In MotoGP, it has been the practice that the majority of contracts over two years to be closed. Currently it goes behind the Scenes to the year 2021/22. Honda and Marc Marquez have already agreed a long-term. The world champion has signed a new contract until the end of 2024, a new four-year contract.

“This has surprised me very much. I didn’t expect,” commented Andrea Dovizioso in the new Marquez of the Treaty. “I had other thoughts, he would do something else. But in the case of important decisions, things that we don’t know that happen behind the Scenes.”

“I thought that he switches to the bike,” said Dovizioso change brands of Marquez. “But he must have had his reasons. If a driver wins so much, then he can decide what he wants.” Because Marquez has Honda a lot of influence and a lot of special can Express wishes.

Dovizioso believes in his world Cup Chance

Three times in a row, Dovizioso has now been world championship runner-up behind Marquez. He has the winter testing opportunities of all people to be able to this time, the Spaniard beat and to be a world champion? “The Chance at the title must be present, because if you start the season and doesn’t believe it, then it gets complicated.”

“It is difficult to win the world Cup. In the past year, Marquez has left anyone a Chance. Until Barcelona, we have kept pace, but then there was the big Crash,” recalls Dovizioso to the fall of several top drivers. “We were not, in the end, but fast enough to be able to win.”

“In our Sport everything is possible, this is a nice aspect. There are six or seven drivers who can win the title. I would add from the start the two Yamaha riders. Many of us can fight for the podium. At this Level it’s about how you finished the race. We know our Strengths and weaknesses.”

Because constant top results are immensely important to have at the end of the year, a shot at the Title. “Often, people forget how big the gaps were before. Today, it is difficult to make progress. We have compared to our opponents with innovative ideas. Still others are in other aspects better, but this is normal. We have been working for years to improve us a little. It’s not easy.”

This article was written by Gerald Dirnbeck

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