Always attentive and with his eyes on MotoGP, Dani Pedrosa paid close attention to Marc Márquez’s performance in his debut for Ducati with Gresini Racing in the MotoGP tests in Valencia after the end of the championship. And in a first analysis… he does not anticipate anything good for his competitors.
Márquez’s former teammate at Honda and KTM test rider since 2019 knows #93 like few others, and admitted to being curious to see the rider on a Ducati. Speaking to MotoGP microphones, the 38-year-old rider shared his thoughts on what he saw and what leads him to believe that this does not mean good news for the competition:
– Like everyone, I was also there because I wanted to see him on the bike and was curious about his performance. The first thing we saw was his smile after the first lap. That is not good news for the competition.
Remember the brief moment when, after the first run, the Spanish rider returned to the team’s box and took off his helmet: