Le Mans MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Coming Clean About Injuries, Immaculate Starts, And Are Ducati Back?

Le Mans MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Coming Clean About Injuries, Immaculate Starts, And Are Ducati Back? "I don't like to cry in front of a microphone," Marc Márquez told MotoGP reporter Jack Appleyard after the sprint race in Le Mans, before leaving the track to fly back to Madrid for surgery on his shoulder. A problem which he had told nobody about - it's not just the microphones he doesn't like to cry in front of, it's any media. But a problem we all suspected, and which was clear from his results. Marc Márquez' spectacular 2025 championship season was marked above all by a metronomic consistency. In the 17 rounds he took to win the title, he started on the front row all but 4 times, taking 8 pole positions. Of the 34 races - 17 sprints, 17 GPs - he started, he missed out on the podium just 3 times: at Jerez, Misano, and Austin. He won 14 sprints and 11 GPs. He only faltered after he wrapped up the title, qualifying ninth in Indonesia, finishing sixth in the sprint race, and then getting taken out by Marco Bezzecchi on the first lap of the Mandalika GP. David Emmett Sat, 09/May/2026 - 23:28 * Read more about Le Mans MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Coming Clean About Injuries, Immaculate Starts, And Are Ducati Back? * Log in or register to post comments