“This is your circuit, pisha”. That’s what they told Alex Marquez when it came to Sherry to dispute the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix. The two-time champion from Cervera was so amazed by it that he told his brother: ‘You win one year and they think it’s your circuit. And it’s not like that’. But it is no longer one year, but two, because in 2026 repeated the victory of 2025.
Of course the circumstances leading up to it have been very different. Last year, in which he finished runner-up, he arrived in great condition, being second in the previous events and only having his brother Marc ahead of him in the general standings. At the current beginning of the year, the Gresini player was ‘missing’. I was eighth of the contest, with only 28 pointswith a zero in Thailand, a sixth in the race in Brazil and a seventh in the race in Austin.
Álex Márquez wins the title in Jerez with a new fall for Marc
Suddenly, on the dry Andalusian track, from the first day he showed himself as the rival to beat. Not even finishing fifth on the grid seemed like a handicap. His plan was to be in the ‘top 3’ after the first round, as he said in the previous round. And he fulfilled it. Then, he was in charge after the second turn. It was about showing his colossal rhythm and not make mistakes. He did it in a sensational way. “After the first three races, It was unreal to think about winning, but Jerez is magical. “It has been unexpected and beautiful,” he summarized.
The keys to change
Logically, everyone wondered how he went from suffering to incontestable dominance. “We changed things on the bike, but small. I said that rather than talking about the problems, we had to extract the potential of the bike. I was able to drive as I wanted,” he said without wanting to give technical details. “The only thing you can see from the outside is the rear aerodynamics“You have to imagine the rest,” he added mischievously.
Be that as it may, the 73 admitted that the most important thing for a pilot, which is the sensations on his mount, were like the previous campaign. “This weekend I did have that ‘feeling’, but it’s too soon. We must analyze whether this step is real or just a day.. This circuit is the best to end our problems,” he said cautiously.
Ducati resurfaces
Because Not only is it an awakening for Álex, it is also an awakening for Ducati, which has been overshadowed by Aprilia and its three victories, with two doubles, in the previous tests. The triumph of the Catalan was the first since Malaysia 2025 and finish with the oldest ‘Ducatist’ drought from Aragón 2020 to Portugal 2021, when it was eight. Furthermore, say Giannantonio It also went into the drawer.
Álex Márquez, with the fans.EFE
At Ducati they hope that it will be the beginning of a resurgence, also trusting that the test will serve to grow even more. Because, despite everything, Aprilia passed the Jerez examan inauspicious track, with a very good grade: a second and his four motorcycles in the ‘top 6’.
Bezzecchi, most favorite
Bezzecchiwhether he likes to admit it or not, confirmed himself as the favorite, no matter how much his sequence of 121 consecutive laps leading will be cut. “I prefer to finish first and be told about the streak. The pressure is the same; You also have it if you leave last. It was a nice moment with the first three races, but it is normal that it would end at some point. It ended in a good way. I don’t know if I will fight for the World Cup, I am not the genie in the lamp; Hopefully it will be like this all season,” he said.
Because Bez is more of a leader, with 11 points compared to Jorge Martín who was fourth, a good result considering his difficulties of the previous days.
The celebrations in Aprilia were ‘quiet’, while Álex’s were in style, with the fans in Nieto-Peluqui. “This year I enjoyed it morewith your feet on the ground. Last year I was in a cloud, I didn’t even know what was happening,” he confessed after having a great time with the fans. How could he not do it, pisha.
