{"id":729414,"date":"2026-06-11T10:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729414\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:17:10","slug":"thats-marc-marquez-ducati-motogp-boss-surprised-by-hungary-comeback-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729414\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That\u2019s Marc Marquez\u2019 &#8211; Ducati MotoGP boss \u201csurprised\u201d by Hungary comeback win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ducati MotoGP team boss Davide Tardozzi admits he is \u201csurprised that I\u2019m still surprised\u201d by Marc Marquez, following his injury comeback victory in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion chalked up his first win of the 2026 campaign and first since last September at the Hungarian Grand Prix, eight rounds into the season.<\/p>\n<p>It came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> struggled with a lingering nerve issue this year in the right shoulder he badly injury in a crash in October\u2019s Indonesian Grand Prix just a week after winning the 2025 world title.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1323767_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Marc Marquez, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>Balaton Park was a favourable circuit for Marquez\u2019s physical condition, given its anticlockwise layout, but his clean sweep in Hungary is something Tardozzi was stunned by.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely, yes,\u201d he replied when asked if he was surprised by Marquez\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what I want to say is: I\u2019m surprised that I\u2019m still surprised, because that\u2019s Marc Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarc knows perfectly what his limit is at this moment. Despite what he did during the weekend, he\u2019s still not 100%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to work each race to let him be better and better on the bike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s working to recover his injury, because he is not perfect yet.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s a champion, and he\u2019s able to do races and weekends like he did here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1322573_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cWe\u2019re sure we\u2019ve always had a competitive bike\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquez\u2019s win in Hungary was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducati<\/a>\u2019s third of a season in which Aprilia has had a clear advantage over it.<\/p>\n<p>Tardozzi anticipates that the upcoming Czech and Dutch rounds will play in Aprilia\u2019s favour, but is confident the balance will tip in Ducati\u2019s favour at other venues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sure that we always had, for years, but since the beginning of the year, a very competitive bike,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have to say that our opponents who are leading the championship did a fantastic job, and in this moment we are in the same level, or\u2026 I think in the next race tracks, it will be places where they have an advantage, while in other ones we will have an advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquez is now 72 points behind championship leader Marco Bezzecchi, having come to Hungary 102 down on the Aprilia rider.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducati MotoGP team boss Davide Tardozzi admits he is \u201csurprised that I\u2019m still surprised\u201d by Marc Marquez, following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-729414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729414","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=729414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}