Marc Marquez will attack his sixth Grand Prix of the season in Italy this weekend, out of the seven already completed on the calendar, since he missed two due to injury. His best ranking so far is fourth place and he is proud of it. Because he proclaims to anyone who will listen that given his physical state and his technical potential, this is the best that can be acquired. The Honda brand remains an open-air construction site in MotoGP and Mugello should once again demonstrate this, unless light emerges from this Italian Grand Prix.
Because you never know, in fact, in this MotoGP of today who has never been so indecisive. The Tuscan route will once again bring out the power with its straight line of more than 1 km that Brad Binder had swallowed last year on the handlebars of his KTM at 362,4 km/h, thus equaling the speed record of Johann zarco au Qatar signé avec sa Ducati. Le circuit du Mugello propose aussi des passages fluides et rapides. Un grand changement pour l’équipe Repsol Honda, car récemment à Jerez et au Mans, il s’agissait davantage de pistes “stop-and-go”.
Until then on Mugello, Marc Marquez has only one victory, acquired in 2014, and he finished on the podium in 2016 and 2019. He also won in 125 and Moto2. “ Mugello is a pleasant circuit to drive. It's very fast, and it's a great feeling to hurtle down the straight on a MotoGP “, declared the eight-time World Champion before the race weekend in Tuscany. “ We'll see what's possible this weekend ».
Au General classification, the Honda factory rider is 10th after seven races out of 21, 48 points behind the World Championship leader fabio quartararo with his Yamaha. But it is also only 15 points away fromAlex Rins, fourth with the Suzuki… “ We will have to see how the situation is and where we are. I know that if we continue to work in the right direction with the team and with Honda, we can find our strengths again » adds the pilot 29 years.
Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaró frankly don't know what to expect
In the team classification, the Repsol Honda team with Marc Márquez et Pol Espargaro occupies 7th place with 94 points in the World Championship. The ranking of manufacturers is difficult to bear for Honda before the “Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley”. The world's largest motorcycle manufacturer is a distant sixth and last, 89 points of Ducati at the top.
Pol Espargaro, his teammate, in the hot seat and all but certain of seeing his contract renewed for next season, commented: “ Mugello is always a great circuit to ride, it's very fast and when you push on the straight on a MotoGP it's a great feeling. We will see what is possible this weekend, we have to arrive and see what the situation is and where we are. I know that by continuing to work with my team, with Honda, we can get back to where we know our potential is ". A speech substantially identical to that of its leader…
