Álex Márquez debuted in the Motorcycle World Championships in 2012, when his brother, Marc, was already a rising talent. The following year, #93 arrived in MotoGP, starting to have great success, while Álex went through some difficulties in Moto3 – particularly at the psychological level, when comparing himself to his older brother.
In an interview with DAZN, Álex Márquez revealed the difficulties he went through at the beginning of his career: ‘The first two years were a great ordeal. I learned to fall and suffer. The contrast of having someone at home called Marc Márquez, who wins in MotoGP every year, who won I don’t know how many races in 2014, was there in 2015, won again in 2016‘.
The rider who competed for Gresini in MotoGP this year acknowledged the mistake and the lesson he learned from comparing himself to another rider: ‘It makes you doubt or hurts you in some way. Yes, he’s your brother, you’re happy for his triumphs, but you also want to win. That was the biggest mistake I made at that time, comparing myself to someone. All riders who compare themselves to someone end up losing. That’s where I struggled the most psychologically. Having too high expectations is what made me struggle the most, then I learned for the future to have realistic expectations‘.
