Marc Márquez secured his first MotoGP victory of the season, and his first with Ducati and Gresini, by dominating last Sunday’s Aragon GP.
According to Jorge Lorenzo, several factors came together to enable this impressive performance by the eight-time world champion, as he mentioned on his podcast Dura La Vita:
– The truth is that we saw a dominating Márquez again, reminiscent of his strong moments with Honda; for example, in Sachsenring, Austin, and Argentina, where the asphalt also had low grip. I think several important factors aligned: the left-hand turns – it’s actually a mixed circuit, but the left-hand turns are very long, and you spend a lot of time leaned over, with acceleration, throttle control, and sliding, and Marc is very skilled at that.
The former rider believes that the low-grip asphalt played a particularly significant role: ‘Above all, the new asphalt offered unexpected grip. Normally, new asphalt offers much more grip and the lap times drop significantly compared to old asphalt, but that wasn’t the case. This allowed Márquez – who excels in low-grip conditions – to combine these two factors’.
This was Márquez’s first win of the season in the 12th round: ‘I think Márquez had 11 opportunities to win, and if he didn’t, it’s because he couldn’t’, Lorenzo commented.