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

Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been capable of 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 swap to Gresini firstly of this yr, leaving him at an obstacle to the manufacturing facility Ducati and Pramac groups.

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

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

Nonetheless, Marquez feels he wouldn’t have been capable of take the combat to Martin and Bagnaia in any state of affairs, explaining he wasn’t “in the most effective second” of his profession after 4 depressing years at Honda.

Requested by Autosport’s sister publication es.motorsport.com 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 amazing yr.

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

“Possibly I might have been nearer when it comes to factors on the finish of the yr, sure, however I would not have gained.”

Marquez made a raffle 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 having to adapt to a motorbike constructed to a totally completely different philosophy after 11 years of using the Honda RC213V.

This job was made tougher by the truth that he suffered a career-altering arm damage at Jerez in 2020, which required 4 surgical procedures over the next years to totally 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 check in Valencia [in 2023]. Testing the bike after 10 years with the Honda was the largest enhance I’ve had this season,” he mentioned.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing

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“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 part I had in my pocket book this yr, I’ve carried out it, and the remainder has come as a present. Had I written it right down to be world champion? I wasn’t reasonable. I could not go from 4 years in hell to glory .”

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.