RiderTua.com – Alex Marquez will race in the 2024 MotoGP season with his brother Marc. The challenge on behalf of brothers in one team now continues, this time riding a Ducati. For Alex Marquez this will be his fifth season in the MotoGP class, his second year with the Gresini Racing team. In 2023 he achieved two podiums in the main races and two wins in the Sprint Race, finishing ninth in the final standings. This year he has no other choice but to try to perform even better with the Ducati GP23 in his hands, beside him there will be his brother Marc Marquez who will provide motivation.
Alex Marquez is the captain at Gresini, not Marc Marquez
However, ironically, Alex wanted to show that he was the one in charge of the Gresini garage, even though this was just a joke. Alex became a bit of a ‘guide’ for Marc after his older brother joined Gresini. The family’s dream came true, having shared the same garage for a short time in the 2020 season, with the factory Honda team, before a serious injury at Jerez ruled Marc Marquez out. In last winter’s tests, the newcomer had proven to be faster than Alex. At Losail, the eight-time world champion made a time attack 0.6 seconds faster than his teammate, aka his own brother.
The atmosphere of the Gresini team is very calm, maximum cooperation is expected between the two to achieve important results in the 2024 MotoGP season. Alex Marquez takes advantage of the fact that he is the smallest, age-wise. “When he was 31, we were in Qatar and together with the team we gave him anti-wrinkle cream, because from the age of 30 you have to take care of yourself,” he said jokingly.
Did Marc take advice from Alex? “Yes, quite a lot. I must say, not before, when I was younger. But now yes, now he asks and in every decision he asks my point of view. He always wants to look the other way to see what I think. He asks to me and I can say that I am one of the few people he listens to,” continued Alex Marquez in the interview. He has high hopes for his older brother… “I’m sure Marc, if he has patience and a humble attitude, he will be able to reach a very high level at the end of the championship. But you have to be patient, don’t let the situation get too hot,” he concluded.
