The club of legends
Marc Marquez is one victory away from a triple-digit number of successes in the MotoGP World Championship. The phenomenon from Cervera has collected 99 career victories across 125cc, Moto2, and MotoGP, and by stepping onto the top step of the podium once more, he would enter an elite club that currently has only two other members: Giacomo Agostini – with 122 victories – and Valentino Rossi (115). The great Ago himself, who, unlike Rossi, has an excellent personal relationship with Marc Marquez, spoke to the Spanish website Marca about this possibility, suggesting that much will depend on the physical condition of #93.
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Between records and retirement
“The record of 122 victories? Yes, it’s possible that Marc will beat me – Agostini acknowledged – we are somewhat on par in the sense that I raced in two categories, but there were fewer races. Now, however, there are 22 races in a single category. So it’s possible, but it will depend on his arm”. Especially after the injury suffered in Indonesia last year, which forced him to miss the last four GPs of that season, Marquez’s health condition has become particularly precarious again. In the first races of this 2026 World Championship, it became evident that the nine-time world champion is far from his ideal physical form.
According to Agostini, the retirement of the Ducati champion is not particularly far off, but everything will depend on the level of competitiveness Marquez manages to maintain: “As long as he is able to give 100%, as he is doing now, I believe he should continue – Ago observed – it will be up to him alone to decide when he is no longer what he once was and to choose to retire. One day, however, speaking with him, he told me that if he had to fight to finish fifth or sixth, it wouldn’t be good enough for him. He told me he wanted to be ready, strong, to train to fight for the podium. It’s the right thing. If one day it’s no longer like that… life goes on. Our job makes us old when we are still young. This is the downside, because you are 36 or 37 and you retire because you are old. It’s like in swimming or athletics, there’s no one who can win at 40. It’s not like being an actor”.
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