Marc Marquez and Alex Marquez made history by becoming the first brothers to finish first and second in the MotoGP riders’ standings in 2025 and now they could fight for the 2026 title.
Marc took his seventh premier class crown to date, finishing 467 points ahead of Alex by 545 points, with no rival drivers threatening the Marquez brothers in the 2025 standings. Marco Bezecchi finished the campaign in third place, 353 points ahead of Pedro Acosta.
Such was his dominance. Marc Marquez won the 2025 MotoGP title in five roundsHe left the Japanese Grand Prix with a 201 point lead. After Mark suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, Alex cut the deficit in the final four rounds.
Can Alex Marquez challenge Marc Marquez for the 2026 MotoGP title?
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Gresini CEO Nadia Padovani believes Alex Marquez can beat Marc Marquez for 2026 MotoGP title
Mark Marquez After joining the works, 2025 was simply in a different league. Ducati group. The 32-year-old has taken 11 Grands Prix, 14 Sprint wins and eight pole positions. Alex Marquez of Gresini He took three Grand Prix, three Sprint wins and one pole in 22 rounds.
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Ducati will now reward Alex Marquez with a factory special bike in 2026He competed in the satellite Desmosedici GP24 during the 2025 season. The 29-year-old will join his brother and team-mate Francesco Bagna and VR46’s Fabio di Giantantonio to get the GP26.
In the year Racing on the same factory Ducati bike as Marc Marquez in 2026 will allow Alex to fight for the riders’ title for the first time. And while Gresini CEO Nadia Padovani believes it will be “difficult” for Alex to challenge the marque for the 2026 MotoGP title, it won’t be impossible.
“Yes, it is difficult,” Padovani said. Moto.it. But that dream come true, come on, it’s possible.
Alex Marquez will be happy to finish second to Marc Marquez in 2026.
Alex Marquez’s second place in the 2025 Riders’ Championship means Gresini has finished in the top three in the last two seasons. Marc Marquez secured third place for Gresini after Spanish Honda pulled out of his 2024 only season with the Fenza outfit.
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Christmas Alex Marquez will be happy to finish second in the marque again in 2026.In 2025, the native of Cervera will be content to repeat what he achieved. In the year 2025 marked the best season of Alex’s career in the Premier League, having previously never finished higher than eighth.
Alex Marquez of the 2025 season scored his first MotoGP race in Jerez before taking further victories in Barcelona and Malaysia. Alex beat Marc in a straight fight to win the Catalan Grand Prix, unlike the Spanish GP where the older Marquez brother crashed.
