Marc Marquez was doing everything to play down expectations at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but his teammates were adamant that a result was on the cards.
The layout is much less physically demanding than Mugello, so many people were backing Cervera’s Ant to back off and get a top score at Balaton Park. This proved the case, as Marquez He caught a clean sweep and won his and Ducati 100th race.
Neil Hodgson thought Marquez would never win again. After the latest injury that ruled him out of the French and Catalan Grands Prix and caused issues throughout the season. He explains why he wanted to calm the clamor of his companions.
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Marc Marquez’s entourage say at least podium at Hungarian Grand Prix ‘off the record’
The Ducati rider spent the start of the weekend playing up the expectations around him. Marquez knows his right hand is still a problem For him, and he has a long way to return to 2025 levels.
He would go on to take pole position and win both races at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but even then, he was still talking things up. Marquez didn’t think it was ‘true’ that he came backBalaton Park is less physical than upcoming tracks like Brno and Asen.
But it was the result many people, including Marquez’s inner circle, had been waiting for. Marquez was joking when journalist Neil Morrison told reporters privately how his entourage believed there was a big result in Hungary.
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“It was a very different track. He had a bet on himself to come back and do well this weekend,” Morrison said. Paddock Pass Podcast.
“Brno is a little bit like Mugello, not as physical, but with that style, a lot of long right corners, maybe that’s one area he’s been struggling with this year.
“But it’s just to come back to him to make it a little tricky this weekend. I mean, everything that came out of his mouth on Thursday and Friday was along the lines of, ‘That’s not going to happen.’
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But if you listen to the people who were with him who spoke kindly to reporters off the record, you’d get the feeling that it wasn’t so much.
“I think even in Barcelona, ​​a Catalan journalist said how confident the Marquez camp is after the shoulder surgery.
“And then I think our colleague Mela Cherkoles spoke to somebody from Marc’s entourage at Mugello, and they said, ‘Of course there’s a stage in Hungary,’ and then obviously Marc is trying to downplay this completely.
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