Marc Marquez’s victory on his manufacturing unit Ducati debut within the Thai MotoGP season opener was additionally his 89th in all grand prix lessons.
Meaning Marquez is now only one victory away from equalling the 90 profession wins by Spain’s most profitable grand prix rider, the late Angel Nieto.
Nieto is at present third on the all-time grand prix winners’ checklist, behind Italians Giacomo Agostini (122) and Valentino Rossi (115).
Marquez has held fourth place on the checklist since transferring forward of Mike Hailwood’s 76 victories in 2019, the yr Marquez gained his eighth and most up-to-date world crown.
The omens for a Marquez victory in Argentina this weekend look promising having gained by virtually ten seconds on his most up-to-date 2019 look, plus two different Termas victories.
Alternatively, Marquez hasn’t taken victory within the opening two rounds of the MotoGP season since 2014, when he went on to win ten in a row.
Even when Marquez is crushed this weekend, a podium would see the #93 tie with the all-time GP rostrum tally of 152 by Jorge Lorenzo.
Compatriot Dani Pedrosa, behind Rossi (235) and Agostini (159) on the all-time podium checklist, would then be only one additional podium away.
In the meantime, a win by any Ducati rider on Sunday can be the manufacturing unit’s nineteenth Grand Prix victory in a row, edging them nearer to Honda’s 22 in a row file from Malaysia 1997 to the Dutch TT in 1998.
