Marc Marquez: “Everyone keeps saying that I am the favorite for the World Championship, but I have three riders ahead in the standings”

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“No matter how much you say I am the favorite, there is no favorite in this World Championship. In the standings, I have three riders ahead.” Marc Marquez at the end of the Silverstone weekend emphasized that being considered by insiders as the favorite to win what would be his tenth world title in his career does not reflect the reality of the facts.

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“It is clear that every Sunday a different rider can win and, at the moment, the one showing the most consistency is the leader, Jorge Martín, and he is the one managing the situation better – added Marquez as reported by the Spanish newspaper AS – we will try to give our best and make things difficult for everyone, but at the moment we are behind“.

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Marquez does not live the world title chase as a matter of life or death: “I do my best and I will see how far I get, without stress“, concluded the Ducati rider.

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