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Jorge Lorenzo is convinced that Marc Marquez will return to winning, races for sure, but also that he will achieve something more substantial. In his role as pundit for DAZN the former world champion has traced a glorious future for the Cervera phenomenon, who since 2020 has been struggling with a number of crashes and injuries that have overshadowed this latest part of his career.
After dominating MotoGP from 2016 to 2019 inclusive, the Spaniard stumbled in the year of Covid then struggled to get back up as never before, and only now that he has left Honda for Ducati, does he seem to have put things back on the straight and narrow.
Now with Gresini Racing, he will have an exceptional opportunity in 2025 to set things straight by being promoted to the official Borgo Panigale team.
"In HRC he was superior to everyone, and not only in terms of championships won, but also on a technical and physical level, so people thought it was normal for the best rider, on the best bike to overachieve. I myself took it for granted," he recalled the times when his compatriot was unrivaled.
But then the Jerez crash brought an end to the merry-go-round, and for a long time the 31-year-old became a sporting shadow of himself, not to mention how many races he was forced to miss. As mentioned before, the coming year could be the turning point. "I think we haven't seen his last title yet, although he certainly won't have an easy time as there are two other young contenders."
The reference, of course, is to Bagnaia, his future teammate, and Martin, Aprilia's next rider. According to the Majorcan, coexistence inside the red box will be anything but a walk in the park since they are two very different riders, also in terms of character. "Pecco likes to have everything under control and limit the risks. Marc, on the contrary, is the king of improvisation."
And it was precisely at the Red Bull Ring last Sunday that he proved that he does not lose heart in the face of unforeseen events and contacts such as the one he had with Morbidelli, which sent him plummeting into the middle of the group and forced him to mount a comeback to fourth place. "With him you never get bored. His recovery made the race spectacular," pointed out the 37-year-old, who, replying to the question about a different course of the season if Marquez had a GP24 like Bagnaia and not the GP23, said evasively, "I don't know if he would have already won at least one GP and would be leading the World Championship."
