Alex Marquez admitted he was delivered to tears once more whereas watching a replay of his debut MotoGP victory at Jerez.
Marquez secured his first premier-class win final day trip in Spain, which additionally moved the Gresini Ducati rider to the highest of the championship standings, only one level away from brother Marc heading into this weekend’s French Grand Prix.
“Yeah, I watched the race, alone!” Alex stated at Le Mans on Thursday. “As a result of nonetheless the feelings have been there and after I noticed myself crying, on the couch I used to be crying once more! So higher to look at alone.”
Regardless of the extraordinary feelings, Marquez insists nothing has essentially modified in his mindset or preparation after lastly changing into a MotoGP race winner.
“I do not really feel any totally different. I imply, life is identical,” he stated. “You might want to go bicycling. You might want to go to the gymnasium. So the whole lot is identical. A win can not change you.
“The mentality and the strategy to this weekend must be the identical. So we are going to attempt to give 100% as we did in Jerez from the primary second, attempt to focus and give attention to the job that we have to do. And that is it.
“We’re main [the championship], however in the long run it is simply six races. So we take pleasure in it rather a lot, however we have to proceed.”
The easiest way to proceed can be for Alex to construct on Ducati’s five-year successful streak, every with a distinct rider, at Le Mans on Sunday.
“We hope will probably be a sixth win with a distinct rider! For certain, we’ll strive, however as I stated, we have to go race by race.”
Alex additionally acknowledged the efficiency benefit held by his brother Marc:
“As I’ve stated, Marc continues to be half a step in entrance of us. He made two errors and that is a part of racing, however about pure efficiency, he is higher than us. So we have to preserve enhancing.”
When requested about Alex Marquez’s potential as a real MotoGP title contender, KTM’s Maverick Vinales, sitting alongside, replied:
“From my perspective, it can rely on how a lot he’ll consider he can do it.”
