Marc Marquez is seeking to break one other MotoGP “delusion” at Assen this weekend.
Marquez involves Assen for the Dutch MotoGP spherical after successful the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, his first win there since 2014.
Marquez solely has average success, by his very excessive customary, within the Dutch TT spherical. He has solely received there twice in MotoGP, in 2014 and 2018, in addition to claiming 5 different podiums.
However after successful two races at locations the place he often struggled, Qatar and Mugello, he’s poised to deal with one other unfavourable circuit.
“He has received right here, a flag-to-flag victory in 2014. He received among the best MotoGP races of all time right here in 2018,” Dorna broadcaster Louis Suddaby stated contained in the Assen paddock.
“Though I imagine Marc when he says that it isn’t one among his stronger circuits, it won’t be Aragon or Phillip Island or Sachsenring, however I feel it’s a delusion that Marc Marquez struggles at circuits such because the TT Assen.
“We have been talking within the run-up to Qatar. A weak circuit for Marc? He took the pole and did the double. We stated the identical at Mugello. He took the pole and did the double. Weak circuits for Marquez are [the equivalent to] sturdy circuits for many different riders.”
Pecco Bagnaia given little hope of recreating well-known comeback
Pecco Bagnaia
Alternatively, Francesco Bagnaia was going through an uphill battle to topple the 110-point hole to Marquez, his Ducati team-mate, who stands sturdy on the prime of the standings.
This isn’t the primary time Bagnaia needed to chase such a big level hole in standings. Again in 2022, he accomplished the best comeback in MotoGP title combat historical past by turning the 91-point deficit to Fabio Quartararo to win his first title.
However, the state of affairs may be very totally different this 12 months. As a substitute of somebody from a distinct producer who was struggling together with his bike, Bagnaia now needed to face his personal team-mate, Marquez, who’s in prime kind.
Bagnaia struggled with entrance feeling on his GP25 bike. He ended his hat-trick of wins at Mugello with a fourth place end, regardless of with the ability to put an epic combat towards Marquez on the primary opening laps.
Coming to Assen, the place he received the final three grands prix, Bagnaia wants to point out his true kind to have the ability to kickstart his marketing campaign this weekend.
“I’m positive that Bagnaia might be clinging onto 2022 and the 91-point deficit he pulled again. However that was totally different circumstances – it was Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha,” Suddaby provides.
“This time it’s a rider in the identical crew, on the identical motorbike, who’s in peak kind. And Pecco just isn’t. He’s struggling, the identical issues from the beginning of the season proceed to plague him.
“He stated every week in the past that if it didn’t work at Mugello it will be an indication of real points. If there’s one circuit higher for Pecco than Mugello, it’s this one.
“However there isn’t a signal to the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel that Pecco is determined to see.”
