Runaway MotoGP championship chief Marc Marquez says “expertise of 2014” helps to maintain his thoughts targeted as edges nearer to the 2025 title.
The 32-year-old has been in dominant kind within the first half of the season, scoring eight grands prix wins, 11 dash victories and eight 37-point weekends to steer the standings by 120 factors after 12 rounds.
With 10 rounds remaining, it has put Marc Marquez properly on track to wrap up the 2025 title properly earlier than the tip of the marketing campaign.
However he insists this isn’t his objective, citing 2014 when he needed to win the championship “as quickly as attainable” after 11 wins in 12 rounds earlier than struggling back-to-back crashes.
“There’s plenty of races to go, with dash races, with primary races,” he mentioned on the Czech Grand Prix.
“I’ve the expertise of 2014, the place I attempted to maintain profitable and tried to shut the championship as quickly as attainable.
“After which I crashed in Misano and in Aragon.
“So, simply I must take care about all this stuff. It’s true that we now have an enormous benefit, however we may have many races back-to-back in a row.
“So, hold targeted and no stress. I had sufficient strain within the first a part of this season to handle.
“Now we now have a bonus, this provides me much less strain however we have to handle all of the conditions.
“After all, I’ll attempt to take the 37 factors each weekend however I believe it’s not attainable.”
Marquez has received 5 grands prix in a row – the primary Ducati rider ever to have performed so – forward of the summer season break, with present kind having some tipping him to repeat his 10-in-a-row triumph from 2014.
With eight Sunday wins, he’s additionally capable of higher his file of 13 victories in a single season, once more from 2014.
However Marquez says these data are “not crucial factor” and believes his present run of 5 successive wins is price extra as a result of they’ve included sprints.
“Information, after all, are there, nevertheless it’s not crucial factor as a result of when any individual speaks once more about data it’s as a result of some rider is near beating the file,” he added.
“The primary goal is to attempt to combat… we’re combating. Attempt to received.
“Now the second a part of the season is attempt to win the championship, this would be the primary goal.
“5 victories in a row, it’s true that we did it previously, however now it’s – in my private opinion – even more durable as a result of we now have sprints plus primary race.
“So, I take the 37 factors within the final 5 races. So, that is much more tough than protecting profitable on Sundays.”
