Why Alex Marquez doesn't care about 'shutting up' MotoGP critics
Alex Marquez's form was one of MotoGP 2020's biggest surprises and, by firmly stepping out of his six-time world champion brother Marc's shadow, he proved a few people wrong. Not that he cares about this, as he tells Lewis Duncan
Few gave Alex Marquez much of a chance ahead of his MotoGP debut last season. After all, he was stepping up to the factory Honda squad - a notoriously difficult bike in a high-pressure surrounding - and partnering his six-time world champion record-smashing brother Marc. When the move was announced in November of 2019, some - including this writer - worried it could seriously destabilise the younger Marquez's career.
And that wasn't a thought without merit. The bike Marquez was inheriting was one that only his brother could win a race on in 2019, and had effectively ended triple world champion Jorge Lorenzo's career.
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