Alex Marquez was just one step away from being forced out of MotoGP in 2023, with no options left on the table, until Nadia Padovani, owner of Gresini Racing, decided to take a gamble on him.
Marquez’s path through the world championship has been a rollercoaster. An explosive start crowned him Moto3 champion in just his second full season (2014). Then came the reality check of his early Moto2 years, before he finally broke through in 2019 by clinching the intermediate class title. His MotoGP run has been just as up and down – debuting with Honda in 2020, before jumping to Ducati in 2023, where just two years later he now finds himself on course to finish runner-up in the world championship, right behind his brother Marc Marquez.
