They arrived in Aragon sharing the same number of points and claiming an identical number of victories this season. But they left Spain separated by 16 units and one of the protagonists now has one more success. All in favor of Marc Márquez and to the detriment of Andrea Dovizioso. There are now four Grands Prix remaining and therefore 100 points to collect. Everything is still possible. But for retired champion Mick Doohan, the rest could well be a formality. For Marquez.
Mick doohan is an essential character in the history of HRC. With his 54 successes, the Australian is the most victorious of the drivers who have walked the Honda Grand Prix awning. In this statistic it is now followed by Márquez who has won on 34 occasions with a motorcycle from the Tokyo brand. Before Aragon, it is Red who was the dolphin of Doohan, with 33 achievements.
The first spoke about the other before flying to Japan. On the subject of the home stretch of this exciting title race which has already seen six changes of leader. But, for the Australian, it could well be that we leave it there: “ Marc is building stronger and stronger self-confidence. His lead in the championship is not huge, but he is capable of increasing it in the next races. I just think he is too strong right now, he is above his opponents ».
It must be said that the facts prove that Doohan. From Barcelona, Márquez has never missed a podium, apart from Silverstone, due to an engine failure. He has also won four of the last six races. It was only in Austria where he was taught a lesson in the last corner by Andrea Dovizioso.
« Marc Márquez plays on another level. He is as good as Rossi. He is strong, he is confident, he has a good bike, and he arrives at races where he performed well last year ". On this last point, Doohan seems to forget that DesmoDovi was also good last year overseas. But the retiree insists: “ Dovi is not in the same position or at the same level as Marc. He's been fighting at the top level for years, but I don't know if he can really dominate the top riders. But maybe I'm wrong, maybe Dovizioso will show me that I'm on the wrong track ».
Start of response on October 15 at Motegi.
