It’s not a two-way challenge
Marc Marquez was immediately a protagonist on Misano Friday, finishing in second position in the Practice session after being the fastest of all in FP1. In the pre-qualifying, the reigning world champion was only preceded by Marco Bezzecchi, who according to most insiders is the rider with whom #93 is destined to fight for victory both in the San Marino GP and in the title race.
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“Everyone talks about Bezzecchi against Marc — Marco against Marc — but the real leader is Jorge Martín – Marquez recalled in the traditional end-of-day media scrum with Spanish journalists – Di Giannantonio is 48 points behind and Alex has been delivering top-level performances since his return from injury. It’s not a two-rider championship; at the moment it involves four riders, or maybe five, why not? And if you lose concentration for a moment, unlike last year when you might slip to third or fourth position, you suddenly find yourself sixth or seventh. Not to mention Acosta and the rest of the group“.
Good start
“So far this Friday we have worked well – Marquez then told Sky Sport MotoGP analyzing the outcome of the day – we have made some progress in some parts of the track where we were struggling. The goal was to be in the top 10 and we are there; we need to work on race pace, but we are working with the team to get to 100%. I still need to see where I am at race pace level and tomorrow I will understand – the reigning champion added – doing the Sprint with the medium like in Aragon? I don’t know, I rode all afternoon with the soft. I need to understand what the other Ducatis did and also see the rivals: Bezzecchi for example seems to have used medium and soft. Here anyway last year the soft worked well“, he concluded.
