negatiꦐve things, not a big issue.
“Also, it's not sure they will give it to us next ye♒ar… If they bring the tyre to Aragon, they will decide there. But in slow tracks, for me, it's a little bit less positive, but still rea🎶lly similar to the other one.”
The main ai🍸m of the new front is to soothe rising tyre pressure issues🉐 when closely following other bikes.
But Marquez is♈ sceptical that any tyre can offer a complete fix.
“I think it's diꦡfficult, because rubber is rubber. When you have something really hot in front of you, th﷽at is another bike, it will get hotter.
“I think it will not be easy. And in one and a ha🍸lf years, we change manufacturers [to Pirelli].
“I 🦩have no doubts that Michelin, they are super professional aꩵnd they will work. But it's also a business and they need to control also the investment.”

“Race by race”
Alex’s maiden MotoGP win catapulted him back into the championship lead for the second time this season, with older brother Marc trailing by juꦺst a single point.
“It was the perfect Sunday for us: First victory, taking the title lead," A🧸lex said. "But we know that we are still maybe - not one step behind Marc, maybe half. But stil♎l Marc is stronger and is able to make a few things slightly better than us.”
Le Mans, site of next weekend’s French Grand Prix, is not tradi🔥tionally a happy hunting ground forᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ the younger Marquez - but neither was Jerez.
“Jerez and Le Mans are two tracks where historically I was🐓 not super good. But I won in Jerez, so we will see if we can be there again at Le Mans. Then later on, there are tracks like Silverstone, Mugello, Aragon, where I'm fast.
“So we'll see if we can be really close to Marc in🎀 Le Mans, then go race by race.”

Peter has been in t𝓀he paddock for 20 years ꧑and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.