This weekend, the MotoGP season will begin a 2020 campaign that we feared would be scrapped due to the pandemic that we know about. But the Grands Prix remained standing in the face of this terrible adversity, which was otherwise still vigorous. Forming the square, the paddock held firm around its Chief General Carmelo Ezpeleta. But on the track, it is Marc Marquez who has been the captain since 2013. If everything had started as planned, in March, in Qatar, he would have had difficulty defending his reign with a bad shoulder and a Honda that was not up to par. point. He had time to realign his sights and here he was in sight of Jerez, bloodier than ever. The proof…
Marc Marquez is ready to attack a new campaign which could bring him a ninth title. It would then be equal to a Valentino Rossi which will be its 25th this yearrd season… In the event of a parity score in the number of crowns, could we expect a good exchange between the two drivers?
Dans un entretien à Daily Star, la perspective lui a été soumise. Et sa réponse a été cinglante : “eh bien, je ne sais pas et je m’en fiche, honnêtement. "
Marc Marquez will be counted even less this year
A sentence that sets the tone for the state of mind one is in Marc Marquez. He's already in combat mode, after so many days away from his Honda. A period during which he also learned that his brother Alex would not stay with him under the Repsol Honda awning which will welcome Pol Espargaro. In short, MM93 is just waiting for the track to give change…
He also reveals his strategy: “ The most important thing for me is that in several races last year I wasn't the fastest guy on the track, but I still managed to get the victory. This is the most important thing, where we can attack our opponents more on a psychological level. Because if you are the fastest, you must win and that's normal ».
Marc Marquez is not the type to give up. In 2019, he won 12 times, he finished in second place 6 times, and he only regrets one retirement in Austin, when he had victory largely in hand. This season will feature 13 races. It will be recalled that the official Honda won in 2019 on seven of the eight circuits expected on the 2020 calendar. And where he did not materialize, in this case in Austria, he finished second in a Dovizioso who blew him the victory in the last corner… Marc Marquez signed with Honda until 2024, in a period where Espargaro Pol was not yet considered alongside him.
