Marc Marquez arrives at Mugello to compete in an Italian Grand Prix which will mark his longest period without the slightest victory of his entire prolific career. In fact, by this Sunday's race it will have been exactly 595 days since the official Honda's last victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on October 24, 2021 in Misano...
The eight-time World Champion has never experienced such a drought, the last of which ended with his first Grand Prix victory in the 125cc category in 2010 at the… Italian Grand Prix, still at Mugello. The opportunity to recall that he won twice again on this track, in Moto2 and in MotoGP in 2014, where he also had three podiums.
On this deadline, Marc Marquez commented : " it's time to get back to work. We are going to Mugello which is always a very busy weekend, and where the track is very fast and flowing. I've had some good battles in the past and pushing the top speed of a MotoGP down the straight is always fun ».
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Marc Marquez has one goal: “ keep trying to progress »
Marc Marquez is not the favorite this weekend, unlike the next one which will take place at Sachsenring which he has almost made his private garden given his track record of no less than 11 successes in Germany.
However, upon his return to competition at Mans after recovering from an injury contracted during the first of the 40 races scheduled this season, he showed intact velocity aboard a Honda that he is the only one to wear at this level of competition. In qualifying, only the leader of championnat World Pecco Bagnaia snatched pole position from him. In the Sprint race the Spaniard finished fifth and, in the main race, he was in the running for the podium for a long time before falling two laps before the end...
And then there will be this chassis Kalex further assessed: “ we have to see what it will be possible to do this weekend and see what we can achieve with the team to get the most out of the bike and continue to try to progress " finished Marc Marquez on the technical aspect of his situation.
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