Diogo Moreira shares what he noticed while following Marc Marquez on a MotoGP track

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Diogo Moreira is keen to follow Marc Marquez on a circuit more often after learning how the Ducati rider attacks the corner entry phase while following him in Thailand.

Moreira made his MotoGP debut at the 2026 season-opening Thailand Grand Prix with LCR Honda, while Marquez began his 14th year on the grid and second as a Ducati rider. The 21-year-old and 33-year-old also briefly shared the track in Buriram in the free practice session.

LCR ultimately saw Moreira secure P13 in the Buriram Sprint and also in the Thailand GP for his first points in MotoGP. The 2025 Moto2 champion recorded three points, which saw him leave Thailand with P14 in the early riders’ standings level with works Honda rider, Joan Mir.

Marquez ranks eighth in the standings ahead of Moreira’s home round, the Brazilian Grand Prix, this weekend with nine points. The 2025 MotoGP champion came second in the Sprint in Buriram, but retired from the Thailand GP with a puncture after damaging his wheel rim.

Diogo Moreira learned ‘a lot’ about corner entry while following Marc Marquez in Thailand

Practice in Buriram was not the first time that Moreira has shared a track with Marquez, as the latter has taken the former under his wing. Marquez often invites Moreira to train with him, but practice in Thailand was the “perfect” chance for the Brazilian at a MotoGP round.

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Moreira utilised having new Michelin tyres to stay with Marquez on his worn rubber to see how the seven-time premier class champion tackles corner entry. He feels it was a valuable chance that the Guarulhos, Sao Paulo native is keen to try to copy at the upcoming rounds.

“Behind Marc, well, at that moment he was on used tyres and I was on new ones, so I had a bit of an advantage and could follow him,” Moreira told AS.

“I learned quite a lot from his wheel in terms of lines, how to enter the corners, and, honestly, I took advantage of the perfect moment to get behind him.

“That’s what we have to keep doing, because you learn much faster behind other riders, and that’s what I want to do right now.”

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Moreira will hope he can now utilise everything that he learned whilst following Marquez in practice in Buriram and throughout the rest of the Thailand GP weekend to deliver a strong performance on home soil this weekend, with MotoGP reviving the Brazilian GP this season.

MotoGP has not staged the Brazilian GP since 1992, or raced in Brazil at all since the 2004 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix. Moreira was only 72 days old the last time that MotoGP raced in Brazil. Moreira now goes to Goiania as the home favourite in just his second MotoGP race.