Alex Marquez has been highlighted as a key risk for victory at this weekend’s British Grand Prix as he seems to shut the hole within the MotoGP championship standings.
The Gresini Ducati rider has been the second-fastest runner on pure tempo for many of this season to date and has twice led the championship.
Alex Marquez additionally scored a maiden MotoGP victory on the Spanish Grand Prix as he capitalised on Marc Marquez crashing out of a podium place early on.
A crash out of the current French Grand Prix at a moist Le Mans proved expensive for Alex Marquez, who has now given older brother Marc Marquez a 22-point lead within the standings.
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Coming into this weekend’s British GP at Silverstone, Marc Marquez believes the flowing nature of the English venue will play into his youthful brother’s strengths.
“In fact, we confirmed good pace in all circuits,” championship chief Marc Marquez mentioned.
“Qatar was some of the vital GPs for me. Now we arrive at Silverstone, the place I count on Alex [Marquez] will likely be super-fast there.
“Usually, for his driving model, will probably be higher than right here [at Le Mans].
“So, let’s see if we will be near the highest guys. That would be the goal.
“And for me a very powerful goal will likely be to reconfirm what we strive on the Jerez take a look at, what we tried right here.
“Let’s see if in Silverstone it’s working, as a result of it’s a very totally different structure, race observe and driving model.”
Alex Marquez has stable current type at Silverstone on the Gresini-run Ducati, as he completed sixth within the dash final 12 months and seventh within the grand prix.
In 2023, he managed to navigate the moist situations of the dash to take his first Saturday win and the primary of two that 12 months.
Silverstone additionally marked one of many higher outcomes of a tricky 2021 marketing campaign on the Honda for Alex Marquez, as he guided his LCR-run machine to eighth.
