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In this 2019 MotoGP season, Marc Márquez did well in his first part of a job that allows him to consider an eighth absolute title. A half-time in this campaign that he celebrates with a capital of 58 points ahead of his rival for two years, Andrea Dovizioso. Is the Honda rider worried about a possible rebound from his Ducati counterpart? Actually, not really. On the other hand, he sees the danger coming from elsewhere...

A danger which will not prevent him from winning his sixth crown in the category. But an alert on its supremacy displayed since 2013. It is therefore for Marc Márquez of prestige, of its general influence, but also of the future. Because the danger he sees is younger than him... At 26, he is no longer the next generation, and he realizes it.

This is the lot of all leaders to beat. But the deadline is coming quickly. Marc Márquez has already declared that seeing each other “ to get old » did not excite him. Excessive comments given his age? No doubt, but placed in the light of a rising generation, the approach makes sense... He says: “ Until Barcelona it was a championship, so everything was different. Now I have a two-race advantage over Dovizioso. Of course the Ducati will become fast again, but for now the riders to beat are Yamaha's, especially Viñales and Quartararo. I really think they will be the fastest in the second half of the season ».

Marc Márquez does not intend to give them free rein, even if they are not concerned with the quest for the championship. Marc Márquez doesn't want to leave anything. Finally, the two other Yamaha riders who are Valentino Rossi et Franco Morbidelli will have understood that the Repsol Honda driver focuses more on the talent of the aforementioned rather than on the general level of the M1…

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