MotoGP Emilia Romagna: Marc Marquez Aims For Maximum Points

Gresini Racing Federal Oil racer Marc Marquez (Photo: ANTARA/HO-Federal Oil)

JAKARTA - Gresini Racing Federal Oil racer Marc Marquez is eyeing maximum points in the MotoGP 14th 2024 series at the Emilia-Romagna Circuit, Italy on Sunday night.

Marquez's efforts to get maximum points will not be easy because he will start the race from 7th after getting a qualification time of 1 minute 30.880 seconds.

However, Marc was able to show the performance of the Ducati Desmodedici GP23 motorcycle, which according to him, was more comfortable driving by occupying fourth position in the sprint race session, Saturday, September 21.

"If we start from the front row this time, we will still finish in fourth position. The speed of this race makes us have to have a higher target," said Marc Marquez as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, September 22.

"We have to be happy with this fourth position, which I think will be our target tomorrow too. Today we fell while trying to sharpen time, I don't feel completely confident in the performance of the tires and we need to try to keep improving and get close to Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin," he said.

Meanwhile, Alex Marquez, who finished in 14th position in the sprint race session, is optimistic that he can perform better in the main race session tonight.

"Our belief will not be that high after the incident, but it is important to perform well in the Sprint Race and collect some data before the race," said Alex who is also Marc Marquez's younger brother.

"We started from the last position and managed to recover many positions during the race with medium rear tire in order to have better references for racing," he said.

Seeing the second point for Gresini MotoGP racers in the 2024 MotoGP World Champion standings, Marc has 265 points in third position while Alex is in 10th place with 114 points.

Here's the Starting Grid MotoGP Emilia Romagna:

1. Francesco Bagnaia - Ducati Lenovo Team - Ducati2. Jorge Martin - Prima Pramac Racing - Ducati3. Enea Bastianini - Ducati Lenovo Team - Ducati4. Brad Binder - Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - KTM5. Pedro Acosta - Red Bull GAS Tech 3 - KTM6. Marco Bezzecchi - Pertamina Enduro VR46 - Ducati7. Marc Marquez - Gresini Racing - Ducati8. Maverick Vinales - Aprilia Racing - Aprilia9. Fabio Quartararo - Monster Energy Yamaha - Yamaha10. Franco Morbidelli - Prima Pramac Racing - Ducati11. Aleix Espargaro - Aprilia Racing - Aprilia12. Miguel Oliveira - Trackhouse Racing - Aprilia13. Fabio in Giannantonio - Pertamina Enduro VR46 - Ducati14. Raul Fernandez - Trackhouse Racing - Aprilia15. Luca Marini - Repsol Honda - Honda16. Joan Mir - Repsol Honda - Honda17. Johann Zarco - LCR Honda Castrol - Honda Castrol - Honda18. Augusto Fernandez - Red Bull GAS Tech 3 - KTM19. Jack Miller - Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - KTM20. Takaaki Nakagami - LCR Honda Idomitsu - Honda21. Alex Marquez - Gresini Racing - Ducati22. Alex Rins - Monster Energy Yamaha - Yamaha - Yamaha