Statistics says it is impossible. In the three years that the Austrian circuit has been at the MotoGP World Championship, three Ducati riders have won there: Andrea Iannone , Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo . The Red Bull Ring, a route that is characterized by its three straight lines of almost one kilometer and its very few curves (10), is the only place on the current calendar where Marc Márquez has not celebrated a victory. And if that were not enough, the leader of the championship has no record in the square: neither the fastest lap nor the best pole, a rarity. The statistic says that it is impossible, that this Sunday (14.00 hours, MotoGP), Márquez will not escape and will win with several seconds of advantage as in previous appointments. But it has a trick.

And no, it is not the highest top speed of the Honda this season. The fact is that Spanish has never really been far. Although success has always escaped in the Austrian circuit, both in 2017 and in 2018 he left the pole and was only a sigh from it, at a tenth of a second. On both occasions, Dovizioso and Lorenzo defeated him in the melee, but he did not suffer in excess. In fact, last year, before his countryman, he directly renounced the battle with his fifth title yet to be sentenced.

That is why it is likely that this year he sent in Austria as he did in Argentina, Jerez, Le Mans, Montmeló, Sachsenring and Brno. Honda's improvement in power gives it a preeminence that it never had before and Ducati riders are in worse shape than in other seasons. On the first day of training, yesterday, Márquez already recorded the best time and several batches at a very high pace and this Saturday in the classification (14.35, DAZN) he will look for a premonitory pole. "Last year I already had a very good pace and was comfortable, but I made a mistake with the choice of tires. I hope this time it won't happen again," said the current champion yesterday, delighted with his prospects this weekend.

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