{"id":238,"date":"2026-02-23T20:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:50:19","slug":"marc-marquez-going-for-the-tenth-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Marc M\u00e1rquez, going for the tenth World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Start the <strong>MotoGP World Championship<\/strong> 2026. &#8220;Start&#8221; is often mistakenly used as a synonym for &#8220;start&#8221;, but in the context of motor racing the analogy can be used. The engines start, the traffic light goes out and the motorcycles start.<\/p>\n<p>The FIM Motorcycle World Championship, with the category <strong>MotoGP <\/strong>As a great attraction, it begins this weekend on the circuit of <strong>Buriram <\/strong>with the dispute <strong>Thai Grand Prix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish <strong>Marc Marquez<\/strong>on the back of the <strong>Ducati <\/strong>Officially, he is the defending champion and the top favorite, once again looking for his tenth World Cup and his eighth in the premier category. I would break the global tie with <strong>Valentino Rossi<\/strong> and would equal in maximum displacement with <strong>Giacomo Agostini<\/strong>this when they competed in 500cc. <\/p>\n<p>It would be three of those achieved by <strong>Angel Nieto <\/strong>-none in 500cc- and five of his own <strong>Augustines<\/strong>adding those of all categories. He is already, in fact, the active driver with the most titles, which would expand a track record already almost unattainable by his grid mates.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently in preseason, his own<strong> brother Alex<\/strong>this one with the team&#8217;s satellite Ducati <strong>Gresini<\/strong>will be his main rival for the title. The youngest of the brothers surprised all the official teams last season, including Marc&#8217;s teammate in the official team: <strong>Francesco &#8216;Pecco&#8217; Bagnaia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h2 class=\"ladillo\">Bagnaia to Aprillia? The possible &#8216;domino effect&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The two-time world champion has been relegated after Marc&#8217;s promotion to the official team and is the main protagonist of the market rumor mill. If the departure of <strong>Bagnaia in Aprillia<\/strong>that would unleash a &#8216;domino effect&#8217; of unforeseen consequences. <\/p>\n<p>Aprillia, which in the tests has been the fastest motorcycle ridden by <strong>Marco Bezzecchi<\/strong> is preparing to have a competitive duo with &#8216;Pecco&#8217;. AND <strong>Jorge Martin<\/strong>? The Spaniard, champion in 2024, has had to undergo surgery again after going through an ordeal of injuries last season. &#8216;Martinator&#8217; will meet the Noale team, but his destiny may be <strong>Yamaha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And not just any Yamaha, but the official one. On the tuning fork mark they have received the Turkish this year <strong>Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/strong>WorldSBK champion. The Spanish Mart\u00edn would occupy the place left free by Fabio Quartararo, who in turn would go to the official <strong>Honda HRC<\/strong>where both Spanish<strong> Joan Mir<\/strong> like Italian <strong>Luca Marini <\/strong>They fulfill the contract.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped the domino there to return to the official Ducati, where the space that Bagnaia would leave could be occupied by the Spanish <strong>Pedro Acosta<\/strong>currently in <strong>KTM <\/strong>official. The Murcian needs a change of scenery after two unsuccessful seasons. At KTM they have even seen how the satellite <strong>Tech 3<\/strong>con <strong>Enea Bastianini <\/strong>y <strong>Maverick Vi\u00f1ales<\/strong>has surpassed them in times in the preseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h2 class=\"ladillo\">Technical and calendar news: Brazil returns<\/h2>\n<p>As we have mentioned, in these tests the fastest has been Bezzecchi, who in dry conditions has set the best lap, both in <strong>Sepang <\/strong>as in the most recent of <strong>Buriram<\/strong>. The Ducati have not been left behind, the best being \u00c1lex M\u00e1rquez. His brother Marc has told the MotoGP website that he was happy, but he is cautious.<\/p>\n<p>This year will be the last with 1,000cc engines before the move to 850cc. <strong>Ducati <\/strong>has introduced a new chassis to mitigate vibrations caused by the rear tires. In view of the results, <strong>Aprilia <\/strong>It is more than satisfied with its new aerodynamic package that improves braking stability. Honda is also happy with the new chassis, more aerodynamic with a more ergonomic fuel tank. The concern is the V4 engine. <strong>Yamaha<\/strong>which continues to show a deficit in top speed.<\/p>\n<p>As for the calendar, Argentina will still be out due to logistical problems, but the <strong>Brazilian GP<\/strong>just the second of the season after Thailand, on the circuit of <strong>Goiania &#8211; Ayrton Senna<\/strong>where the reference numbers are still marked by Gardner, Rainey, Schwantz and company. As usual, <strong>Spain will have four GPs<\/strong> maintaining order and dates with Jerez, Montmel\u00f3, Alca\u00f1iz and Cheste in Valencia to close the season.<\/p>\n<p>As we have said, the excitement on two wheels of MotoGP begins for another year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start the MotoGP World Championship 2026. &#8220;Start&#8221; is often mistakenly used as a synonym for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}