Marc Marquez is expected to have a decisive year in MotoGP. According to his former boxmate, he will be able to dismantle the plans of the favored Ducati.
Dani Pedrosa was the longest-serving boxmate of Marc Marquez in the Repsol Honda team box. Few know the champion better than him, having shared the same team for six seasons, before his definitive farewell to MotoGP to inaugurate a new career as a test rider with KTM. In the latest episode of the “Cuatro Tiempos” docuseries broadcast on Dazn, the Spaniard talks about the prospects of the six-time MotoGP champion.
After three difficult years, marked by the injury in Jerez 2020 and four operations on his right arm, Marc Marquez is expected to have a decisive year for Honda and for his future. Ducati are the underdogs, the Desmosedici GP it will certainly be the bike to beat also in 2023, the assault on the world title will not be easy at all. But not impossible either, because in the past he has demonstrated several times that he can triumph even with a less competitive Honda RC213V than his rivals. “Marc has the special ability to win even with bikes that maybe – points out Dani Pedrosa – they are not perfect“.
Marc Marquez the antagonist of Ducati
The multiple champion from Cervera has shown that he knows how to adapt better than anyone else to the transition from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres. While its branded peers struggled astride the HondaMarc Marquez has always excelled, even when he wasn’t in perfect physical condition, as in 2021, managing to score three victories “with one arm”. “Marc is a different rider – adds Dani Pedrosa -. On the track it is impressive. We watched telemetry together and he did special things. I said ‘I don’t know how she does it’, she did things I couldn’t match“.
Fast on the track and impressive even in crashes, which he often almost voluntarily brought back to look for the limit and discover that boundary of the possible which allowed him to gain even a few tenths per lap. “When the bike wasn’t right for me it was difficult, but not for Marc“. And not only that, he adds: “If I had fallen like him I would have ended up in hospital with broken bones“.
For the season MotoGP 2023 he will still be the true antagonist of the Ducatis. According to Dani Pedrosa, he will be able to put the last complicated three years behind him, provided that Honda is also able to take decisive steps forward. In particular, the harmony with the front end of the Golden Wing prototype remains to be improved, which continues to be the cause of many crashes. “If he’s in good physical shape and finds a certain feeling with the bike, he can easily dismantle Ducati’s plans. Marc Marquez is a truly unpredictable boy and can do incredible things in moments you don’t expect“.
