Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says he doesn’t “wish to obsess” over profession statistics, however admits “the dip will come” when his outcomes drop off.
The 32-year-old completely dominated the 2025 season on the manufacturing unit Ducati, profitable 11 grands prix and 14 sprints on his option to a seventh MotoGP world championship.
Marc Marquez received the title with 5 rounds to spare, helped tremendously by his run of seven successive 37-point weekends from Aragon to Hungary.
It marked his first world title in six years and his first within the wake of the intense arm damage he suffered in 2020.
Lacking the ultimate 4 rounds on account of damage in 2025, he nonetheless ended the 12 months 78 factors clear within the standings, whereas the closest GP25 was 257 factors additional again.
Marquez has sights set on 2026 title, however urges warning
Marquez began the 12 months because the favorite to win the title, however he all the time seen team-mate Pecco Bagnaia because the primary decide.
He has revised this for 2026, however admits there might be a degree within the coming years the place his outcomes will drop off.
“In 2025, I went with the profile I actually felt,” he stated throughout a latest Estreall Galicia occasion.
“From the beginning, Pecco was the favorite.
“I understood that it could possibly be a fantastic 12 months in Qatar while you’re performing properly on a circuit the place you are weak.
“For 2026, it is time to combat for the title. It doesn’t matter what. Then we’ll see.
“Clearly, there’s rehabilitation concerned. The purpose is to be 100% by the primary week of March.
“I do not wish to obsess over Angel Nieto’s ‘12+1’ titles; I see them as very distant.
“We’ll take it one step at a time.
“The principle purpose of my sporting life was to win once more, and I’ve already achieved that.
“But it surely’s the lifestyle; the dip will come, and the youthful riders will push laborious.”
