He's going into his summer break in 3rd place in the overall standings, with 166 points against Pecco Bagnaia's 222. Despite falls and ups and downs, Marc Marquez's first season wearing the Team Gresini colors is becoming to be interesting and probably above the expectations of those who thought he was already at the end of his rope.
Coming off a glorious podium finish in the Sachsenring GP, along with his brother and teammate, Alex, the Spanish rider still has some details to take care of before he becomes one with his Desmosedici. And it's precisely those missing elements that Dani Pedrosa, now a commentator for DAZN, focused on.
"In the last races, I noticed that Marc was able to overtake more when braking, especially at the apex. But, in comparing this with his period in Honda, you can see that he can't close the line, as he'd like to in the final part of the curve, and this leads him to widen the trajectory, therefore, leaving an open space for those who follow," the Catalan rider analyzed.
Faced with such an observation, the eight-time winner agreed with his colleague and explained more the reason: "At that stage, the wheel behind pushes, and you have a lot of grip, while I've always been used to having little, so I was skidding. When I try to adopt my style with the Ducati, I always ended up falling, or I ruined the new tires if I was going for a fast lap. So that's why now I'm very cautious on the end of changes in direction in overtaking now and, if I feel I have to widen the line a bit, I do it."