Alex Marquez capped a career-best 2025 MotoGP season with six race wins and a second-place overall finish, trailing only his brother, reigning champion Marc Marquez [[1]]. Despite his meaningful success piloting a Gresini Ducati, teh Spaniard has expressed feeling overshadowed and undervalued by the manufacturer, particularly when compared to the attention given his more decorated brother [[2]]. Marquez recently shared these sentiments in an interview with *Benzine // Cosimo Curatola*, detailing a perception of diminished recognition for his accomplishments during the season.
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Alex Marquez has achieved the best finish of his career in MotoGP 2025. The Gresini rider revealed he felt undervalued by Ducati.
Alex Marquez proved to be one of the breakout riders of the season, consistently challenging and often rivaling his brother, reigning champion Marc Marquez, throughout much of the championship.
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The 29-year-old Spaniard secured a total of six race wins this season, including grand prix victories at Jerez, Catalunya, and Malaysia. Marquez concluded the championship with 467 points, a significant 114 points ahead of Marco Bezzecchi (3), and just 78 points behind his brother, Marc Marquez.
This performance demonstrates the continued growth of Alex Marquez since his debut in the premier class in 2020. However, he believes his accomplishments were downplayed by Ducati, particularly in comparison to his more celebrated brother.
“Yes, many times. And many times I heard comments like: ‘No, he’s on the podium because he’s riding a Ducati,’ or ‘Okay, where are the other Ducati riders?’ And that was a little… So it’s natural in the end.”
“To be underestimated, maybe, in the end, it’s normal. If you compare me to Marc, and I’m less valued, it’s because he is the best rider, if not the greatest in history, one of the greatest there is.”
“I don’t want to make comparisons between different eras, so yes, a little, but in the end I think this season people who understand, people in the paddock have seen what they are capable of and that’s what’s important,” Alex Marquez said on the YouTube channel Benzine // Cosimo Curatola.
(rin/aff)
