Marco Bezzecchi puts himself ahead of Marc Marquez

The words of Marco Bezzecchi

Marco Bezzecchi spoke on the sidelines of the presentation of the new livery of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team at the PalaCongressi in Riccione. The Ducati Desmosedici GP23 of Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Di Giannantonio è features a fluorescent yellow and white, which replaces the black of recent years.

Expectations on the Rimini centaur are high: "For now, expectations are just high enough. Let’s wait a moment to test in Malaysia. Forò certainly after last year we hope to continue in this direction. In MotoGP, good or bad, the competition is there every year. Forò this year they are all hot on their heels, but so will we".

So he talked about the season goal, then putting himself ahead of Marc Marquez: "Last year I said I wanted to do one, this year I say at least two. Then if they are more, all the better. Forò definitely one win I want to do it again. Favorite? Pecco, becauseé the reigning world champion. Then Jorge Martin and… The front row only three? Come on, I put Pecco, Martin, Bastianini and me. Marquez? I put him fifth (laughs)!".

“Surely it will beà a great opportunity to learn from a very strong rider. Then it will beà a great incentive to try to keep the competition very high" he added about riding the same bike as Marc Marquez.

On last season: "I definitely learned a lot, but è it’s hard to say specifically the whole thing. In the end, a lot of things you only realize when you reoccur in certain situations. Però I learned so many things both on a personal level and on a sports level. I have grown a lot in the way I work in the pit and in the way I team up with my team, trying to be a little bit of the needle in difficult situations to try to drag everyone a little bit when maybe everything is not going well. Then, of course, in terms of driving I was able to improve a little bit'".