Marc Márquez and Álex Márquez share a very special relationship and will be again in 2024 teammates, just like it happened before (back in 2020, at Repsol Honda Team), but this doesn’t mean they go ease on each other, with the older of the brother and new member of Gresini to say clear: Álex will be his first rival.
The #93 had no issues in speaking about this rivalry with Álex, highlighting the competitive spirit that they both have, in a press conference organised by Estrella Galicia 0,0: ‘The teammate is the first rival, but in this case, it’s all in the family. Both of us are here for competition, it’s in our genes. Naturally, if I can beat Álex, well, that’s better, and if he can beat me, then it’s better for him’.
If the relation outside of the track is one, and in is another, there is still time to try to help each other, as the new Gresini team member said: ‘The main thing is also to try to help each other as we have always done at home. Then on the track, each of us has their technical team and their own problems. It’s not even good to talk too much because sometimes, a comment from me might sound completely different to him, so we’ll continue as we have been, each with their technical team and at home helping each other as much as possible to prepare well for race weekends’.
With the 2024 getting closer and closer to start, there are high expectations towards Marc Márquez for what he did with the Desmosedici in the Valencia tests, and many don’t hesitate to put him as one of the main contenders to the world title.