Marc Marquez is not yet having the 2026 season he was hoping for but has shown real signs of quality despite his injury struggles.
Cervera’s Ant is without a Grand Prix podium after the first three rounds of 2026. Marquez He won the Sprint in Brazil, but for the most part, he had no competition with Aprilia and Marco Bezecchi, who had won the last five consecutive races.
Marquez has not been riding 100% all year, with a right shoulder injury from Mandalica in 2025 still causing problems. It was evident in Austin when he himself admitted that his complications still existed.
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of Ducati The rider suffered a knock on his right arm in practice before being overtaken by team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and out-sprinting Fabio Di Giantantonio. Marquez finished P5 on Sunday After spending a long lap.
After the competition Marquez admits that he is strugglingStating that it and GP26 are ‘crucial’. It’s not the start of the title defense the Spaniard is looking for, but there are clear signs that he is not completely lost.
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Juan Martinez says Marc Marquez’s moves in Austin will ensure his ‘DNA remains intact’.
Marquez dropped down the order with his long lap penalty, leaving his chances of winning, let alone a podium, slim. But this did not stop the 33-year-old player from playing in the midfield.
He had a tough battle with Bagnaia and Tech Innea Bastianini, eventually making it to the final for fifth time. He may have missed the podium, but according to former crew chief Juan Martinez, he excelled in ‘complex’ areas.
It was evidence that Marquez’s DNA remained intact, despite a tough start to the year, placing P5 in the championship standings. Martinez analyzed, through quotes from Motosan: “When you look at the ranking, when you see that Mark is fifth, it is clear that he did not have a good race.
When you analyze the speed and see the two mid-range, two low-range speeds in the last chapter, which is the speed that Bezzecchi showed to win, you think that Marc is a matter of balancing all the small details.
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The champion was talking about his battle with Innea Bastianini in Austin.
MartÃnez said he saw Marquez struggling in the early stages of the race: “At the beginning we saw him have a lot of problems, when he was completely relaxed, I didn’t see him as fluid enough.”
However, as the United States GP continued, the Ducati rider grew more into the competition, and this saw Martinez as his usual self.
He added: “He was finding his rhythm, he understood how to interact with the bike properly. “We’ve seen him go through the most difficult places and conditions so many times, the DNA of the marque remains intact.”
The one-month break of the season comes at the right time for the Spaniard, because he has time to properly recover from the injury. Marquez’s forearm injury could be a major problem. Above the shoulder, however, is something to be monitored.
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