Marc Márquez achieved second place in the French MotoGP Grand Prix, which was his second consecutive podium after the same result in the Spanish Grand Prix. Something he hadn’t done in a while.
The last time the Spanish rider had reached the top three in two consecutive Grand Prix races was in 2021 – when he won the Americas Grand Prix and the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, in October of that year.
This means that it had been more than two and a half years since Márquez had been able to achieve two consecutive podiums. During that period, and up to the races in Jerez and Le Mans, he had only managed two more podiums – one in 2022 and another in 2023.
The decline in competitiveness of Honda largely explains this record by the eight-time world champion – as the Japanese manufacturer did not provide him with the conditions to regularly fight for the podium after overcoming his injuries.
Now, Márquez has started a new phase of his career with Gresini, once again showing that he is a fast and competitive rider aboard a Ducati Desmosedici GP23. He is in third place in the championship, just two points behind Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) who is right ahead of him. The leader, Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati) is 40 points ahead.
