I wouldn’t have gained 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 driving Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.

Marquez needed to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his swap to Gresini initially of this yr, leaving him at an obstacle to the manufacturing unit Ducati and Pramac groups.

However regardless of not having the newest equipment beneath him, the Spaniard was fast 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 stated: “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.

Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing

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

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

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

This job 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 totally heal from.

The 31-year-old stated 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 am going to take the check in Valencia [in 2023]. Testing the bike after 10 years with the Honda was the most important increase I’ve had this season,” he stated.

“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.

“All the pieces I had in my pocket book this yr, I’ve finished it, and the remaining has come as a present. The remainder has come as a present. Had I written it all the way down to be world champion? I wasn’t practical. I could not go from 4 years in hell to glory unexpectedly.”

Marquez will probably 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 unit workforce alongside Bagnaia.