Marc Marquez has been seen struggling with his rivals this year compared to his 2025 title-winning campaign, and Pol Espargaro as his rivals now know how to attack the vulnerable Spaniard.
After starting his tenure at the factory Ducati A team that had three perfect match days last year, Mark Marquez In the year 2026 was quite the opposite.
With three Grand Prix now in the books this year, Marquez found himself with just one sprint race win. In six tournaments contested across the two formats.
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Aprilia Now it seems that the dominant bike on the grid, which is shown Marco Bezcicci’s Grand Prix format bottleneck.
However, the bike is not the only problem for Marquez.
The world champion still doesn’t seem 100% fit due to the injury he suffered at the end of last year, which has carried over into the current season and has given his rivals the opportunity to exploit his new weaknesses.
Pol Espargaro thinks Marc Marquez’s MotoGP rivals are now taking advantage of his new ‘weaknesses’
During a recent interview with AS notebookwill shape the MotoGP star. Paul Espargaro He gave his thoughts on the current Premier Class grid gauge and how Marquez’s lackluster start to the season has affected him.
Citing FC Barcelona as an example, the KTM challenger began: “This is a reflection of what I was going through in the first few races a few days ago, to give you an example.
“Barca, instead of winning, leading the team, went into this existential crisis where teams were attacking rather than sitting back and waiting for results, which hurt them more.
“Barca’s problem was that they weren’t competitive, and seeing the other teams reacting completely differently made them win more. I think the same thing is happening now.”
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“When Mark is not at his best and other riders see that Mark is weak or has some weaknesses that he didn’t have before, they feel that they are more able to attack. By Giannantonio in Brazil.
And this caught Mark somewhat off guard, because he didn’t expect it, he wasn’t used to it. So it’s a somewhat uncertain situation for Ducati, their rivals and the marque. But after Jerez we will see that things fall into place.
A four-week break from MotoGP has aided Marc Marquez’s quest to return to full form.
Marquez’s hopes of mounting a strong defense of the riders’ 2025 title have raised the prospect of an extension when the Qatar Grand Prix was due to take place in April.
The competition has now been decided to be held in NovemberAnd a four-week break between the Austin and Jerez championship rounds allowed Marquez to allow more time towards a full recovery.
However, the Spaniard’s aggressive nature on two wheels has raised concerns that he could rehabilitate old injuries if he puts too much faith in his Ducati bike.
Neil Hodgson has warned Marquez that one mistake will cost him dearly in JerezAnother injury caused him to completely stop this year’s title defense.
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