Neil Hodgson tells Marco Bezecic how he can beat ‘King of COTA’ Marc Marquez with a decisive victory.

In the two season openers in Thailand and Brazil, Marco Bezecchi He won both Grand Prix, Pedro Acosta and Mark Marquez He won the Sprint Race.

Bezecchi leads the 2026 MotoGP championship ahead of the United States Grand Prix, and has the chance to stamp his authority on the title fight at COTA this weekend.

In the past, Marquez has been the ‘King of COTA’ with seven MotoGP Grand Prix wins at the circuit, during his time in the Repsol Honda garage, and they came between 2013 and 2021.

However, Bezecchi has a perfect chance to win with Marquez down and extend his winning streak from four Grands Prix to five in a row.

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Neil Hodgson says Marco Bezecchi at COTA ‘smells blood’.

Before the United States Grand Prix, Neil Hodgson He discussed how this weekend will be a ‘big round’ for the championship. Gas out.

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“It’s a big round in the championship, and you have a chance to beat the king of COTA at his favorite track. It’s like a boxer, you catch him and you see his knee move a bit, and you think, ‘Here’s a chance to beat him,'” Hodgson said.

“Bezechi has to do it, he has to release the brakes and be aggressive, they smell blood and they have to attack. These are your rare chances, if you want to take him all season, you have to try to beat him here.”

Different opinions about Marc Marquez in the 2026 season

After the opening two Grands Prix of the season, there were mixed opinions about Marquez and whether he could defend his title in 2026 and take it back.

Carlo Pernat proposed this after the Brazilian Grand Prix The MotoGP title fight will be ‘different than expected’ if Marquez doesn’t beat Bezecic this weekend. United States Grand Prix.

“If he doesn’t win there and we beat Bezecic, we have to start thinking that the championship will be more than expected,” said Pernat.

even if, Max Biaggi says Marquez and Ducati are still favourites. For the title, and expect that Marquez is dealing with unexpected problems.

Biaggi said, “Ducati and Marquez are the champions and the favourites… Bezeci is succeeding now, but we have to understand that Marc is facing problems that we don’t know about.”