he fate of Marc Marquez in the race for the MotoGP world title this year will be decided in MotoGP Valencia. Marquez admits there is pressure, but he thinks it's natural.
Marquez is actually on the wind. Repsol Honda rider is now 21 points ahead of rivals from Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso.
The wide margin of points allowed Marquez to become the 2017 MotoGP world champion without having to finish in the front row in the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia on Sunday (12/11/2017).
Marquez just finish in position 11 or better. If you can do it, the 24-year-old rider will win the fourth world title, whatever the results obtained Dovizioso.
Instead, Dovizioso could only become world champion if he won the race at Valencia and at the same time Marquez finished outside the top 11. If Dovi does not win the race, Marquez will remain the world champion despite failing to finish.
"Of course it would be natural to feel the pressure at Valencia with so much at stake, but honestly there has been pressure throughout the second half of the season," Marquez told Crash.net.
"And the fact that we were able to overcome some difficult situations, as happened in the last race in Malaysia, gave me a positive feeling.In relation to the track, I was happy because I liked Valencia.It was a counter-clockwise circuit, me, "added Marquez.
"Of course we have a point advantage, but we will not think too much about it, we certainly do not think it will be easy, so we will not go to Valencia with extra confidence," he said.
"We will maintain the same mentality and working method, which has brought us to the present position.We will give 100 percent because it will be important to speed up starting from FP1," Marquez said.