CNN Indonesia
Sunday, 02 Jul 2023 03:45 WIB
Marc Marquez is now having trouble appearing competitive in MotoGP. (AFP/RONNY HARMANN)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Marc Marquez it will be more difficult to become world champion again MotoGP when looking at trends in the history of the MotoGP race.
Marquez won the sixth MotoGP world title in his career in 2019. At that time Marquez was only 26 years old and it was believed that he would easily match and even surpass Rossi’s seven-time world title record in the MotoGP/500cc class.
But it turned out that after that Marquez had an accident and was seriously injured in the opening series of MotoGP 2020. He had to miss a season in MotoGP 2020.
After the incident, Marquez never managed to get up and become a title challenger. Including this season, Marquez will be without a title for four seasons since he last became world champion in 2019.
The problem is that when referring to the existing trends, no MotoGP rider has been able to become a world champion with a span of more than three seasons since the last time he became world champion.
The racer with the longest time between his world titles is Casey Stoner. Stoner was able to win the MotoGP world in 2011 after having lost three titles after winning the MotoGP world in 2007.
Valentino Rossi almost broke this bad trend in MotoGP 2015, aka after five seasons he had no championship after winning the world championship in MotoGP 2009. Rossi is still leading until the last series in MotoGP Valencia.
But at that time Rossi was penalized for kicking Marquez at the Malaysian MotoGP. Rossi must start from the grid at the Valencia MotoGP.
Even though Rossi was able to finish in fourth place, Jorge Lorenzo managed to ensure himself to become the 2015 MotoGP world champion. At that time, Rossi was furious with Marquez, who he thought was deliberately disturbing and provoking him at the Malaysian MotoGP.
Marquez continued to deny the accusation and as a result of the incident, the relationship between Marquez and Rossi was no longer harmonious.
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