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MotoGP champ Marquez 'serious' about F1 future

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says a switch to Formula 1 could be a "serious idea" after he impressed testing a 2012-spec car. Red Bull supremo Dr Helmut Marko talked up the Spanish star of two wheels after an eye-catching display at the Red Bull Ring this week. According to Marko, Marquez ended the day putting in lap times 10 seconds shy of Valtteri Bottas' pole-setting time at last year's Austrian Grand Prix - no mean feat considering he was driving an F1 car for the first time and did so in outdated machinery. Marquez has laid waste to MotoGP since debuting in 2013, taking the title in all but one of his five campaigns to date. Only John Surtees has won world titles on four and...
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