something is happening with Marc Marquez. This certainty has several readings and they all come together in the same thing: the problem is not limited to the prototype that has been put on the track this year. Ducati. The ’93’, an expert in communicating his ideas in a clear and forceful way, released a lapidary phrase in Austin. “The bike is critical, but so am I. I’m suffering”he admitted with brutal honesty, after seeing how he wasted another appointment without being able to sneak onto the podium in the Sunday race.
Thus things,The reaction of the nine-time world champion involves recovering his exuberant state of health which he exhibited before the last blow (in Mandalika) that led him to the umpteenth surgical intervention to alleviate another problem in his battered right arm. That is the perspective he has adopted in his analysis Luca Cadalora. The former three-time world champion has elaborated at ease on Moto.it. “Ducati’s difficulties come, mainly, from the physical condition of Marc Márquez. He’s running maybe at 90%, or not even that, because he’s still not good. “Marc looks uncomfortable because of his right shoulder,” warns the Italian.
Marc Márquez, chased by ‘Diggia’.MOTOGP
The Ducati GP26 does not flow
However, it seems clear that Marc (and the rest of the riders on the Ducati, except perhaps Fabio Di Giannantonio) lack confidence on the back of the Bolognese squad’s new machine. “I see a motorcycle that does not flow. At the moment of releasing the brake it seems to me like a motorcycle that loses speed when cornering, when you are out of gas. There are motorcycles that, when you lean them, do not brake: they have that feeling of fluidity and I do see that on the Aprilia”Cadalora rules.
What happened in Indonesia continues to have consequences and the truth is that if the Ducati leader is not at 100%, the entire project suffers. But beyond that, Gigi Dall’Igna and his pupils must perfect GP26 if they want to reverse the situation.
Right now, any pilot who drives that machine uses a similar speech. “The Aprilia has a lot of stability and a lot grip (grip). They are simply better than us and we have to keep working. We still have a lot of movements on the bike, it is difficult to understand at which point you can push and where you will have good grip. Finding the limit or controlling it right now is very complicated,” he details. Alex Marquez. The diagnosis is there. Will we see the best Marc soon? Will Ducati substantially improve its motorcycle? There are two unknowns to clear up that will be key to the outcome of MotoGP 2026.
