David Alonso may call Marc Marquez his mentor, but the Moto2 rider will try to take “a lot of things” from Francesco Bagnaia and can see a big positive in Pedro Acosta.
Marquez He served as a mentor and close advisor. Alonso For some time, they often train together as a couple. “He reminded me of Alonso Marquez,” he said.Also the latter’s similarities between their racing styles took the former even to the Moto3 title.
Alonso He became the first Colombian to win the Moto3 title in 2024, with 14 victories in 20 races. The 20-year-old became the first Colombian to win a Moto2 race in 2025, having scored his first intermediate class win as a starter at last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Marquez He won 10 of 17 races in 2010 before claiming the 2012 Moto2 title and also won the 2013 MotoGP title as a rookie. The road to success was slow. BagnayaIn 2018 he won his first world title in Moto2 alone.
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David Alonso wants to find Marc Marquez’s ‘Hunger’ and Francesco Bagnaia’s ‘Coldness’.
Bagnaia lifted MotoGP titles between four successive title fights in 2022 and 2023, before Marquez claimed the 2025 crown in his first year at Ducati for the Spaniard’s seventh championship and first title since 2019. Acosta He has yet to fight for the MotoGP title.
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Bagnaia has shown a very different approach to Marquez and Acosta, who won the 2021 Moto3 as a rookie and then the 2023 Moto2 crown. But Alonso can see “many” things he can learn from Bagnaia, as well as key attributes from Marquez and Acosta.
Alonso said. Sports world: “From Marquez, his constant hunger to win. From Pedro, his mentality, his approach to racing. He doesn’t go there to show off, but he doesn’t go there to compete, and that’s it. From Peco, his coldness, I try to take a lot of things from him.
“Marquez has always been my idol,” Alonso added. “I try to listen to him as much as I can, and yes, I’m grateful that he comes to give me advice.”
“At the end of the day, he’ll give you advice about anything, but whatever you’re going through, he’s already gone through it.
“In that sense, he can help you a lot, because you’re finally going through what he’s going through, and he can tell you from his own personal experiences.”
Marquez and Acosta have a similar approach to racing compared to Bagnaia, who often prefers to be smooth and precise compared to the aggressiveness of the Spanish stars and Alonso’s style. So it is important that Alonso tries to learn from Bagnaia.
Alonso will hope to use what he can learn from Acosta, Bagnaia and Marquez next year as he is expected to step up to MotoGP. 850cc regulations are on the horizon, including MotoGP teams Ducati and Yamaha have discussed with Alonso..
Alonso is expected to make his MotoGP debut with Honda in 2027 as the Japanese brand is set to give him factory rider status. But when it is recommended Alonso will start for the Honda factory team in MotoGPIt is said that he may join the satellite team.
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