{"id":470094,"date":"2026-02-10T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/470094\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:10:08","slug":"the-visualisation-trick-marc-marquez-uses-for-motogp-aero-testing-imagine-its-qatar-jerez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/470094\/","title":{"rendered":"The visualisation trick Marc Marquez uses for MotoGP aero testing: \u201cImagine it\u2019s Qatar, Jerez\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With engine design already frozen, except for Yamaha, the key homologation decision facing MotoGP manufacturers this winter concerns their start-of-season aerodynamic package.<\/p>\n<p>Only one further in-season update will then be permitted for the Aero Body areas, increasing the pressure to make the right call during the limited pre-season testing window.<\/p>\n<p>With just five test days split between Sepang and Buriram, reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP <\/a>champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez <\/a>explained how he uses different sections of the Malaysian circuit to simulate corner sequences at other tracks on the calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The factory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducati <\/a>rider, returning to MotoGP action after shoulder surgery last October, topped the timesheets on day one before ending the test fourth overall.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez\u2019s best lap of the week, a 1m 56.789s on the final morning, saw him fifth-fastest through Sector 1, including the Turn 1 braking zone, eighth in the flowing Sector 2, fourth in Sector 3 and quickest of all in Sector 4, dominated by long straights and the final hairpin.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gng_1290000_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Marc Marquez testing new and old aerodynamics parts, 2026 Sepang MotoGP Test (Gold&amp;Goose).\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez testing new and old aerodynamics parts, 2026 Sepang MotoGP Test (Gold&amp;Goose).<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether testing at just two circuits was enough to choose an aero package, Marquez replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. But there\u2019s no choice! So you need to be careful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this racetrack, you have a lot of different types of corners, so you need to imagine you are at other circuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn different parts of the track, you can imagine the corners are more-or-less like Qatar, or like Jerez &#8211; to have some vision of the future, of how each aerodynamic package will work over 22 races.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Marquez appeared to be favouring keeping at least part of the 2025 aero package by the end of the Sepang test, but \u201cstill I need to understand in Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Buriram test takes place from February 21-22. The official aero homologation for each rider must then be made a few days later, on the eve of the Thai MotoGP weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With engine design already frozen, except for Yamaha, the key homologation decision facing MotoGP manufacturers this winter concerns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-470094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ducati","11":"tag-ducati-lenovo-team","12":"tag-marc-marquez","13":"tag-motor","14":"tag-motor-sports","15":"tag-motosport","16":"tag-motosports","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}