Marc Marquez Is Considered Still Hiding Original Power

Gresini racer, Marc Marquez, in the MotoGP pre-season test welcomes the 2024 season (Instagram/@marcmarquez93).

JAKARTA The six-time MotoGP world champion, Marc Marquez, is considered to still hide his original strength in the pre-season test which took place in Sepang, Malaysia.

One of the people who agree with this assumption is the manager of the Ducati Factory team, Davide Tardozzi. He said Marquez seemed to be deliberately still keeping his performance.

"Marc (Marquez)? He is an eight-time world champion. Marc is Marc Marquez! One of the greatest champions in history," Tardozzi said as quoted by Crash.

Marquez completed three days of Sepang tests in the ninth position of P14 and sixth. The first day the Spaniard was disturbed by technical problems.

The rider who defended Gresini then began to show developments in the Sprint Race simulation. In that race, the average lap was better than his younger brother, Alex Marquez, when he won the Sepang Sprint Race last year.

He also recorded more laps than other riders on the second day of the test. This brings the assumption that the former Honda racer deliberately hides the power to trick his rivals.

"He hasn't shown who he is. He will take the time it takes to ride a motorcycle at its maximum level. It's likely that Marc is higher than what we saw in Malaysia," said Tardozzi.

Marquez will then take part in the Qatar test for two days, respectively on Mondays and Tuesdays next week before the season starts on March 8, 2024.