As long as I've been watching MotoGP, we've had world champions. Actually, before I watched MotoGP, they had world champions. In fact, since its dawn, MotoGP has had world champions, and every champion celebrated every world championship they'd accumulated throughout all the series, giving them a new grand total to celebrate with each new title.
Now, on what's almost certainly the eve of Marc Marquez's ninth World Championship, that's all set to change.
The talk throughout Marquez's illustrious career was whether he could ever tie Valentino Rossi's nine world championship titles, but that conversation quickly changed during this season from "if" to "what round?". All he has to do is finish this weekend's racing at the Grand Prix of Japan three points ahead of his brother, and his ninth World Championship is in his hands, but he won't be allowed to celebrate it. All signs point to Marquez and broadcasters being forced to celebrate his seventh MotoGP/Premier Class title.
