Alex Marquez had the opportunity during the Jerez tests to climb on the RC213V of the Marc VDS Racing team, in place of a convalescing Tom Lüthi. The Swiss will be part of the 2018 MotoGP promotion, like his teammate and reigning Moto2 World Champion Franco Morbidelli. Two rivals of whose brother you know who leave him in an intermediate category where he will absolutely have to play for the title to push his career to the top. This is also why in Jerez, these tests were not a parade or a reward given after a positive season. No, it was indeed an evaluation that looked like a dress rehearsal…
Already, in the stands, there were lots of people: Marc Márquez, father Julia and the manager Emilio Alzamora. Everyone provided advice and in summary, Alex Marquez finished his performance seventeenth, 2.1 seconds behind the best time, but less than a second behind Franco Morbidelli riding the same bike with the same experience as him. What's more, during the second day, we worked on the details and the adaptation of the machine to Alex who reveals his roadmap: “ living such an experience is motivating. I want to win in Moto2 and then try to get to MotoGP in 2019 ».
With places already taken everywhere at Honda, we are already wondering where Alex could land. Lüthi must be convincing while Pedrosa will see his contract end at HRC at the end of 2018 while Marc Marquez always said that having his brother as a teammate would be a dream... But we're not there yet. And the person concerned is the first to recall it: “ we must now forget these tests and focus on the off-season and the tests with Moto2 ».
A season in the intermediate category which promises to be undecided with the return of helots from MotoGP while the KTM chassis has something to worry about those who remained in Kalex. Alex Marquez finished fourth in the 2017 championship, behind Morbidely, Lüthi et Olive tree.
