Unbeaten in a MotoGP race since Silverstone in May, Marc Marquez insists this weekend\u2019s home Barcelona round could be the moment where his 14-race streak comes to an end.<\/p>\n
For reasons even Marquez <\/a>says are not entirely clear, the Catalunya track has proven to be one of his weakest circuits, with only two wins from eleven MotoGP appearances.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, as every year, here in Montmelo, I know that I will need to work a bit more than on other circuits to try to reach the top level that will be the target during the weekend,\u201d Marquez said on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we arrive in a good shape. It’s true that it’s one of my worst circuits in the calendar, but the fact that it’s a home GP gives me always extra motivation, to try to score the maximum points.\u201d<\/p>\n Among the rivals expected to threaten Marquez\u2019s supremacy are his younger brother Alex, whose preference for flowing corners helped him outqualify Marc as Gresini team-mates last season.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cIt can be,\u201d Marc replied when asked if Catalunya could be the toughest challenge yet to keep his win streak alive.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe it’s time to stop these victories in a row. We don’t know. will try to fight for the top.<\/p>\n “But it’s true that, not only Alex [is fast], also Pecco won the last two GPs here. Also Aprilia, normally here with Aleix, was super fast. So let’s see if we can be with that top group.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite his modest record, many are pointing to Marc\u2019s close runner-up finish to Bagnaia in November\u2019s race, while on last year\u2019s difficult GP23, as a sign of what\u2019s to come this weekend.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Barcelona also signals a return to the track where Marc completed his first factory Ducati laps, in testing after last season\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cEven before the test, I understood that this was the bike and the place to fight for the championship,\u201d said Marc, who starts the weekend with a huge 175-point title lead over Alex.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd when I started working on the first test, I already understood the difference from the 23 bike to the 25. There were already some free tenths on the straight, that is important.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then the team was working in a very good way. And then we started to build everything. But before the test, I already understood that here was the place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n If Marc outscores Alex by at least ten points this weekend, he will have his first title chance at the following Misano round.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, largely on the back of Marquez\u2019s success, Ducati<\/a> is set to wrap up the 2025 constructors\u2019 crown this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unbeaten in a MotoGP race since Silverstone in May, Marc Marquez insists this weekend\u2019s home Barcelona round could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-118862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ducati","11":"tag-ducati-lenovo-team","12":"tag-marc-marquez","13":"tag-motor","14":"tag-motor-sports","15":"tag-motosport","16":"tag-motosports","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}