being crocked. But brother Alex?
Wasn't he something of a lame
duck by comparison, getting a
factory ride with Honda in 2020
on his brother's coattails, and
struggling to justify it? Then
being distinctly average on the
LCR Honda?
Well, we were wrong. Marc
can win on almost anything;
Alex just needed the right bike
to show just what he could do.
And it really was impressive:
the perfect P2 man while Marc
hogged P1. And able to take
over when Marc got hurt, with
W
hat a year. In terms of
length, if nothing else.
Twenty-two races,
many of them back-to-back, left
this writer reeling. And I was
sitting down, never mind the rid
-
ers and pit crews, on the outer
edges of their
physical and
mental resources.
There were other reasons to
make it exceptional. Especially
two of them.
We all knew Marc Marquez
could ride fast, though he
needed to prove he could still
do it to order after four years of
P118
CN II IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
There are many questions
to be answered in the 2026
MotoGP Championship.
Whether Yamaha finds
speed with its new V4 is
definitely one of them.
2025,
AND WHAT
IT MIGHT
MEAN
FOR 2026
