Before Alex Marquez joined Gresini from the Honda setup, he doubted whether he was really up to MotoGP level. In the year The 2025 runner shared the ‘toughest time’ in his career in a recent interview.
In the year After winning the Moto2 title in 2019, Marquez He climbed to the top with the factory Honda squad. But he competed under Alberto Puig for one short season before being relegated to the LCR.
He was closely linked with teammate Takaki Nakagami and finished 16th and 17th in his two years with the team. As Nadia Padovani explains, Marquez was close to dropping the MotoGP grid. Gresini before making the offer.
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Alex Marquez remembers the ‘most difficult time’ in his MotoGP career
to speak Engine scriptwho suffered 10 DNFAs during those seasons and earned a reputation as a risk-taking rider, recalled the dilemma he faced over his future in the premier class.
Finally, he listened to the more optimistic part of his mind, and it paid off. In his second start for the new team, he scored his first MotoGP podium Gresini In the year In 2023, they won two Sprint races at Silverstone and Sepang.
Powered by their Ducati machinery, Gresini’s rise was so impressive that he challenged world champion Marc Marquez to join him. If that puts him back in his brother’s shadow, he escapes for good in 2025.
In the year Reflecting on 2022, Marquez said: “It was the most difficult time: part of me said, ‘You can’t do it’, the other part wanted to continue, and it won, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”
“My better half told me to give myself one last chance, with a competitive bike like Ducati and a team like Gresini, to see if I’m capable. Yes, he won, and that’s good, because I love this life.”
‘On paper, yes’ – Alex Marquez asked if he could win the title
Later in the interview, Marquez was asked if he could complete the collection after winning the Moto2 and Moto3 titles.
Despite riding the top-of-the-line Ducati GP26 this season, his response to the award for last year’s performance was somewhat non-committal.
“It’s never enough, you can always do more,” he said. “On paper, yes, but then we’ll have to see what happens on the track. Philosophical answer? Exactly.”
Marquez looked like he could be a threat to his older brother and sister this year, but he made a good start to the season with a P11 in the Sprint and a DNF in the main Grand Prix in Thailand.
Despite his emotional relationship with Gresini. Marquez is expected to join KTM In the year Replacing Pedro Acosta, who is bound for Ducati in 2027.
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