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The ranking of the last day of testing in Thailand confirmed Marc Marquez as the reference on the Ducati. The Spaniard stopped the stopwatch at a tenth and a half from the record on the Bagnaia track, taking the top of the references in the company of his brother Alex Marquez on the GP24 of the Gresini team. Third to bring up the Aprilia is the confirmed Marco Bezzecchi, the only official team rider on the track due to the injury of his boxmate and world champion Jorge Martin.
Fourth to hold up KTM expectations Pedro Acosta, followed by Pecco Bagnaia 5th just over half a second behind his teammate. On today's day, Marc Marquez performed a race simulation, 23 laps in which the Spaniard never went beyond 1'30'' on the lap, a pace that no one else has shown in these days of testing, so much so that Pecco Bagnaia himself was prompted to admit that his boxmate is in his opinion the best prepared to face the imminent start of the championship right on the Thai circuit.
Marc Marquez, however, for his part, puts his hands up, continuing to see the Turin-based rider as the favorite, placing second to him. Also holding court, in addition to the absence of the injured riders, was the decision by Ducati to take a step back on the GP25 engine, returning to the GP24 base. A solid and reliable base for a safer choice in view of a start to the championship that is therefore set to be even more fought, especially among the various Ducatis involved, as both Alex Marquez and Franco Morbidelli have amply demonstrated. However, the great strides made by Yamaha, which has obtained the coveted second satellite team, and by Aprilia, which has already shown great potential with Marco Bezzecchi, should not be overshadowed.
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