It has not escaped Alex Marquez that the transfer market in MotoGP has not experienced its candy truce. A situation which left all the drivers in the category on alert, and in particular those who were not successful, and this is the case of Marc's cadet. The 2022 season promises to be crucial, and from the first moments, for this contingent which does not convince while the next generation pushes and asks to join the ranks of the elite. Alex Marquez readily recognizes this…
Alex Marquez will attack its third year in MotoGP by playing in the LCR team with a factory rider contract Honda. At the moment, it's not really the brand you have to ride for to be successful. Unless it is a phenomenon like Marc Marquez, who can win three Grands Prix on a reluctant RC213V despite a convalescing right arm…
An exception which does not occur in an LCR team whose two drivers, Nakagami et Alex Marquez, finished in 15th and 16th position respectively in the last championship. An involution compared to the 2020 season during which the Japanese driver was fast on several occasions, finishing in the top five on four occasions and taking a pole position. While the Spaniard, that season in the official Repsol team, had won two consecutive second places at the very end of the campaign, to the point of putting forward the hypothesis of a 2021 exercise as a protagonist at the forefront .
Although age plays in favor of Marc's brother, as does his surname, the season which has just ended did not live up to expectations and it could be called into question if the long-awaited qualitative leap does not 'does not arrive. On more than one occasion, Alex Marquez showed that he knew how to pilot the Honda, but what he lacks is sometimes regularity, sometimes confidence. For the Spaniard, the best result of the year was fourth place in the penultimate round of the season in Portimao. This is the same result as his teammate, fourth in Jerez. A decidedly meager booty for the duo Lucio Cecchinello.
Alex Marquez: “ winning is always my goal«
So sad indeed, thatAlex Marquez knows what awaits him: 2022 is an important season. New doors are opening for many drivers, so it will be important to perform well », declares the Spaniard on speed week. " There is always pressure on me. It doesn't matter if I drive for the Honda factory team or the LCR satellite team. Winning is always my goal » he adds.
To assert himself and guarantee his place, he is counting, like all his distinguished colleagues, on the new RC213V expected at Honda : " we had a tire grip problem in 2021. Remember, Honda has been building on a concept for years. Everything is new now. The positive thing is that we already know the new bike and we have good lap times ", ended Alex Marquez, reporting on his experience during offseason testing. But 2022 still remains an unknown. We should see a little more clearly next February at Sepang, which will be the venue for the start of MotoGP, one month before the start of the season at Qatar.
