Runaway MotoGP championship chief Marc Marquez says “expertise of 2014” helps to maintain his thoughts centered as edges nearer to the 2025 title.
The 32-year-old has been in dominant type within the first half of the season, scoring eight grands prix wins, 11 dash victories and eight 37-point weekends to guide the standings by 120 factors after 12 rounds.
With 10 rounds remaining, it has put Marc Marquez properly on the right track to wrap up the 2025 title properly earlier than the tip of the marketing campaign.
However he insists this isn’t his aim, citing 2014 when he wished to win the championship “as quickly as doable” after 11 wins in 12 rounds earlier than struggling back-to-back crashes.
“There’s a variety of races to go, with dash races, with fundamental races,” he mentioned on the Czech Grand Prix.
“I’ve the expertise of 2014, the place I attempted to maintain profitable and tried to shut the championship as quickly as doable.
“After which I crashed in Misano and in Aragon.
“So, simply I must take care about all this stuff. It’s true that we’ve a giant benefit, however we could have many races back-to-back in a row.
“So, maintain centered and no stress. I had sufficient strain within the first a part of this season to handle.
“Now we’ve a bonus, this provides me much less strain however we have to handle all of the conditions.
“In fact, I’ll attempt to take the 37 factors each weekend however I believe it’s not doable.”
Marquez has received 5 grands prix in a row – the primary Ducati rider ever to have carried out so – forward of the summer time break, with present type having some tipping him to repeat his 10-in-a-row triumph from 2014.
With eight Sunday wins, he’s additionally in a position to higher his report of 13 victories in a single season, once more from 2014.
However Marquez says these data are “not an important factor” and believes his present run of 5 successive wins is value extra as a result of they’ve included sprints.
“Data, after all, are there, but it surely’s not an important factor as a result of when anyone speaks once more about data it’s as a result of some rider is near beating the report,” he added.
“The principle goal is to attempt to struggle… we’re preventing. Attempt to received.
“Now the second a part of the season is attempt to win the championship, this would be the fundamental goal.
“5 victories in a row, it’s true that we did it up to now, however now it’s – in my private opinion – even tougher as a result of we’ve sprints plus fundamental race.
“So, I take the 37 factors within the final 5 races. So, that is much more tough than holding profitable on Sundays.”
