Alex Marquez: Silverstone “slightly better” for my style, but Marc “knows how to be fast”
Alex Marquez plays down outpacing brother Marc in qualifying for last🐼 year’s British MotoGP.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez may have outqualified brother Marc as Gresini team-mates at last year’s British MotoGP - and won the wet 2023 Sprint - but he’s under no illusions about who is favourite heading into th💞is weekend’s Silverstone event.
Although Alex held the upper hand over a single lap last year, an😼d agrees that Silverstone’s flowing corners suit his riding style, Marc turned the tables in both of last year’s races.
The #93 was holding fourth, with Alex in seventh, w🐼hen he crashed out of the Sprint. Those positions - fourth for Marc, seventh for Al☂ex - were then repeated at the chequered flag of the grand prix.
The Marquez brothers return to the UK holding first and second in this year’s world championship standings - new factory Ducati rider Marc breaking 22 points clear of Jer⛎ez winner Alex after a non-score at Le Mans.
Although Marc has not won at Silverstone💙 since 2014, that was the case ahead of round four in Qatar, where Marc🐷 emerged with a perfect double victory.
“Last year, with𝕴 the GP23 bike, he was able to be in front of me. So he is better than me [at Silverstone],” said Alex, who was 2.8s from Marc at the finish last season.
“It is a track that normally I enjoy it a lot, it's really fast, flowing. But about perform💫ance, it's not that I'm better than him [at Silverstone].
“Maybe it's a track that, for my riding style, is slightly better, but it's Marc Marquez, he's not a rider who doesn't know how to be fast 🧸on some trꦆacks.”
Although Alex suffeꦺred his first DNF of the season after crashing t💫wice in the Le Mans race, the Gresini rider had no regrets over his bike-swap decisions.
Like Marc, the #73 started on slicks, served a double long lap for the pre-race bike swap, then was forced to swi😼tch to wets as the rain worsened.
“For 6 laps, it was not raining. I think that 2 laps more in the dry, and we would have been🅺 able to be also in front of Johann [Zarco, race winner, starting on wets],” Alex said.
“A situation like that is always a lottery. We played the lottery in a good way🍷, but l𓆏ater the crashes made our weekend look like a disaster, but it's not like that.
“In the right moments, we did everything really preci🧸se [ꦦstrategically].”
The forecast suggests MotoGP could face another weekend of mixed weather at S﷽ilverstone.
Peter 💮has been in th💞e paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
