Alex Marquez was the star of the day, presenting himself in his new LCR colors. Very fitting tones also with this privilege of being the first Honda rider to show up for the 2021 MotoGP season. It will be his second at this level of the competition and he obviously feels more attacked than a year ago when he had everything to discover. Despite the pandemic reducing driving time, his brother's injury and the fact of playing in an official team destabilized by it, he managed to get on two podiums which were the only ones for the brand in 2020. now he's part of the satellite team, but equipped like a factory driver, which gives him ambitions...
Alex Marquez is the brother of Marc certainly, but it is always good to remember that he is also a double World Champion. In Moto3And then Moto2. And he likes to point it out when asked about his best career memories so far: “ the two races I remember most enthusiastically are Valencia 2014 and Malaysia 2019. Two days I will never forget in my life ". Two events which indeed crowned him.
Otherwise, what are its ambitions for 2021? “ This will be my second year in MotoGP and I still have a lot to learn. The team is very professional and there are people who can teach me a lot. I feel more ready to face this season, 12 months ago I wasn't sure but in pre-season I worked a lot ". He adds : " now everything is clearer to me, we want to start with a very clear objective. I always want to grow as a driver and with results. I want to be more consistent than last year ».
« I don't think I will have more pressure than last year when, after Marc's injury, I found myself having to develop the bike. Honestly, I wasn't ready to do it. Now I am and we will have lots of things to try in Qatar. I hope to bring Honda good results. I would like to win my first race in MotoGP. Last year we saw that anything can happen, but I'm not obsessed with it. If it has to happen, it will happen, I just think about continuing my progress. The goal is to be regularly in the top 7, and even better, in the top 5 » analyzes the teammate Nakagami.
Alex Marquez: “Marc is better”
Être Alex Marquez, it is also accepting that even during his official presentation, we must talk about his illustrious older brother Marc … First, he remembers his long-distance relationships experienced in 2020: “ he certainly told me a lot of things to improve, to learn. But ultimately, I'm alone on the bike. So you can have the best brother in the world by your side and he can teach you many things, but then you are alone and you have to learn from all sides and remember all the thousand things he taught you say ».
« It's not easy and there was a moment when I said to him "leave me alone, please don't tell me anything more because I already need to assimilate the things you're telling me." 'you said before » he admits. “ But if you remember the press conference in Aragon, I asked that we stop talking about my brother because at that moment, I was a little on the limit in my head. But it's something natural that I've experienced since my debut at the world championship. In each interview, I have a few questions about Marc ».
And so, he had a simple one: how is he? “ Marc is doing better, we can see it on social networks. Of course, I don't train with him, and this is the third winter we haven't. We hope to succeed next year! In the meantime, I'm training with Virgo ". Saturday, it will be the turn of Nakagami to unveil its new war paint…
