If MotoGP champion Marc Marquez sticks 🌊in the wheeltracks of another rider in free practice, it usually means they are on his radar as a potential race-day threat.

And on Friday morning at ♎Jerez the Repsol Honda star got a close look at not only Ducati's world champion💮ship leader Andrea Dovizioso, but also his own team-mate Jorge Lorenzo (pictured).

While Lorenzo hasn't been close to Marquez in the opening races, he has an excellent record at Jer🎃ez and high hopes for thisᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ weekend.

"I 𒊎followed Jorge, because this morning he was fast and I just tried to understand," said Marque🐭z. "I saw some strong points of good riding style, some weak points.

"The weak points I will not saജy! The strong points are he is able to go into the corner very fast. Already he was very fast here with Ducati but even with Honda he is able to go into the corner very, very fast. This is positive."

Told of Marquez's comments about corner entry, Lorenzo revealed he is actually far from comfཧorta𓄧ble in that aspect.

"It's true that especially here in Jerez I'm br🦋aking quite late, 𝔉but in the braking I still don’t feel really comfortable," said Lorenzo. "I still make the corner too late.

"I would like to be able to stop before, to be able to lean before, finish the corner much quicker and ex💎it faster. Mak🐼e more corner speed.

"We're going to🐽 try some completely different settings and for sure some of them or꧃ one of them will give me something more."

The t👍riple MotoGP champion added that he is also꧅ suffering from arm fatigue under braking, an issue that also hampered his Ducati form until a revised tank shape helped provide better bracing. His first Desmosedici wins soon followed.

"St𝔍ill I don’t fe🐻el really comfortable on the bike, especially on braking," he said.

"I still suffer a little bit after some laps with the arms and I get a little bi♍t tired. But we are getting it. The bike is competitive. I justꦦ need to find a way for me, for my riding, to take profit of it.

"The bike is very strong, has a very good engine. Yes, 𝕴probably we lose in some areas compared to Ducati, but w🤡e are strong in others. It's a winning bike, it's a very powerful bike."

Lorenzo was second fastest to Marquez in FP1, but los🧸t ground with ninth in the afternoon.

"I expected to be more competitive. This morning went very well, better than the tes🌺t time with the medium tyre. In the afternoon honestly I had more problems to be competitive. I still need more experience with the setting of the bike for changing conditions on track, I struggle more.

"With the [second] bike we tried a completely different setting that didn’t work, so now we will start tomorrow w🦩ith the same base as this morning.

"But we'll try a completely different 🌠setting again with the other bike, to understand if some different ways can give me some extra tenths that I need to get closer to Marc, who at this mome🎃nt is the fastest and strongest one."

Marquez was second fastest on t💝hܫe combined Friday timesheets to Ducati's Danilo Petrucci, but quickest on the hard rear tyre.