Marc Marquez has taken an enormous lead of 83 factors within the 2025 MotoGP standings after a dominant victory final weekend on the German Grand Prix.
Regardless of changeable situations throughout the weekend, the manufacturing facility Ducati rider got here away along with his fourth dash/grand prix double in succession and his seventh in complete.
Marc Marquez was over six seconds away from his rivals on the chequered flag within the grand prix, having the day earlier than admitted he pushed “an excessive amount of” in his pursuit of a dash win within the moist.
“He’s obtained this type of one Marquez sat on one shoulder and one other sat on the opposite and whispers in his ear saying ‘go on, you are able to do this’ and the opposite saying ‘no, Marc, don’t take heed to him’,” Crash MotoGP Podcast host Jordan Moreland mentioned.
“And I feel this weekend was an ideal instance of that. On Friday in observe he didn’t even put new tyres in on the finish to do a time assault and his greatest lap time on used tyres was ok for third place.
“And it simply mentioned that ‘I’m getting ready for the dry on Sunday’, he was considering forward as a result of he knew Saturday was going to be moist.
“After which it involves the Saturday and he doesn’t must win the dash after which he has that whisper in his ear of ‘go on, do it’.
“And he tells himself off after. However how will you management your self when you realize you could have a lot in hand round this circuit?”
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Marquez was not examined at any level through the 30-lap grand prix, and Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren doesn’t imagine we actually noticed what the eight-time world champion is able to.
“He justified it by saying that he felt so good on the bike,” McLaren mentioned of Marquez’s dash win.
“So he didn’t really feel, regardless that he was clearly pushing and went for the win, like he was taking that massive a danger.
“Come Sunday, as quickly because the clouds cleared and he took the holeshot into Flip 1 that was it – race over.
“He was at all times in management. Marc’s simply trying in unstoppable type for the time being. We go to Brno now, a observe no one’s been to for just a few years.
“However the occasions earlier than this weekend have been on tracks that weren’t so suited to Marc.
“We got here to the Sachsenring… I used to be going to say he confirmed us what he may do, however I don’t assume he did.
“I feel he held again by such an quantity that we by no means actually noticed what Marc was able to on a dry observe.
“He mentioned within the press convention that he respects his rivals, it’s arduous to win on this sport. But it surely was simply the dream mixture of rider, bike, observe.”
Crash Senior Journalist Lewis Duncan provides that Marquez’s latest run reveals he’s ironed out these early season errors that misplaced him massive factors within the opening grands prix.
“We noticed these early season errors and he spoke about that being his weak level,” Duncan mentioned.
“And since then, since Aragon it’s all actually been ironed out. He’s been in plenty of totally different situations to check that. At Aragon he was in fairly dominant type and he didn’t make a mistake.
“At Mugello and Assen particularly he was pushed actually, actually arduous from behind and he didn’t crack. He’s totally discovered from all these items and 4 consecutive doubles is unprecedented on this period.
“Assume again to final yr on the similar level and Jorge Martin had received twice.”
