Diogo Moreira wants to follow Marc Marquez more after discovering how the Ducati rider can attack the corner entry stage while following him in Thailand.
Moreira MotoGP made its debut at the opening of the 2026 season Grand Prix of Thailand with LCR Honda, while Marquez He started his 14th year on the grid and was second in A Ducati The 21-year-old and 33-year-old rider briefly shared the track in Buriram during a free practice session.
LCR eventually saw Moreira secure P13 at the Buriram Sprint and also his first points in MotoGP at the Thailand GP. The 2025 Moto2 champion scored three points, leaving Thailand in P14 in the first riders’ standings with Honda rider Joan Mir.
Marquez was placed eighth in the standings before Moreira’s home round Brazilian Grand PrixBy nine points this weekend. The 2025 MotoGP champion finished second in the sprint at Buriram, but retired from the Thailand GP with wheel rim damage.
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Diogo Moreira has learned ‘a lot’ about cornering following Marc Marquez in Thailand.
Buriram’s practice wasn’t the first time Moreira shared a track with Marquez. Marquez often invites Morera to train with himBut practice in Thailand was a “perfect” opportunity for the Brazilian at the MotoGP round.
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Moreira used new Michelin tires to stay on the rubber with Marquez to see how the seven-time premier class champion tackled corner entry. The Sao Paulo native feels it’s Guarulhos’ greatest opportunity.
“Behind Marc, then he was on used tires and I was on new ones, so I had a bit of an advantage and could follow him,” Moreira said. As.
“In terms of lines, how to get into the corners, I learned a lot from the wheel, and really, I used the right timing to get behind him.
“That’s what we have to do, because they learn very quickly behind the other drivers and that’s what I want to do now.”
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Moreira hopes Marquez will use everything he learned in practice at Buriram and the rest of the Thai GP weekend to deliver a strong performance on home soil this weekend.
MotoGP has not staged a Brazilian GP since 1992, nor has it competed in Brazil since the 2004 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix. Moreira was only 72 days old when he competed in MotoGP in Brazil. Moreira now heads to Goiania as home favorite in his second MotoGP race.
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