While demanding he was more than happy with fourth on his Gresini Ducati MotoGP debut in Qatar, Marc Marquez likewise knew precisely which rider’s information he expected to gain from in front of this end of the week’s second round in Portimao. The Spaniard crossed the Lusail line as the top GP23 rider, 3.429s behind industrial facility Ducati’s defending champ and race victor Francesco Bagnaia and 1.496s from Jorge Martin and the last put on the platform. “I had a go at the platform. I nearly overcame any barrier to Martin. However, [anyway] it’s great along these lines,” Marquez said. “In the event that at the Valencia test they’d let me know I would have completed fourth today, I would have finished paperwork for it. “This has never been one of my number one circuits so fourth is a decent outcome. “We will dissect the information now: Bagnaia completed three seconds in front of us and he’s the defending champ. It’s from him we want to figure out how to additional increase present expectations.” Brad Binder of KTM finished second on the podium at the Sunday Qatar event. The following best GP23 rider was Marc’s more youthful sibling and colleague Alex, who completed in 6th, 3.362s loose of the #93. ‘THEY ARE RIDING Better compared to ME’ Bagnaia and Martin have the most recent, factory-spec GP24, while Marquez has a bike that is only a year old. The eight-time world champion, on the other hand, insists that was not why they defeated him in Qatar. “No. They move quicker. One is the title holder, and the other one was second. Additionally, in the second half of the season, they were significantly faster than the others,” Marquez stated. Therefore, I don’t believe it’s just the GP24. I already knew what I would have when I signed my contract—my bike, my tools, and so on. So the bicycle is functioning admirably and they are riding better compared to me. “However, I continue onward with my style, I need to show restraint this year, I need to appreciate it once more, I need to battle for the main 5 positions, and it’s what I did [in Qatar]. “Consistently I further develop my riding style, consistently I change a couple of things that help somewhat, so still I accept that I haven’t shown up at the restriction of the bicycle.” Last season, Marquez rode a Repsol Honda and won the Sprint at Portimao. However, he collided with Miguel Oliveira early in the grand prix, injuring both of them.