The Ant of Cervera is now only two points shy of his best points tally ever \u2013 420 in 2019. That benchmark was set on the Honda<\/a> in the pre-Sprints era.<\/p>\n Marquez won 12 out of 19 Grands Prix as he romped to his eighth world championship and his sixth in the premier class. His podium rate was an extraordinary 95%, and runner-up Andrea Dovizioso didn\u2019t even break 300 points.<\/p>\n Marc Marquez on the \u2018explosiveness\u2019 he\u2019s lost at Ducati<\/p>\n Speaking before the Hungarian Grand Prix, Marquez refused to jump on the \u2018bandwagon\u2019. He played down the growing talk that he\u2019s better than ever.<\/p>\n The Ant of Cervera pointed out that he\u2019s riding for the \u2018best team\u2019 this year. Ducati<\/a> are nearly 250 points clear in the constructors\u2019, and as a manufacturer, they have scored 31 podiums out of a possible 39.<\/p>\n In 2019, his Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo only scraped into the top 20 of the championship, albeit after missing four races through injury. Replacement Stefan Bradl posted the best result of the season on that side of the garage when he finished 10th in Germany.<\/p>\n While Francesco Bagnaia has struggled this year, he\u2019s still third in the standings with a race win and seven Sunday podiums.<\/p>\n CATEGORYVOL.CAREER RANKWins122ndPoles102ndPodiums181stPoints4201stMarc Marquez\u2019s 2019 season in the context of his career<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not jumping on the bandwagon because the situations are different,\u201d Marquez said, via MARCA<\/a>. \u201cIn 2019, I had some strengths, which I don\u2019t have as much now; I have others, in terms of experience. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m on the best bike on the grid with the best team. I\u2019m not saying that the 2019 bike wasn\u2019t, but the other Hondas weren\u2019t that close. <\/p>\n \u201cHere in Austria, a Ducati finished second. Look at 2019 when we finished first and second.\u201d<\/p>\n While he\u2019s gained \u2018more experience\u2019, despite suffering with injury at the start of the decade, Marquez added that he\u2019s lost \u2018explosiveness\u2019.<\/p>\n Would Enea Bastianini swap places with Francesco Bagnaia right now?<\/p>\n Marquez feels sympathy for Bagnaia<\/a> as he experiences a period of \u2018transition\u2019 in his career. He likened it to his departure from Honda.<\/p>\n The 2013 debutant needed to prove to himself that he could win races again after multiple surgeries and failed comebacks on a declining Honda bike.<\/p>\n Marquez replaced Enea Bastianini at Ducati over the winter and is already building a case to be considered the brand\u2019s greatest ever rider. He will join Bagnaia and Casey Stoner in winning a MotoGP<\/a> title in red.<\/p>\n![\"Marc](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231293883-1024x683.jpg\")
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