Never has Alex Marquez presented himself on the starting line of a MotoGP season with such a positive state of mind and such a competitive bike. It must be said that he is on a Ducati in a Gresini team in which he succeeds Enea Bastianini who, in the same environment, won no less than four races last year. The double Spanish World Champion must therefore be worthy of this legacy that his teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio will just as much like to reproduce…
At Gresini, we will once again have arguments to make to play the troublemakers of the season in MotoGP. With a Alex Marquez who wants to relaunch their career after a painful period Honda and Fabio DiGiannantonio who can enhance his natural speed with a layer of experience acquired last year, the Italians indeed have something to be considered, what's more with a Ducati GP22 reigning world champion.
« I've been feeling 100% for a few days now and after the testing accident it was important to immediately get back into shape » first commented Fabio Di Giannantonio which thus recalls his heavy fall, two weeks ago, during the off-season test on the same Portimao track. “I am extremely excited for Portugal, where we will discover the new MotoGP format ».
He adds : " Portimao has always been a very physical race, we will therefore have to manage our energies well and find the settings right away. Then in Argentina we will see where we are, on a track that is usually a little dirty at the start of the weekend, where it will be important to start strong straight away and manage less ».
Alex Marquez: “ we finally start, there is a lot of desire to put ourselves to the test on the track«
On the other side of the box, we find a Alex Marquez just as enthusiastic, if not more: “ we finally start, we are coming out of very positive testing days and there is a lot of desire to put ourselves to the test on the track » admitted whose brother you know. The latter is all the more impatient to put himself to the test on the roller coasters of the Algarve, that he always finished in the top 10 since he ran MotoGP...
« I would certainly have liked a few more days to get to know the Ducati, but I must say that we are already at a good point and the first three-four races of the year will be fundamental to regain dynamics and sensations given the season that presents itself ". Then he ends by already including Argentina in his reflection which will follow: “ we will have to discover the sprint race, so we dive into these first two weekends with renewed enthusiasm ».
