Alex Marquez has ‘doubled’ his MotoGP salary by ditching his Ducati bike to join KTM.

So far in 2026, the Spaniard has scored 67 points from five races and currently trails Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez in the MotoGP standings by one point.

Looking ahead, it is expected Marquez leaves Gresini and goes to KTM Before the 2027 campaign.

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Alex Marquez has doubled his MotoGP salary by joining KTM.

He said recently. MOW MagCarlo Pernat says Marquez will get a ‘double’. Gresini Salary by KTM.

Pernat They proposed the idea. Marquez Instead of ‘winning technical project’ he chose ‘financial choice’.

Pernat said: “Contracts are made very quickly today: the top five riders are assigned after two races, something that has never been seen in the history of MotoGP. This speed can affect and irritate the riders, as we can see with the very nervous Martin.”

“Decisions are now divided into two different categories: those who make a purely economic choice and those who follow a winning technical project. For example, Quatararo and Alex Marquez made a financial choice. Alex doubles what he earns at Gresini with KTM.”

Previously, Pernat I accused Ogura of choosing money On motorcycles, after the Japanese rider decided to leave the trackhouse for Yamaha.

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Afterwards, Pernat praised the decisions made by Francesco Bagnaia and Pedro Acosta, with the former rejecting Yamaha for ‘crazy money’ to sign for Aprilia.

77-year-old Toprak Razgatlioglu asked if he regrets signing Yamaha.

Pernat continued: “Bagnaya and Acosta are making moves just to compete for wins. Peco turned down the crazy money he got from Yamaha and accepted half his salary to join Aprilia and that’s a smart decision.”

“Those who choose money are prone to pay the price on the track, especially if they accept technical projects that are still untested, this is the case with Yamaha, which has a complex V4 project that takes a long time to complete.

“I think Razgatlioglu also regretted it. If he had known Quattroro wanted to leave, he didn’t believe in the project. There is no way he would have signed with Yamaha for MotoGP.”

“Perhaps it would be better to wait a year. Besides, I will tell the knights to wake up, form a guild to protect themselves, and be sensible, because moving blindly and quickly will only cause great trouble.”