Alex Marquez says his brace of prime 5 ends in the ultimate rounds of the 2024 MotoGP season have been right down to his Gresini squad reverting to pre-season testing settings.
The 28-year-old was tipped to have a robust 2024 marketing campaign have loved occasional podium success in 2023 in his first season on the Ducati having switched from Honda.
Marquez additionally managed two dash wins in 2023, however the GP23 he jumped onto for final season proved much less aggressive and tougher to adapt to.
It took Marquez till the German GP to get his first – and solely – podium of the season, although he would handle back-to-back fourth-place finishes in Malaysia and Barcelona on the finish of the yr.
Moderately than this being observe particular type, Marquez believes reverting to the bottom set-up he had in pre-season testing allowed him to get nearer to the potential of the GP23.
“We got here again a bit bit to the bottom that we had within the pre-season in Malaysia and it’s the bike that I really feel higher on,” he mentioned on the finish of the 2024 season.
“Evaluating to final yr, I used to be not in a position to make use of a motorbike with numerous weight on the rear, as a result of the ’22 bike was a bit bit on the alternative aspect.
“So, I used to be not in a position to perceive the entrance at first of the season.
“However, step-by-step we did higher issues and I used to be in a position to extract, possibly not the utmost, however a superb potential out of the bike.”
Marquez ended up second-best GP23 in eighth within the standings behind his brother Marc Marquez, who was third.
The youthful Marquez brother stays with Gresini for the 2025 marketing campaign and can inherit a GP24, which proved to be a big step ahead from the GP23.
He shall be joined by rookie Fermin Aldeguer on the Ducati satellite tv for pc staff subsequent yr.
