The eight-time world champion has 10 rounds left in 2024 to break his victory drought
Marc Marquez’s first season on the Ducati MotoGP bike with the Gresini team has been a welcome return to form for the six-time premier class world champion.
It’s a marked departure from the form he showed on the difficult Honda last season, with Marquez managing just four rostrums in total. Stronghold venues in COTA and Sachsenring didn’t yield the expected return to the top of the rostrum. At Austin, he crashed due to a brake issue having just taken the lead, while a tough weekend in Germany put him out of victory contention - though he still finished second from 13th.
“But let’s see. Still 10 races remain. It’s true that we have three riders faster than us, which are the three riders riding the 2024 Ducati. They are super-fast and also riding in a good way. The upcoming Austrian GP - where Marquez has never breached the top of the podium - is likely to see a similar picture to the British GP, with the GP24s stealing a march on the GP23. That isn’t to say Marquez can’t win at the Red Bull Ring, but the following round in Aragon presents a much better opportunity.
Back-to-back Misano rounds following Aragon should also play into his hands. The San Marino GP last year represented one of his better showings on the Honda with a seventh-place finish. The Ducati is always competitive at Misano, but the key factor for Marquez will be the fact that - for the first time since Qatar this season - he’ll start a race weekend not facing such a task in setting up his GP23.
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