Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says his championship runner-up spot in 2025 is \u201cmore important\u201d for others than for him to \u201cconfirm that you have the talent\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old enjoyed his best season ever in the premier class in 2025, after taking a Gresini<\/a>-run GP24 Ducati to three grand prix victories.<\/p>\n A consistent campaign, in which he was regularly world champion Marc Marquez<\/a>\u2019s closest challenger in races, led to Alex Marquez<\/a> securing a historic second place in the standings behind his older brother.<\/p>\n It was his best championship result in grand prix racing since his Moto2 title in 2019.<\/p>\n Speaking at the end of the 2025 season, Alex Marquez said his two lower-class championships held equal value to his runner-up spot in the MotoGP standings.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n However, he acknowledges that, for public consensus, his 2025 MotoGP season is significantly more important.<\/p>\n \u201c[It\u2019s] more important for the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, no. For me, it\u2019s at the same level [as my Moto3 title in 2014 and my Moto2 title in 2019].<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s true that when you are there in front in MotoGP, you confirm you have talent.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks like, for the people, you have to be there to confirm you have the talent and you have the things to be in MotoGP.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, it was so important for the previous years with Honda, the tough years.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso, when I came to Gresini, it was good, but last year it was not.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, to confirm that we are there and we can be fast, and I can be one of the guys in MotoGP, is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n The younger Marquez brother\u2019s form in 2025 on year-old machinery prompted Ducati to upgrade him to factory-spec machinery for next year.<\/p>\n In total, Gresini scored four grand prix wins in 2025, with rookie Fermin Aldeguer taking a maiden triumph at the Indonesian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says his championship runner-up spot in 2025 is \u201cmore important\u201d for others than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[8454,64,63,8455,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-382795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-alex-marquez","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-gresini-racing-motogp","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382795","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=382795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}