Marquez: I wouldn’t have won 2024 MotoGP title even with Ducati GP24

Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been in a position to win the 2024 MotoGP title even when he was using Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.

Marquez needed to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his change to Gresini at the start of this yr, leaving him at a drawback to the manufacturing facility Ducati and Pramac groups.

However regardless of not having the newest equipment beneath him, the Spaniard was speedy all by the yr, scoring three wins and 10 podiums en path to a robust third within the championship, behind eventual champion Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia.

Given how far forward he was of the following rider on the identical GP23 prototype as him, his personal brother/team-mate Alex Marquez in eighth, many insiders had been satisfied that he would have had a real probability so as to add a seventh premier class title to his tally if he had parity of kit with different frontrunners.

Nonetheless, Marquez feels he wouldn’t have been in a position to take the combat to Martin and Bagnaia in any situation, explaining he wasn’t “in the very best second” of his profession after 4 depressing years at Honda.

Requested by Motorsport.com Spain if he had gained the title on the GP24, Marquez mentioned: “I am not going to say sure, as a result of each Jorge and Pecco have had an incredible yr.

“I would not have gained as a result of I wasn’t in the very best second to combat for the title.

“Perhaps I’d have been nearer by way of factors on the finish of the yr, sure, however I would not have gained.”

Marquez made a chance on the finish of 2023 by terminating his profitable Honda contract in favour of a transfer to the satellite tv for pc Gresini crew.

It meant, amongst different issues, having to adapt to a motorbike constructed to a totally completely different philosophy after 11 years of using the Honda RC213V.

This activity was made tougher by the truth that he suffered a career-altering arm harm at Jerez in 2020, which required 4 surgical procedures over the next years to completely heal from.

The 31-year-old mentioned he had hoped for nothing greater than a podium and a victory in 2024, which meant something that adopted his triumph within the Aragon GP in September was a bonus for him.

“By way of bodily sensation, I will take the take a look at in Valencia [in 2023]. Testing the bike after 10 years with the Honda was the largest increase I’ve had this season,” he mentioned.

“Then, I’ve two moments, the rostrum in Jerez, the place I noticed the victory very shut, and the victory in Aragon, which was not an obsession, however I used to be chasing it.

“Every thing I had in my pocket book this yr, I’ve performed it, and the remaining has come as a present. The remainder has come as a present. Had I written it right down to be world champion? I wasn’t life like. I could not go from 4 years in hell to glory unexpectedly.”

Marquez shall be one of many solely three riders to race the brand new Ducati GP25 subsequent yr, as he steps as much as the Italian marque’s manufacturing facility crew alongside Bagnaia.