After a tricky finish to the primary a part of the 2025 MotoGP season, Alex Marquez is certain of the place he wants to enhance within the the rest of this season as he seeks to take care of management of a top-three place within the riders’ standings.
Marquez arrives in Austria nonetheless second within the standings after what was comfortably his greatest half-season within the premier class, however having scored no factors in Brno, the place a foul qualifying was adopted by a poor begin within the Dash, after which a crash with Joan Mir within the grand prix, for which the Gresini Racing rider obtained an extended lap penalty for the Austrian race.
The Spanish rider says there was success within the timing of what was his worst race of 2025 thus far.
“After a foul weekend you’ve got both a race subsequent week or you’ve got a summer time break – fortunately I had a summer time break,” Alex Marquez advised MotoGP.com forward of the Austrian Grand Prix.
“I mentioned ‘Okay, time to disconnect, time to analyse’.
“I didn’t assume quite a bit on how was our first a part of the season, I used to be considering a bit bit extra about how will be our second a part of the season, through which factors we have to enhance, through which areas we must be a bit bit extra centered.
“So, it will likely be essential to return again in temper, attempt to have feeling once more on the bike, and take a look at – greater than outcomes – to have feeling.
“This shall be crucial factor for us to begin this second a part of the season and these two races that shall be in a row, Austria and Hungary, and shall be essential for us.”
Increasing on the areas he feels he wants to enhance within the second half of the season, Marquez mentioned that the expertise he had in Brno confirmed that he has a weak point when he finds himself in a bunch additional again within the order, and that he’s not as sturdy as both Marc Marquez or Francesco Bagnaia in braking.
“To start with, the factors that Marc [Marquez] or Pecco [Francesco Bagnaia] are sooner than me is braking and entry,” Marquez mentioned.
“It’s the purpose that usually I’ve been struggling extra – this 12 months much less, however it’s nonetheless one step that we have to do.
“Afterward, once we are a bit bit extra again than common, like occurred in Brno, attempt to management a bit bit extra our means, the motivation on that time to attempt to make the overtakes in a greater means and attempt to not make the issues too quick as a result of then I did errors.
“These are the 2 factors that we have to enhance and it will likely be essential right here to have the main focus to enhance in several areas.”
A weak point in nook entry shouldn’t be more likely to lend itself to sturdy outcomes at a circuit just like the Purple Bull Ring, which is famend for its stop-start traits.
Maybe understandably, then, Marquez, whose solely podium finishes on the Austrian venue got here within the 2017 and 2019 Moto2 races, doesn’t rely the Purple Bull Ring amongst his favourites on the MotoGP calendar.
“It’s not certainly one of my favorite layouts,” he mentioned.
“It’s certainly one of my favorite locations, the place it’s primarily based, the observe, and all that. However the format shouldn’t be my favorite one.
“We now have right here many entry and braking factors and it’s the place usually I’m struggling extra, however in 2023 (Marquez completed fifth that 12 months) I used to be fairly quick right here.
“So, I’ll attempt to be there, to make a continuing weekend, to attempt to the lengthy lap for Sunday and to coach that to make in a great way. From that time, attempt to make a stable weekend.”
