Marc Marquez Makes and Breaks All-New MotoGP Record, Looks Like He’ll Do It Again
The record only starts to get interesting now.
If you've been following MotoGP for the past decade, you knew Marc Marquez was destined to break records—it was just a matter of time. Well, until he got into several terrible accidents, any of which could've ended his career, and his Honda RC213V became borderline unridable, at least if Marquez wanted to try to compete near the front. It looked, for a moment, that the chosen record breaker of this generation was going to fall short. But that's beginning to change.
This past weekend, at the Dutch GP, Marc became the first rider to win six consecutive races since the Saturday Sprint races were introduced for the 2023 season. So, three sprint races and three main races in a row. If Marc didn't crash out at COTA during the third round of the championship, he'd have achieved this record straight off the bat.
But the record itself isn't the most interesting thing, in my opinion—it's how seemingly unaware and nonchalant he was about the whole thing. His teammate, Francesco Bagnaia, who came third in the Dutch GP, was the one to alert Marc on the podium to his breaking of the record, which probably stung a bit.
Fair enough, this is a relatively new type of Premier class record, since sprint races were only introduced in 2023, so although it's impressive, I think the real interest starts now. How far can Marc take this record? The next GP is at the Sachsenring, where Marc has a legendary record—he's won 8 out of the 9 Premier Class races he's competed in there.
While we're on the topic of Marc and records, let's not forget that he equaled Giacomo Agostini Issues Scathing Rebuke Of Modern-Day MotoGP Premier Class win record of 68 wins at the Dutch GP. If he wins the championship this year, which he very likely will, he'll equal Valentino Rossi's 7 titles. If he wins one more championship, he'll equal Agostini's all-time record of 8 Premier Class titles.
Currently, Marc is setting and breaking new types of records, but we may be only a year away from equaling and breaking all-time records.
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