Marc Marquez is famous for his mind games during title fights in MotoGP. In the year He’s been deploying that tactic with Marco Bezecchi in 2026, and it paid off again at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Bezechichi In the year After leading every round in 2026 and winning the first three races, he appeared to be a big contender for the championship. Meanwhile, Marquez In the year He was struggling with nerve damage after his accident in Indonesia in 2025. Ducati The driver’s right arm.
Marquez’s feat at Le Mans took him to two races, with Bezecic finishing in the top two positions at each race until the French GP. of Aprilia The rider had a commanding lead, and his rival was doing everything to reduce his chances of the title, and put the pressure on the Italian.
The top five are separated by just 40 points. Who do you vote for the title of 2026?
Marc Marquez says Marco Bezecchi will ‘definitely’ win at Assen – mind games at work again.
Cervera Brain Ant Games launched early gates. After seeing his start to the season. Marquez says Bezecchi is ‘unstoppable’ in 2026A podium finish for the first seven races with a Ducati rider.
Before it happened at Le Mans Marquez said he could challenge Bezecic at Jerez. Due to fitness issues and the growth of Aprilia. He put more pressure on Bezechi to keep up the pace, and he started to break down.
Marquez returned to Mugello and Bezeci took his fourth win of the season. Since the Italian GP, ​​an Aprilia rider has not scored any points on Sunday.
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He was swept out of the Hungarian GP by teammate George Martin on the opening lap before being banned from the Czech GP after slapping Marshall in the Sprint. Bezecchi confirmed that Marquez’s pressure was getting to him Because he lost his composure in the middle of a title fight.
Marquez seems to be in over his head again at Assen. Aprilia were backed as clear favorites for victory at the Dutch GP, but it was George Martin who took pole position, and Trackhouse dominated the weekend.
Bezecchi finished fourth in the sprint, a surprise for Marquez. He expected to claim top points against Asean, which is enough pressure in itself, but he collected all the pressure for Sunday.
he said. GPON After the sprint: “I said yesterday, I thought Bezeci would score 37 points at this circuit, and this morning he was lightning fast again. He will definitely win tomorrow because he has the best pace on paper. But anything can happen in the race.”
Marco Bezecchi escaped serious injury after this serious crash at Assen. What do you think of his title chances now?
This is another clear example of Marquez trying to outwit his rival, and it worked perfectly. Bezeci crashed on lap three. And cartwheels on the gravel with force.
Marquez only managed P7 at Assen, but managed to close the gap with Bezeci even more. He is 40 points behind with 12 rounds remaining, returning over 100 by one point.
The 33-year-old’s tactics are working well, while Bezeci is consistently showing that he cannot handle the pressure of fighting for the title. With no points scored in the last three Grands Prix, he needs to get his head back in the game and take the fight to Marquez.
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