Marc Márquez currently holds eight world titles – six of them in MotoGP. Therefore, he is «only» one title away from matching Valentino Rossi’s record. Until 2019, it seemed to be only a matter of time before this happened.
However, the physical problems that affected the Spaniard between 2020 and 2022 and the decline in competitiveness of Honda, coupled with the arrival of new talents with great potential, have made Márquez’s path to nine titles more challenging.
This year, he moved to Gresini. With the previous year’s Ducati Desmosedici GP23, it may be difficult to challenge for the championship, but even if that doesn’t happen, it could be a kind of rekindling of Márquez’s flame and strength.
And, according to Johann Zarco, #93 has the ambition to fight for the title and match Rossi: ‘I think that Marc Márquez has such motivation that he will win races, and in his mind, he wants to fight for the championship, he wants to match Valentino Rossi in number of titles’.
The all-time record holder for world titles is Giacomo Agostini – 15, eight of which were achieved in the premier class of his time, the 500cc. Ángel Nieto follows with 13 titles (none in 500cc), and then Rossi, Mike Hailwood, and Carlo Ubbiali each have nine (Ubbiali was never champion in the premier class). Márquez ranks sixth in the standings with eight titles (six in MotoGP).