El piloto español de MotoGP Marc Márquez (Ducati) se mostró «very contento y very agradecido» por firmar con el equipo oficial de la marca italiana para la próxima temporada, actualmente «the best» en la parrilla del Mundial de Motociclismo y que proporcionará «the best tools» para sacar «the máximo potencial de esta oportunidad».
«Por supuesto, me siento very feliz y very agradecido con Ducati Corse porque especially como piloto oficial y partner de «Pecco», especially porque hace un año estuve very close to saying that this would be my final. carrera, pero como tuve the luck de tener las vacaciones de verano, pude recargar pilas y recargar mi cuerpo también, y a partir de ese momento decidí optar por otro camino», dijo Márquez en una rueda de prensa previa al Gran Premio de Holanda.
Cervera tomó «that decisión y gracias a Honda, que understood perfectamente» su decisión de fichar por Ducati y Gresini Racing donde «immediately» sintió que «the bike está ready to recover la confianza» y que «the atmosphere en el equipo era perfecto» para renew a pilot who «en cierto sentido estaba lost».
«A partir de ese momento traté de give it all y fui one of the candidates for the official Ducati bike and for me that was already a huge pleasure, di el cien por cien en la pista y después de la carrera de Mugello del domingo me informaron.» «That I was the chosen one y en two days cerré el contrato, estoy very happy, pero still tengo toda la temporada por delante para give the best to this Gresini team that is very professional and very good», emphasized the eight-time world champion.
Márquez fue «very clear and honest» with his team and what he wanted era have «the new bike in Gresini or in the official team». «They chose me for the official team, so I am even happier porque the goal of a pilot is to be in an official team and I will try to defend to the maximum their colors», he pointed out.
Regarding his official team for 2024, he made it clear that «it will be Ducati’s decision». «I have joined the best team and the best bike on the grid for the last two years, so I think they will give me the best possible staff to take advantage of this opportunity to the maximum. They made a very important decision to move. I join the official team and I am sure they will give me the best tools», he affirmed.
As for the Assen weekend, the Spaniard aims to «try to be close» to the Ducatis of Jorge Martín and Francesco Bagnaia, whom he considers «the fastest throughout the weekend». «This mid-season break here has been really good to recharge the batteries and now we have this doubleheader of Assen and Sachsenring and we will try to start the best possible on Friday, try not to suffer too much and then during the rest of the weekend to address them», he explained.
The Gresini Racing rider will try «to give it all» with a bike that has «a good package». «We worked very well with the team and we feel the support of Ducati. The man to beat this weekend seems to be ‘Pecco’ because he won here the last two years and was super fast and Jorge was the fastest in the race from last year, so we will see if we can be there, but I have enough tools, now I have to improve my skills», he said.
