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Marquez looking to keep “intensity” in last 2023 MotoGP races before Ducati switch

Marc Marquez says he is looking to end the 2023 MotoGP season with the same “intensity” he showed at the Thailand Grand Prix ahead of his Ducati switch next year.

The eight-time world champion had a decent showing on the Honda last weekend in Thailand, finishing fourth in the sprint and seventh in the grand prix (which became sixth after a penalty for Aleix Espargaro).

Marquez now has just three rounds left with Honda before making his move to the Gresini Ducati squad for 2024, with HRC confirming last weekend that he will be allowed to test the bike in Valencia on 28 November.

Read more: 10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix

But before he departs, he says he wants to keep pushing the way he did in Thailand – regardless of what results this gains him – to ensure he “will have the pace” to begin life at Gresini.

“The decision is made, so I will not speak about if,” he said when asked if Honda signing Ducati’s technical guru Gigi Dall’Igna would have kept him at HRC for 2024.

“The decision already is made. Now, as you see, I’m more free. Just I’m riding the bike and I don’t care about anything.

“And just what I’m looking for is to keep the intensity in these last races.

“Ok, the results will be better or worse. But trying to keep this intensity on the riding [is what I want] because like this, when I go to a new project I will have the pace. Enough, I don’t know. But at least I will be ready.”

Source: Autosport

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