Marc Marquez is at the top of his game in 2025, and he's relishing it! During a press conference organized by Estrella Galicia, the championship-leading Ducati rider spoke passionately. On the eve of the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, the Cervera native, closely followed by his brother Alex, balances nostalgia for epic duels, confidences about his resilience, and excitement at the Spanish fervor. It promises to be a big one...
Marc Marquez, now leader of the championship 2025, spoke yesterday in a long interview for Estrella Galicia. A few days before his national meeting in Jerez, the pilot Ducati delivered a lucid and sometimes critical look at the current state of MotoGP, while displaying a new serenity, forged by injuries, time and experience.
« He's It is impossible to recapture the close fights and battles of ten years ago.. With today's motorcycles, it's impossible. […] Between aerodynamics, tire pressure and all that, it's very difficult. ", regrets the eight-time world champion. Even at Qatar, where he established himself, Marquez recognizes that the overtaking on Casa Particular in Viñales would have been " much more difficult and with much more risk " if the Spanish of KTM had not made a mistake.
#93 has never hidden his love of duels: “ I love close combat, I love one-on-one battles, war and those last turns, these last laps that I did with Dovizioso. » He hopes that the 2027 regulation will change the situation: " in the MotoGP of the future they are already working to reduce this, to equalize the mechanics so that it depends more on the driver and less aerodynamics »
Serene, Marquez also speaks of his peaceful relationship with the competition and his opponents: “ If someone overtakes me, I accept it. I understand that someone might be faster.. Ducati's objective, and I have been made to understand this clearly, is that the title is red, whether it is the 63 or the 93 ».
Marc Marquez: “ Alex and I have always helped each other and we still do. »
On his brother Alex, no favoritism: " In racing, we don't care what happens to one or the other, otherwise we wouldn't go fast. Alex is an excellent driver. Like any driver, he has to impose his will, and when he does, he is happy and stable, capable of anything. He proved it in these races; he is the driver who has led the most lapsHe keeps the pressure on as if he's won eight world titles. It's not easy to handle the pressure of being at the forefront. »
Despite this confidence in his brother, Marquez was also clear about each person's ambitions: " Alex and I have always helped each other and we still do. But I am aware that he will be one of the rivals for the title., even if everything depends – and I'm already putting pressure on myself – on the evolution of our bike. Alex has a GP24 in a satellite team which will not evolve. » And when contact occurs between them, Marquez assumes: " even if it seemed to be the other way around, it was mostly my fault. […] There are racing incidents. ".
As for whether he is better than before his injury, he decides motosan : " No, I'm not a better driver. […] I have to work harder to reach that level. But I'm ready to do it.. I'm not better than Marc in 2019, I'm different ».
À Jerez, where the atmosphere promises to be electric, the Catalan is lucid: " I am grateful for the emotion, grateful that there are so many 93 jerseys and support for the Spaniards who come to Jerez. […] But then, we have to know how to understand the situation we find ourselves in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and make the most of it »
Far from being nostalgic, Marc Marquez move forward with calm: ready to fight if the opportunity arises, but also to accept it if it does not. Marquez 2025 version: formidable, experienced… and philosophical.
