Marc Márquez started the MotoGP season strong at Gresini with his new Ducati – to which he is still adapting after a decade at Repsol Honda. This weekend the Americas GP takes place, a race he has already won seven times.
In a press conference, the Spanish rider said he expects many differences with the Desmosedici GP in Austin, but above all he hopes to enjoy it considering he likes the circuit:
– Let’s see. Of course, it’s a completely different bike concept and it’s ridden differently: the Honda was quite strong in those stop-and-go corners. Like for example Alex Rins showed here last year, the bike worked well; and like me and Joan Mir showed more or less in India. Let’s see how the Ducati works here. I know it will be different, but my goal is to try to flow. It’s a track I like, and when you arrive at a track you like, at least you enjoy it. So we will try to enjoy it and then we will see.
That said, Márquez emphasized that he does not expect to come out victorious at the Americas GP: ‘Of course there are two or three riders who will be very fast, they have been fast in recent years, so it will be difficult to get that victory. Because first of all, a better result must come in the Sunday race, because at the moment we are not even able to fight for the podium: we are in the top five, but the podium has not yet come‘.
