RideFast Nov 2019

Fernandez, Remy Gardner, Fabio
Di Giannantonio join Quartararo,
Rins, Viñales, Jack Miller, Miguel
Oliveira in taking on Márquez?
Can his younger brother Alex
continue the remarkable
progression he has made in
2019 to challenge Marc in 2021
and beyond?
We may be in the middle
of the Marc Márquez era in
MotoGP, but that doesn’t mean
the rest will just lie down and
accept defeat. The Cannibal may
still have an insatiable appetite
for victory, but he has a whole
army of talent arrayed against,
trying to stop him.
Consistency was an objective
for 2019, and one he and the
team fulfilled admirably. Bar
the crash in Austin, of course:
an error Márquez can try to
eliminate for 2020 and beyond.
We are in the middle of the
Márquez era, with little sign of it
ending. Marc Márquez will keep
winning, and should pass Mick
Doohan as the most successful
Honda rider in the next race or
two, Márquez currently having
53 premier class victories on a
Honda to Doohan’s 54.
Giacomo Agostini’s premier
class haul of 68 wins is not far
off, while Márquez is just 11
victories short of Angel Nieto’s
total of 90 wins in all classes.
Next Generation
That will take Márquez another
couple of seasons, and on
towards his thirties. By then, we
will have a better idea of just
how much of a challenge Fabio
Quartararo can put up against
the current King of MotoGP, and
also get a sense of the coming
generation.
2021 could see wholesale
changes in MotoGP, with the old
guard making way for young
blood. Cal Crutchlow will be
gone, Valentino Rossi could be
gone, even Jorge Lorenzo and
Andrea Dovizioso could have left
MotoGP by then.
Can Brad Binder, Jorge
Navarro, Luca Marini, Augusto
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