{"id":102608,"date":"2025-08-28T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102608\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:10:08","slug":"marc-marquez-on-bagnaias-struggles-the-marquez-effect-and-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102608\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez on Bagnaia\u2019s struggles, the \u2018Marquez effect\u2019, and confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the biggest talking points of the season so far has been Marquez vs Bagnaia, or more how many expected to see more of it. We\u2019ve had flashes of that tantalising prospect \u2013 Francesco Bagnaia\u2019s<\/a> Ducati Lenovo Team machine has thrown down with the #93 whenever he\u2019s had the chance, most notably in Mugello \u2013 but it\u2019s been a tough season for the #63 so far, based on his own track record of winning two of the last three MotoGP championships and only missing out on the triple at the finale.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Hungarian GP, that was one topic Marquez<\/a> was asked about by MotoGP broadcast partner DAZN<\/a>, and his answers are more than worth translating.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to explain and difficult to understand because, for example, on Friday in Austria he was the rider with the best pace and then as the weekend went on he went backwards,\u201d states the #93. \u201cIn MotoGP it\u2019s like this. When you lose a bit of confidence with the bike, you start losing half a tenth in the braking zone and there are four or five braking zones and then that becomes two or three tenths at the end of a lap. With this, you go into a spiral of less confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why last year I was repeating so many times that I had to gain confidence. When you gain confidence in yourself you can try different things, you ride more freely and that is maybe what\u2019s happening to Pecco. A lot of things are piling up for him, he\u2019s more stiff on the bike and that makes him go slower, but I\u2019m sure that him and Ducati will find the way, because I see the way they work. He hasn\u2019t forgotten how to ride a motorbike because there are sessions where he is going very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next question from DAZN puts Marquez on the spot: \u2018So it\u2019s not the Marquez effect?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so,\u201d replies the #93. \u201cIn the end I work in my garage, I give my 100%, but\u2026\u201d Smile. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you. I can\u2019t tell you because I\u2019ve always finished above my teammates, so I can\u2019t tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s true over the course of a season \u2013 but Marquez does then take the edge off as he continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a teammate is ahead \u2013 many times I\u2019ve made mistakes in races because my teammate was ahead, in the past when Dani was ahead. So it must be difficult and the day will come, for sure. There will be a day when my teammate beats me and they\u2019ll say you don\u2019t deserve this bike, someone else does. But Pecco is a two-time World Champion, he\u2019s third in the Championship standings, he started from the front row in Austria\u2026 it\u2019s not a drama. Sooner or later he\u2019ll find the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

So after a tough Hungary \u2013 and one that Bagnaia expected to be just that given the nature of the track \u2013 next up it\u2019s Barcelona and Misano. Can the rebuild begin at two of his best venues? Find out next weekend as MotoGP rolls out at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from the 5th to the 7th of September.<\/p>\n

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