Marc Márquez Confident ADMIT He’s the fastest among the Ducati GP23 riders
With four rounds left in the MotoGP season, Ducati has lost only one main race so far. Among their victories, just two were not achieved with the 2024 version of the Desmosedici GP24 – both won by Marc Márquez (Gresini).
Since the GP24 is the most advanced model with the latest updates, it’s expected that the GP23, mainly operated by satellite teams, would have fewer wins. However, after a 2023 season where Marco Bezzecchi found success with an older bike, was it expected that only Marc Márquez would be the sole winner on a GP23 at this point in the season?
Former rider Loris Reggiani commented to La Gazzetta dello Sport: ‘That Márquez is strong is unquestionable. That Márquez is stronger than [Fabio] Di Giannantonio, his brother Álex [Márquez], and [Marco] Bezzecchi is clear. That he is the fastest among the Ducati GP23 riders is okay, but…’
Pressed to explain that «but», Reggiani elaborated: ‘[Francesco] Bagnaia and [Jorge] Martín are also stronger than those I mentioned. I’m not saying it’s easy to beat them, but Márquez had to do it, and he did. That’s doing his homework. Now he has to beat the best, and next year he will have to prove it’.
