The start of the season is approaching for the MotoGP riders who finished their off-season tests last weekend. The opportunity to take stock and evaluate your strengths as well as the competition. An exercise undertaken Marc Márquez, who comes out of winter already favorite for a seventh world title…
Marc Marquez can indeed feel ready before embarking on a Qatar Grand Prix which will mark the start of 2018 hostilities in MotoGP. His new RC213V looks sharp and even his team seems strengthened. On AS, he explains: “ we had a very good offseason. We may not have done anything impressive, but we were consistent and continued to improve our overall pace ". He also focuses on the new internal organization: “ Puig plays a very different role than Suppo. He is a former Grand Prix driver and his approach is more sporting than technical. He can help us a lot. Honda must now decide who my future teammate will be ».
On the level of competition, he says: “ at Ducati, the strongest remains Dovizioso. Lorenzo can be fast, but we don't know if he can be consistent on all circuits. Dovizioso now knows what he has to do, and we will definitely have to keep an eye on him. At Yamaha, Zarco is the strongest. But Rosi isn't so bad. As for Viñales, he seems to be suffering the most on the new Yamaha. However, we cannot exclude it from the predictions ».
The Qatar Grand Prix will take place on March 18.
