Alex Marquez towards Barcelona
After the great victory in Jerez de la Frontera, it was expected that Alex Marquez would confirm himself at Le Mans. Instead, the vice world champion had a negative weekend, marked by two harmful crashes in Q2 and in the GP.
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Coming to the rescue of the Gresini team rider is another home race: it is Montmeló, a track where #73 has always been very strong. Here Marquez won in 2025 starting from pole position, and only a crash in the Sprint prevented him from achieving a double win. For this reason, the vice world champion believes he can be a protagonist this weekend.
The words of Alex Marquez
“Le Mans was a disaster, especially on my part, I made too many mistakes at key moments. But now we arrive at a track that suits my riding style quite well, I have always ridden with a certain smoothness, this gives me great confidence: if I manage to do my job in the best way, I can be fast and fight at least for the podium“, this was the Spanish rider’s comment in the press conference.
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“I believe that Ducati, after Jerez, is again at the level to be able to win races, so we have to focus only on ourselves“, he added. “Also at the track level, there are several factors that can help me this weekend. Here the low grip can help me make a difference compared to others. Also, I suffer a little more on braking entry and here this problem is less. So I can maintain smoothness and speed, this helps me a lot“.
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