Aprilia ace Marco Bezzecchi has proved a major threat to Ducati rival Marc Marquez for the 2026 MotoGP riders’ title with a record-breaking season.
Marquez He started 2026 knowing he could make history this season by matching Giacomo Agostini’s record eight Premier League titles. The 33-year-old is level with Valentino Rossi as the seven-time champion in 2025. DucatiIt also marked his first title since 2019.
But Marquez finished 2025 on the sidelines after requiring surgery for a coracoid fracture and ligament damage in his right shoulder in October. Bezechichi At the Indonesian Grand Prix. Injuries have limited Marquez this season.
It is clear. Marquez’s shoulder is still not rightThis year so far has been clearly comfortable. Add to that You know the Ducati GP26 is not the best bike on the 2026 gridAnd the Cervera native has thus far struggled to become a regular threat to Aprilia rider Bezeci.
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Is Aprilia losing already?
Jorge Martin could use the 2024 title fight to help Marco Bezecic beat Marc Marquez in 2026.
Leads Bezechichi. Aprilia Teammate George Martin In the year In 2026 at the level of passengers during vacation MotoGP calendar Postponing the Qatar Grand Prix, Marquez is fifth in the standings. Marquez trailed Bezecic by 36 points after the first three rounds.
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However, Bezecchi set a new MotoGP record with 121 consecutive Grand Prix wins, and in 2016 The 27-year-old has not had a perfect start to the campaign since he became the first rider since Marquez in 2014 to win his first three Grands Prix in one season.
Bezzecchi must stop dropping out of the Sprint Races if he is to beat Marquez for the 2026 title after crashing out of the lead in the Buriram Sprint and P2 in the COTA Sprint. Bezechi fell while trying to increase his lead in the sprint in Thailand And while chasing the front in America.
If Bezcicci is to deny Marquez the 2026 title, the Italian must stop making mistakes in sprint races. He just has to see how his mistakes can prove costly when Martin Francesco Bagnaia wins the 2024 title, with Bagnaia winning 11 of 20 Grands Prix that year.
Martin won just three Grands Prix and seven Sprints in his 2024 season at Pramac. But Bezeci has to do now as the Spaniard beat Bagnaya by 10 points to win the title without going over the limit.
Jorge Martin must now believe that he too is a rival for the 2026 MotoGP title to Marco Bezecchi.
Based on what he learned from his fight with Bagnayan, Martin could be the perfect partner to help Bezcicchi adjust his mindset and stop ruining the Sprint Races in his title fight with Marquez. However, Martin may now be Bezecchi’s worst nightmare, as he feels he is in the title mix.
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George Martin wins the COTA Sprint! Is the 2024 champion finally back?
After coming out of injury hell last year, Martin is about to return to his best form. Martin won the COTA Sprint in the last roundAnd now he has scored back-to-back Grand Prix podiums.
Martin insists there is “no point” in thinking about the 2026 title.But he must believe that a second championship is now on the cards. Martin is four points clear of Bezzecchi in the Cavaliers standings at the first break of the season, and is still not 100% fit.
In the year After further operations over the winter on injuries to his left hand and right collarbone in 2025, Martin expects to “struggle” physically in the US as he returns to the Brazilian GP back-to-back. When he arrived in Texas, his main goal was to finish the race.
Now, having won the COTA Sprint and taken back-to-back podiums in Brazil and the US, in addition to a four-week break before the Spanish Grand Prix on April 24-26, Martin should feel he can make his case for the title at the start of European football.
Facing competition from the Aprilia garage through Martin for the 2026 MotoGP title and competing against one of the greats in Marquez could be a big test for Bezzecchi’s mental resolve. as a Martin is expected to join Yamaha in 2027there is no doubt that he will give it his all.
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