{"id":168201,"date":"2025-09-07T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/motogp-alex-marquez-delays-marcs-first-match-point-to-win-the-championship\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:03:20","slug":"motogp-alex-marquez-delays-marcs-first-match-point-to-win-the-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/motogp-alex-marquez-delays-marcs-first-match-point-to-win-the-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP: \u00c1lex M\u00e1rquez delays Marc’s first ‘match point’ to win the championship."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong> will not have the chance to secure his ninth World Championship in motorcycle racing, and his seventh in MotoGP, next Sunday in Misano. His brother, \u00c1lex<\/strong>, who had shown the best race pace since Free Practice sessions last Friday, made up for the recent crash that kept him from winning Saturday\u2019s sprint race<\/i> with an emphatic victory in the Catalonia Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

In Montmel\u00f3, unlike what happened in Jerez, \u00c1lex competed head-to-head with his older brother throughout the race, eventually climbing to the top step of the podium in the highest category for the second time in his career. This victory put him 182 points behind the championship lead, which means Marc<\/strong> will have to wait until the Asian tour begins, with Japan likely being the first race on the agenda.<\/p>\n

Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong> undoubtedly celebrated \u00c1lex’s triumph exuberantly. After his brother rode all the way to the tenth corner\u2014the same corner where he lost the win in Saturday\u2019s sprint race<\/i>\u2014to celebrate his victory with a rolling celebration, he danced solo in front of the grandstands filled with his supporters. Later, he waited for \u00c1lex to join him for a dance on the protective barriers, culminating in a heartfelt embrace.<\/p>\n

Shortly thereafter, in the paddock<\/i>, the sibling congratulations continued, watched by Enea Bastianini<\/strong>, who also had reason to be happy: it marked his first podium finish with KTM. \u201cThe beginning of the season has been a roller coaster, but now the results are finally coming together. To achieve this podium, I gave my 100%. I even thought, for a moment, about victory, but when the other two pulled ahead, it was impossible to catch them,\u201d stated the Italian post-race.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I gave it my all and ran the perfect race, trying to preserve the front tire. In the fourth lap, I could have overtaken him on the straight, but I thought it would be best to set myself apart from the rest. In the final laps, it became more challenging. I tried to push hard, but I went wide on the corner where I had the scare on Saturday. In the end, I’m very happy, for \u00c1lex and for myself. We managed to finish second at a tough circuit,\u201d beamed Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel super good. I still have a bit of a chip on my shoulder from the race on Saturday, and that\u2019s why I thought, ‘I have to take this one.’ It was all about pushing throughout the race, managing the tires well, and, with six laps to go, I looked to see if I had anything extra to pull ahead. Above all, I want to thank the entire team: we are where we deserve to be,\u201d elaborated a thrilled \u00c1lex<\/strong>, who delivered a commanding performance on the track.<\/p>\n

After a lightning-fast start from the pole<\/i> position achieved on Saturday, Marc<\/strong> quickly grappled into the lead. However, instead of feeling intimidated, \u00c1lex<\/strong> prepared for a move that, at the beginning of the fourth lap, enabled him to reclaim first position. From there, \u00c1lex<\/strong> set a blistering pace, allowing him to maintain his lead over his illustrious older brother despite some falters during the race, where Marco Bezzecchi<\/strong>, Fabio di Gianantonio<\/strong>, who ultimately had to abandon the race after returning to the track, Brad Binder<\/strong>, Johann Zarco<\/strong>, \u00c1lex Rins<\/strong>, Lorenzo Salvadori<\/strong>, and Franco Morbidelli<\/strong> all witnessed their own battles on the asphalt.<\/p>\n

Mart\u00edn and Bagnaia Display Good Form<\/h2>\n

Significant performances came from Jorge Mart\u00edn<\/strong>, who managed to secure the tenth position after starting from 17th on the grid due to a penalty involving Joan Mir<\/strong>. Notably, Pecco Bagnaia<\/strong> partially regained his competitive spirit, finishing seventh after starting 21st, thus redeeming a challenging weekend where his feelings were far from what he experienced previously, which, to be honest, is not that long ago.<\/p>\n

As for the other Spanish riders, Pedro Acosta<\/strong> nearly stayed on Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong>‘s tire in the early laps, ultimately finishing just off the podium in a commendable fourth place, hampered somewhat by tire choice. Ra\u00fal Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> ended up eleventh, Joan Mir<\/strong> twelfth, Maverick Vi\u00f1ales<\/strong> thirteenth, Ferm\u00edn Aldeguer<\/strong> fifteenth, and Aleix Espargar\u00f3<\/strong>, competing with a wild card<\/i>, closed the classification in seventeenth place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Marc M\u00e1rquez will not have the chance to secure his ninth World Championship in motorcycle racing, and his seventh in MotoGP, next Sunday in Misano. His brother, \u00c1lex, who had shown the best race pace since Free Practice sessions last Friday, made up for the recent crash that kept him from winning Saturday\u2019s sprint race […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[36710,41814,26979],"class_list":["post-168201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-deportes","tag-deportes-motociclismo","tag-motogp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}