Alex Marquez had the best season of his MotoGP career last year, but it might not have happened if Gresini hadn’t intervened when his career was at a crossroads.
In the year The grid for the 2025 MotoGP campaign was dominated by Marquez. as a Mark Marquez His younger brother ran away with the champion Alex Marquezhas earned the moniker of being the best of the rest.
The rivalry between the two Marquez brothers In the year Making it one of Marx’s favorite seasons since joining the Premier League in 2013.
In the first season, Mark and Alex scored a one-two, marking the first time that the stage was led by the same family.
Alex continued his good form with impressive results on the year’s machinery, finishing the season second in the riders’ standings with three Grand Prix wins, 12 podiums and one pole position.
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Gresini almost left Alex Marquez before signing for 2023
In a recent interview Moto.it, Gresini Chief Nadia Padovani It detailed how the Italian satellite team offered the younger Marquez brother a lifeline ahead of the 2023 MotoGP campaign following his exit from LCR Honda last year.
She said: “Alex believes that in 2023, if we don’t take him on, he’s going to be left behind. We’ve put a lot of faith in Alex and he believes in himself.
“Then came the reward, because Alex has grown a lot, he’s grown a lot with his brother in the last year, because he’s learned to observe what Mark has done.
“And he’s been able to apply what he’s learned this year, so he’s had an amazing season.”
Miguel Olivera was also in the running for the seat in Gresini. at the time. In the end, the Portuguese rider decided against the move as the Italian team did not show enough ‘financial health’.
With Oliveira stepping down from the MotoGP grid at the end of the 2025 campaign, it raises the question of what might have happened to their respective careers had he taken the ride at Gresini at the age of 29.
Ducati does not want Alex Marquez to team up with Marc Marquez at the factory MotoGP team.
Thanks to his impressive words at the top of GP24, Alex was rewarded with a factory-spec Ducati for the following season.
It celebrates the Spaniard’s first anniversary with factory machinery from the Italian builder. He is widely regarded as the biggest threat to Mark’s title defense..
Although some have asked Alex to pair up with Mark in Borgo Pangale, Ducati ‘sources’ have revealed that the team does not want a partnership. To avoid a serious rivalry between their two knights.
Their battles at the front of the pack led some fans to see more violence between the two brothers. So far, there doesn’t seem to be much competition between anyone on the grid.
