Alex Marquez says proudly owning a manufacturing unit bike provides him “extra peace of thoughts” forward of MotoGP in 2026, however places the onus on Ducati to enhance efficiency.
Marquez completed second in final 12 months’s championship with Ducati 1-2 and took three wins. The one individual to beat the #73 automobile within the championship was his youthful brother Marc Marquez in his Ducati Lenovo, who received 11 Grands Prix and 14 Sprints, taking the title with 5 races remaining.
For his brother, a second place end within the 2025 season is sufficient to earn him a manufacturing unit bike for 2026, which he says provides him “further peace of thoughts” for subsequent season.
“There’s extra confidence and extra maturity in approaching issues,” Alex Marquez informed MotoGP.com on the Gresini Ducati Staff presentation in Kuala Lumpur. “However particularly as a result of we’ve got all of the components to slowly boil issues down and we’ll get all the pieces we will from Ducati to carry out.”
Nevertheless, he added that with KTM, Honda and particularly Aprilia progressing within the second half of 2025, with Aprilia profitable three of the final 4 races, Ducati is concentrated this 12 months on bettering its efficiency within the Desmosedici GP, which is the ultimate 12 months of the present 1,000cc rules.
“We attempt to assist, however particularly Ducati must do some work to enhance the bike a little bit bit extra,” Marquez stated.
“So we’ll attempt new issues that Ducati brings this preseason and make the bike stronger and stronger.”
Nevertheless, Marquez reaffirmed that he’s “assured” that Ducati will make progress with its MotoGP bikes this 12 months.
“It will be attention-grabbing, as a result of final 12 months particularly Aprilia and KTM had been fairly shut ultimately. They got here and took some steps. Not solely the producers but in addition the riders (…) Bezzecchi and Acosta took some steps and had been fairly shut,” he stated.
“However I feel it may be a very attention-grabbing 12 months, particularly to see what the producers do for the final season of those guidelines.
“So it may be very attention-grabbing, however I am certain Ducati will take some steps. They’ve already taken some steps this winter and the bike shall be extra aggressive, extra full and even stronger on the factors the place we suffered a little bit extra.”
Marquez additionally stated that aside from the bike’s efficiency, he feels there may be room for himself and the Gresini Racing staff to enhance their efficiency.
“It’s true that we’ve got certified for this 12 months after our efficiency final 12 months,” he stated.
“That is regular and what I like. Everybody sees us as a giant competitor, and that is all the time factor.”
“So what we’ve got to do with the staff is identical job as final 12 months. We are going to attempt to not change many issues, particularly the mentality. The mentality must be the identical, as a result of it helped me and the staff obtain the outcomes final 12 months.”
“However we can even attempt to enhance our weakest areas.
“We all know (what it’s) and we have been analyzing all of it winter with the staff, so we will attempt to be much more good (in 2025) at some factors within the season the place we made some errors.”
