Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez heads to his home race at the Jerez circuit in Southern Spain third ion the 2017 riders championship, however the Spanish ace has a renewed sense of confidence after taking a superb victory in Austin Texas ten days ago.
Marquez has one victory at this venue, back in 2013 when it was a double podium for the Repsol Honda squad with teammate Dani Pedrosa standing proudly on the second step of the rostrum beside him. He also has an additional 5 podium finishes here and three pole positions to his name.
Marc is happy to be back in Europe for round four of the 2017 MotoGP season and is confident on a massive amount of fan support all weekend…
"I'm happy the next round is back in Spain after three flyaway GPs, because racing at home and in front of my fan club is always special,” he said. “Of course our win in Austin gave the whole team more confidence and motivation to keep up the hard work and to try to understand how to further improve our bike's setup, although Jerez is one of the most difficult and tricky circuits from that point of view.”
‘It's kind of an ‘old school' track: very short, very narrow, with heavy acceleration points and strong braking areas. You have to make the bike turn well but you also need good stability under braking, because that's where you can get good lap times. It's a circuit where our opponents are always very fast, but anyway, I think we'll be able to do well if we work well starting on Friday morning.”
