“Marc Márquez is this year the wolf entering the Ducati box to take everything”

The pilot and commentator in Dazn of MotoGP Pol Espargaró is clear that, although it is “all very open” in the season that starts this weekend at the Thailand GP, the Spanish Marc Márquez (Ducati) will be one of the great candidates for the Title of the category to see him as “the wolf entering the Ducati box to take everything”, while, despite living one of his “more moments Difficult, “believes that KTM, a brand of which he is a tester, is” the most powerful structure “of the grill.

“Marc is in the best mount, the other factories are obliged to take a step forward. It is also evident that Alex (Márquez) has made an incredible preseason, that Jorge Martín is the current champion and is on one of the best motorcycles of the Grill, and Pedro (Acosta) is in that natural process, “said Espargaró in an interview with Europa Press at the Dazn headquarters.

This situation generates the veteran pilot “questions” for the new “very long” season, which starts this weekend in Thailand. “With everyone in perfect condition, the fight that Marc is going to have within the ‘Box’ with ‘Pecco’ (‘Bagnaia’) in an Italian team, after so many years ‘Pecco’ there winning and fighting, it’s like the wolf entering In that ‘box’ to take everything, “he said about Márquez’s situation in 2025 after signing for the official Italian brand team.

For Catalan, “everyone has Marc in the spotlight,” because “he is the pilot to beat with the motorcycle to beat.” “It is the perfect binomial,” he acknowledged about Cervera’s, which he already demonstrated in the preseason that he is one of the favorites. “If there was any doubt if he was going to adapt to the motorcycle of 2025, it is obvious that it has cost him anything, which is going quickly,” he praised.

“You also have to see the evolution of the other factories, because for Marc to be in that team, Ducati has had to lose a satellite team with two pilots, one of them the world champion. It is true that the officer has reinforced, but They do not have such a strong structure last year, “he explained.

And that, “sooner or later”, it will also “take its toll.” “They are not going to have it so easy,” he predicted regarding a structure that this year will have six pilots, a situation of which the other factories “would have to help themselves” to be “a little faster and more competitive.”

During 2024 he was very speculated who Bagnaia would be this year, with Márquez and Martín as the only candidates. “They are two elections that hopefully all factories had …”, admitted Espargaró, who admits that it is “an absolute privilege situation.” “What Jorge deserved to be in that factory? He demonstrated it, being world champion with a satellite motorcycle, what he did was incredible,” he said.

“Martín deserved to go to Ducati, but Marc has sacrificed a lot”

“But that does not mean that Marc did not deserve it. He has sacrificed a lot to be there and, in the end, it is a very difficult choice. We would have all wanted to have a team that we can decide between having ‘Pecco’, Jorge Martín and Marc Márquez is that it is a dream, “he said.

With this new grill, Pol Espargaró celebrates a year with “many changes” and “questions”, something unusual in recent years. “Without going any further, the MotoGP world champion changes the factory and also begins with the foot changed by an injury. Marc, which changes equipment, but maintains the same factory, ‘roakies’ that go up to the category, Bezzechi ( April), which I did not expect, Álex Márquez (Ducati) has come out in the preseason, or Pedro Acosta, who already with a year of experience should have better results.

And this can come to the championship very well. “Do that ‘crossover’ between very experienced pilots with very young pilots who are in that projection and in that growth, season after season, improving results until they win. Mix the very bikers who already followed Marc with the fans who were They have hooked, for example, seeing Pedro, or Jorge Martín.

“In other countries, perhaps it costs a little to have more ‘engagement’, as in France, which have Fabio (Quartararo), or in England, who have no pilots. In Spain we have a range of pilots, and it is difficult to choose one of them , it is very easy to empathize with one of them, “he warned.

“KTM is the most powerful MotoGP structure”

Pol Espargaró, as a KTM tester pilot, also valued one of the “most difficult moments” of the Austrian brand, with economic problems, which has caused “people to one more, make more pineapple and more equipment, and work on a more optimized and more competitive way. ” “You know that the options you have are few and you have to take advantage of them,” he said.

“It is true that all the murmur that has been during all this winter is not positive for anyone, especially for the factory. Many employees have run out of work, but the factory has tried to keep their health to the fullest, despite the situation that there was everything they have promised us has been fulfilled, “he thanked.

And the Catalan insists that the structure was clear that it was “very important to keep the entire competition section”, from which the rest was founded. “If this base fell, the brand also fell next to the competition team. Therefore, they have tried to keep the reduction of workforce in competition,” he said.

“The resources that are being invested in the team are being greatly optimized. When things are more complicated, it is when you are able to, without creating great things, we have been able to optimize many resources, be much more competitive in parts in which We already had produced.

In addition, KTM grabs Pedro Acosta as one of his solutions. “We have a lot Pedro’s self -confidence and speed is a perfect team.

In 2024, Espargaró, after running out of MotoGP team, launched races at Dazn. “I didn’t expect it, but when they proposed it, it was like, why not? I have all my sports career facing new challenges. Interviewing or being interviewed is quite similar,” he said. “And what gives me a lot of peace of mind and a lot of confidence is being next to Izaskun (Ruiz), which I know, I’ve been working with her for a long time,” he recalled.

Catalan was not expected to be so comfortable on television, although “expectations” was created. “Football, for example, is a sport that seems easier and is easier to transmit, although it is very technical, and everyone looks able to comment and that is what makes people see it and Follow.

In this 2025, Espargaró will present a new program in Dazn, ‘Pol Position’, with “interviews a more personal ‘little’ pilots, chiefs of mechanics, engineers or athletes in general that” they do not have to be the engine. ” “Trying to do something closer, that my experience and my experiences also entertain those of the guest. There are many sensational media that take out ‘clickbaits’ and the athlete is very careful and speaks a lot of gray,” he said.

“I will try that the character open a ‘little’ more with my experiences, establish a more sentimental, more personal conversation and thus have that filter a little more personal, more intimate, which is what we are looking for,” concluded the youngest of the brothers Espargaró.