Marc Marquez says he felt “very comfy and really calm” on his first day with the works Ducati crew, describing it as the perfect outfit in present-day MotoGP.
Having signed a two-year contract with the Italian manufacturing facility, Marquez bought his first style of the Ducati GP25 within the official check at Barcelona on Tuesday.
Finishing a complete of 49 laps, together with some on the championship-winning GP24, Marquez ended up fourth on the timesheets after posting a time of 1m39.454s late within the seven-hour session.
The check was essential for his preparation because it not solely allowed him to acclimate with a improvement model of the bike that he could be racing in 2025, but additionally study to work with new engineers on the manufacturing facility Ducati crew after a yr with Gresini’s year-old GP23.
Summing up his ideas, the six-time champion stated: “I made a dangerous wager a yr in the past [leaving Honda] and now it was time to complete it off within the manufacturing facility crew. It [getting the Ducati deal] was the perfect information, and that has been a little bit of the concept of the plan.
“The emotions with the crew have been good, I felt comfy from the start, very calm.
“The truth that I did not change factories or bikes and met a number of engineers has made me really feel comfy. I’ve had that peace of thoughts all day.”
Marc Marquez, Ducati Workforce
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Marquez stated he might instantly discover a distinction between Ducati and its satellite tv for pc squad Gresini, as he was now having to observe a extra detailed run plan.
“At this time was to return to work a bit like a manufacturing facility does, with a really strict plan, with every little thing established and figuring out what you need to check and that is the place the rider is 100% out there to work for the manufacturing facility to present the perfect suggestions,” he defined.
Marquez is reserving his judgement on whether or not there’s a huge distinction between the efficiency of the title-winning 2023 bike and the brand new GP25 prototype that’s being developed for the 2025 season.
“I’ve had a bounce from ‘23 to ‘25, it’s a new bike and the primary outing on the monitor all the time requires extra time to get every little thing prepared,” he stated.
“I’ve jumped to ‘24 twice, there are some variations. I believe the ‘25 is extra aggressive, however we’ve to see it.”
Tuesday additionally marked the primary day Marquez labored instantly below Ducati crew supervisor Davide Tardozzi, who has all the time had a tender spot for the Spaniard.
Marquez and Tardozzi represented rival producers in MotoGP throughout the former’s time at Honda, when he defeated then-Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso to the 2019 title.
“Davide is extra within the sporting half and immediately we targeted on technical points, however definitely there are folks I’ve identified for greater than 10 years and with whom I’ve all the time had a very good relationship, earlier than as rivals and now in the identical crew,” he stated.
“It does not change, we’ve a private relationship. With the folks contained in the field very comfy, very exact and 90% of the begins already testing the 2025 bike.”
