Sunday's Aragon MotoGP is shaping up to be another Marc Marquez 🔜vs Ducati victo🔴ry contest.

But with Jorge Lorenzo and/or Andrea Dovizioso beating Honda's runaway title leader at the last three rounds, can ꧅Marquez end Ducati's run in🎶 front of his home fans?

Marquez, who has qualified third on the grid behind the GP18 riders, feels more competitive than last time at Misano💮 and pledged "if I can fight, I will fight" - despite now having one hand on the title.

"I’m happy because yesterday we were far f🀅rom Duc🍷ati, today we are closer. In qualifying I was able to ride two times in the '46.9. Then with the last tyre I did a mistake," Marquez said.

"There were oth♔er riders at turn 12, I missed the concentration a little and went wide. But it was my mistake. Nothing to complain about to nobody.

"Tomorrow the race is long. 23 laps. It will be ha𒆙rd to manage the ty🧸res. But in FP4 I was riding with a lot of laps on the rear tyre. I feel good. We will try. Like other races, it’s a fight against the Ducatis."

The four time MotoGP champion added: "It looks like I’m the only guy that can fight against the two Ducati r🏅iders, but it’s like this. We have the package. We have the bike. Here I feel stronger in a few areas than in other circuits, like Misano.

"There is a long main straight where they make a big difference, but apart fr𝄹om that I like this track a lot. It’s one of my fa♔vorites and we are strong in a few areas.

"But we cannot forget that I’🍨m 67 points in front [of Dovizioso] in the championship. So if we cannot win tomorrow, if we canno♑t fight for the victory, it’s important finish the race."

Pressed on the level of risk he is p🐎repared to take in the race, Marquez replied:

"After the first five laps you already understand where you can arrive. Then you need to take some risks, always. To follow the two D🌃ucatis you need to take a risk, and to finish in the 🌺podium you need to take a risk.

"So the tactic is exactly the same as other racℱes: Start well, try to pass the first laps, and then undꦗerstand.

"If I can fight, I will fight. If for some reason I just can follow, I will try to follow. If for some reason 💯I don’t feel good, it’s important to think on the bike.

"But yo🐷u need to take some risks. This category is so equal. To finish even in the top ൩five you need to take a risk."

Marquez went into qualifying having fa💟llen in FP4. The #93 confirmed that uncertainty over whether the carbon-fib🅺re swingarm had been damaged prompted them to park that bike.

"The carbon swingarm always you need to check well," he said. "We are not in a moment to take a risk if it can be damaged. For that reason, we decided because too many things needed changing - even exhaust and h🐷andlebars - to concentrate only on one bike and it was the right decision."

Team-mate Dan💯i Pedrosa will start from fifth place and has perꦑhaps his best chance of a debut 2018 podium since Jerez.

"It’s important to be at least on the second row because the first corner is very close to the start and makes things a little tricky," Pedrosa said. "We’ll need to start well and 𒉰find a good line between the firstܫ two corners.

"We don’t know yet how the pace ⛄ꦏwill be tomorrow, but overall our race rhythm has been better than usual so we’ll try to adjust some more little things and see how it goes."