Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is staring down the barrel of a 36-point deficit in the 2026 title race, which looks more complicated for him than anyone would’ve imagined last year.Marquez trailed by 37 points after just two rounds in 2017 and ended up winning that title by 37 points, so the gap is by no means insurmountable or anywhere close to that.But an off-colour weekend at Circuit of the Americas, a track where he’s historically tended to either win or crash out from the lead, laid bare the scope of the challenge faced by Marquez and Ducati.Marquez indicated that Sunday’s grand prix was unwinnable for him even without the long-lap penalty he’d pi …
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Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
