Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has admitted {that a} shoulder damage suffered final yr will power him to start out the 2026 season with Ducati’s 2024 aero package deal.
The 33-year-old suffered complicated accidents to his shoulder in October final yr when he collided with Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap of the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Marc Márquez was in a position to participate in pre-season testing this yr and stays the favourite to compete for the title going into the brand new season.
Nevertheless, a proper shoulder damage decided the aero package deal he used initially of the yr.
Marquez most popular the 2025 aero final yr, however returned to the 2024 model as a result of in its present state the Ducati is much less bodily taxing to experience along with your shoulders.
“Mainly, on the finish of the day, in the case of aerodynamics and aerodynamic packages, you must discover what works finest on your using model at that second and what performs higher,” he stated on Thursday forward of the 2026 Thai Grand Prix.
“The truth that we have now set the aerodynamics again is among the causes we won’t experience the bike the identical method we did final yr in the mean time.
“The aerodynamics in 2025 had been a bit heavier for the bike and extra demanding for the bodily situations.
“And I am simply making an attempt to adapt my using model to my present health.
“However it doesn’t matter that it doesn’t work.
“Each (packages) work effectively, however in several methods.
“However certainly one of my talents is to adapt to what I’ve and what I want.
“So I’ll strive once more in my profession to adapt my using model to this new scenario till I’m extra prepared.”
Race weekend might be simpler than testing on Marquez’s shoulder
Marquez was nonetheless recovering from a shoulder damage and had a strong preseason regardless of battling an sickness in the course of the Buriram check.
Though his shoulder has affected his aero package deal choices, Marquez expects the race weekend to be much less taxing on his physique than testing.
“It is true that I feel my restoration course of has made it a bit troublesome this preseason to be correct in my feedback and to experience the identical method on a regular basis,” he stated.
“However testing is at all times harder than the race weekend for bodily situations.
“So we’re hoping to start out effectively from right here. It is a new season for everybody. We wish to compete towards them and be prepared from the beginning.”
