No one knows Marc Marquez better than his own brother, Alex, and the 2025 MotoGP season has proven it once again. Together, the two Spaniards achieved a historic family one-two finish, with number 93 leading the championship and Alex in second place, all aboard their Ducatis, one a GP25 and the other a GP24.
While Marc He had a fantastic first season with the official Ducati team, Alex, loyal to Gresini, was "the best of the rest", stringing together podium finishes and some well-timed bursts of brilliance.
The youngest Marquez began the year at a breakneck pace: Sept consecutive second-place finishes, including six behind his brother, before winning at Jerez the first MotoGP race that Marc has also finished. A symbolic victory, certainly facilitated by an error from the champion, but then consolidated by a resounding success in the sprint of Silverstone, this time through the proper channels.
« Looking at his statistics, Marc seems practically unbeatable – although, in sports, no one truly is, because Everything can change from one day to the next. ", entrusts Alex Marquez during an Estrella Galicia event.
« Many factors can influence things, so no one is inaccessible, even though he is very difficult to beat »
And to add: " I've always said it: a Marc with the right tools is extremely difficult to beat over 22 races. You can beat him on certain occasions, but Being better than him overall is very difficult, because his main strength is that he is a very well-rounded pilot – He always pushes you to your limitsThat's why I think it's so difficult to beat Marc »
Learning to fall in order to understand: the Marquez method
Alex acknowledges that he had to radically change his approach to get closer to his brother's level.
« At the beginning of the season, I wasn't having any accidents during practice, but after about five races, I started having them because I realized that It was the only way to find the limit and truly challenge Marc “, he explains.
« Finally, you have to drive so close to the limit that you end up crashing, but that's the only way to be ready for Sunday and understand the limits that he masters so easily »
But instead of being frustrated, Alex sees in this fraternal rivalry an engine of progress.
« The stronger your rivals are, the more they push you to improve.And there are two ways to react to that: either you get jealous and think, "Okay, he's good, but not that good – I'll beat him eventually," or we focus on his way of doing things »
And he concluded lucidly: I believe it's this last point that makes you a better pilot – not necessarily for the next race, but in the long term »
While Marc Marquez continued 14 consecutive victories before being stopped by Alex in Catalonia, he sealed his ninth world title at Motegi before suffering a shoulder injury to Mandalika which will keep him away from the circuits until 2026.
For its part, Alex has finished the season MotoGP in style: world vice-champion after the sprint of Sepang and a third Grand Prix victory the following day.
« It's true that I didn't expect to be one of the two Ducati factory riders. nor to outpace other riders with factory motorcyclesBut ultimately, we work and dream about it, and all those efforts from previous years finally pay off. He says.
Next season, Alex will join his brother Marc, Pecco Bagnaia et Fabio Di Giannantonio at the handlebars of the brand new Desmosedici GP26 factory at Gresini.
A new chapter in the story of a unique sibling duo in sports, where respect is intertwined with the purest rivalry. And if Marc remains "almost unbeatable", AlexHe, however, proves that he no longer intends to remain in her shadow.
