In 2020, Álex Márquez achieved the long-awaited promotion to MotoGP through Repsol Honda. However, he had been courted by the former Petronas Yamaha – Yamaha’s satellite team – during the 2019 season.
The Spanish rider even believed that the YZR-M1 could be a good bike for him. However, the truth is that he ended up going to Honda. Razlan Razali, founder of Petronas Yamaha, explained to DAZN what went wrong:
– Yamaha said: «No member of the Márquez family can be at Yamaha». Because of Marc [Márquez] and what happened in 2015, it became something personal for them.
It’s worth remembering that in the 2015 Malaysian GP, there was a highly controversial race situation between Valentino Rossi – a legendary figure for Yamaha – and Marc Márquez, in which the Italian ended up being disadvantaged in the championship fight.
In 2020, Álex Márquez achieved the long-awaited promotion to MotoGP through Repsol Honda. However, he was once coveted by the former Petronas Yamaha – Yamaha's satellite team – during the 2019 season. The Spaniard even believed that the YZR-M1 could be a good bike for him. However, he ended up…
Álex Márquez was almost a Petronas team rider but ultimately joined MotoGP with Repsol Honda. This happened during the 2019 season when the rider ended up being vetoed by Yamaha for their satellite team. In documentary by DAZN, his brother, Marc Márquez, spoke about this situation: ‘It was signed in…
In what was his final lap of the day, Marc Márquez secured the best time on Wednesday’s MotoGP tests in Buriram. Several riders improved in the last minutes of the session. Although at this point lap times are not as critical, Marc Márquez (Ducati) completed the fastest lap in 1m29.184s,…
