Marc Marquez attended the media at a press conference organized by his sponsor, Estrella Galicia 0.0, where he answered all questions about the World Cup, its future in Ducati2024 and especially if he can fight for the title. The message left by the eight-time world champion is clear, he will do his best to win his ninth title, his seventh in MotoGP, and he explained that even if he had competed this year with the Ducati GP24, he would not wouldn’t have done it. won the title either.
First, they asked him if all the questions he had outstanding this year and those that remained unanswered had been answered: “I answered the ones I had for this year. I wondered if I was still competitive and I am. I am with the team that has won as a team in recent years, the rider who has been champion for two years and Jorge Martín who has won with the same bike. “The goal is to get to the first race as well as possible.”
As for whether the challenge for 2025 is to be champion, Marc Márquez replied: “My challenge is to have a full pre-season, where I can prepare well. Logically, I would like to fight for the title. That’s why I’m in the best team with the best bike and I have a teammate who won two world championships and fought for the world championship until the last race. I have the tools to fight for the title. “We will try to work in the best possible way to fight for the title.”
Asked if he could have won the World Championship this year if he had opted for GP24, Marc Márquez replied: “I’m not going to say yes because I think Pecco and Jorge had a great year. I wouldn’t have won because it didn’t come at the best time to fight for a title. Maybe it would have been closer at the end of the year, yes, but I wouldn’t have won.
During the test, he rode with the GP 25, but also with the GP23. Regarding the differences between the two, he emphasized: “On a test day, especially the first one, the goal is to get to know people. I rode most of the day with the 25. The good thing was that Pecco and I had the same opinions. “The small step is there, I felt comfortable and that gives me confidence.”
Márquez on signing for Ducati
Regarding the reason why Gigi Dall’Igna signed Marc Márquez, the Lleida man admitted that when the door opened to join the official Ducati team “I did not hesitate” and he went “with All”. “I tried to make an effort, to give everything on the track, because you can be very polite if you don’t give everything on the track… When the door to the Ducati factory opened and I I didn’t hesitate. “When that door opened, I took everything.”
Regarding what it means to be a factory driver again, he replied: “That was precisely one of the changes made in the first test. I went back to what testing was like when I was a Honda rider, trying a lot of things. These are tests more for the technical team than for you as a driver. That’s why I said that with Gresini I had found the perfect team, because the training was focused on me, on my driving style. Here you have everything structured. This is what I discovered on Tuesday. I missed him. The most important thing, and it is a great chance, that these comments coincide with the teammate because they make the work of the home team easier.
As for whether this year gives him similar value to any of his eight world titles, he commented: “I told the Gresini team. He didn’t win a title, but in terms of personally, I gained much more In the situation I was in, it crossed my mind. Next year I will try to continue having fun and continue with this happiness.
Regarding how much Marc Márquez has changed since 2019, when he suffered that fatal injury, until today, he replied: “Every person changes over time, for better and for worse. In 2019, it was my last title, I will try not to make it the last. Many things happened that made me mature. The next two years I have two good opportunities. Winning is not normal. “We will try to make it difficult for our rivals.”
Regarding a moment in 2024 and if there was anything left unresolved, he assured the following: “In terms of bodily sensations, I prefer the Valencia test. Moving to another bike after 10 years on the same bike was the biggest boost I got this season. Then I have two moments left, the podium in Jerez and the victory in Aragon. She was persecuted, it wasn’t an obsession, but she was persecuted. I completed everything I had in my notebook, the rest was given to me as a gift. “You can’t go from hell to glory.”
Projects for 2025
Regarding plans for the upcoming season, Marc explained: “To approach the 2025 season, the only plan that exists is to be fast on the track. If you are quick, the plans will come out. If you are not fast, you will not be able to achieve the goal. When you get out of a difficult situation, you have to define a strategy. Everything that happened was a consequence of our speed on the track.
Regarding Luca Marini’s statements in which he assures that “they have already decided that Marquez will win”, the 93 replied: “I read the first one that he is going to sweep. We are in MotoGP and it is difficult. In sport you live in the present Every year young people come out and the championship changes Not only the Ducati races There is a Pedro Acosta, Martín with an Aprilia… Last year Maverick already won a race with it. the Aprilia We will see, but we will try to give 100%. I am aware that you have to give everything to win a World Cup. “If you want to be a champion, you have to earn it on the track and there. be quick.”
On the question of whether there have been any disappointments this year, he said “there have been few. Austin was one of the places marked to try to win because it was one of the tracks I’m good at. Having this patience makes a difference. Mistakes were made, but they were corrected in the second half. For the rest, there were no injuries or last minute unforeseen events.
Regarding working with Ducati and if he noticed a difference with Honda, Marc Márquez replied: “Yes, I noticed differences and you start to understand why they are there. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., I already received calls telling me that we were going to take this or that route, and that was something I hadn’t experienced.
About Gigi Dall’Igna, the six-time MotoGP champion said: “Gigi is the best leader for me. There are many good engineers. There will be better and worse, but in the end, you have to be a leader because you cannot control a motorcycle alone. In addition to being a good engineer, he is a good leader.
Fight for the World Cup
When asked who Marc Márquez thinks will win the World Cup, the Spaniard didn’t want to get involved: “I’ll tell you before Thailand. In pre-season you already see who the favorites are. I hope and wish that my name is among these three-four at the front.
As for whether competing with Pecco puts more pressure on him, he commented: “A situation comes up that I’ve never experienced before. There is no 1-2, 2-1 in an area but the one who decides is Pecco because he won two world championships with Ducati and it is he who must decide. We will work to be closer to him. “He’s the rider who brought Ducati back to the top.”
As for whether this is the year he’ll be in ninth grade, Marc continued with his usual low profile: “I hope in a year and you tell me, see how low you were and you were fooling us.” Then we’ll see. We will work to fight for the title. Sometimes I said I would be fifth or fourth and it stayed like that. Maybe after the preseason we’ll have this press conference and I’ll say something else. If I can steal the title, I will steal it from him, but I hope he stays in the Ducati box.
Additionally, the 93 pointed out that Ducati installed the electronics it had in Gresini: “They installed the electronics I had in Gresini and that helps. Next week I’m going to Italy. “The fact that we already have data from this season will make things easier.”
Sponsors
As for whether next year he will be able to keep Estrella Galicia 0.0 as a sponsor due to the conflict with Ducati’s sponsors, Marc replied: “Obviously I always try to be careful and next year one of the things that have been difficult, I I always try to take care of my sponsors, especially those who helped me in difficult times I have done it and I will do it in the future. had to prioritize the sports part. But I hope and wish to continue with the friends of Estrella Galicia 0.0.
Regarding the possible mental games with Pecco, Márquez is clear: “If you are not fast on the track, you can say what you want, but the best mental game is to be fast on the track. If you are fast on the track, you can achieve results. When asked what his motivations are for next year, he replied: “The non-conformism that has characterized my entire sporting career, wanting more. Sometimes it makes you make mistakes. But wanting more also made me better. I have nothing to prove. I am here out of passion. “I will try to enjoy what I like the most.”
Finally, they asked him about the possibility of ending his career at Honda: “I thought my career would end at Honda and in two years I changed two teams. You never know. You should always leave the doors open. You never know where you’ll end up, what you’ll need, or where you’ll be in the future.
