Marco Bezzecchi is about to face his third season in MotoGP. The rider stays with VR46 Racing Team riding a Ducati – which, despite being different from the one he had last year, it’s a continuity factor.
Asked if his experience being the third year in premier class will allow him to take profit from the stability he has, the Italian replied: ‘I had just one day riding the new bike, which is quite different from the bike I had last season. Anyways it’s a very competitive bike. Of course the GP23 won the World Championship, so it’s a fantastic bike for sure. I just need more time on it to try to understand better how to ride and how to use the maximum potential of the bike. But I also have a bit more experience compared to last year. I try to grow and learn every year. I will try my best to be competitive from the beginning of the season, but I still want to wait for the preseason test in Malaysia to understand how I will be on the bike’.
One of Bezzecchi’s weak points is the start and, while he admits the holeshot device of the GP23 could help him, the rider emphasized he also needs to work to be better: ‘The device is of course a bit different compared to the one I had last year. For sure it will be something that will give an advantage, but the bike doesn’t start by itself; I need to improve, I need to work on the clutch, I need to try to improve myself on the starts because it was a weak point I had last year. But we are working on it since the first time in MotoGP, so step by step I’m getting better. I’m sure that I will learn how to start faster. But with this package for sure it will be a little bit better – I hope’.