Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez believes the nature of the series now makes long careers unfeasible
Marc Marquez says “it’s difficult to have a long career” in MotoGP now because the competitive level in the series now is such that maintaining it is harder than before. Prior to last month’s Catalan Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro announced that he would be retiring from MotoGP at the end of the 2024 season. It will bring to an end a grand prix career that began in the 125cc class in 2004, with Espargaro racing in MotoGP consecutively from 2012 to 2024.
“But in the end, also coming from Moto2 there are riders pushing a lot. “So, it’s difficult to have a long career. It’s the popular sentence: it’s not difficult to arrive, it’s difficult to keep the level.” In theory, Marquez – who turns 32 next year – could race on for another decade, with Valentino Rossi retiring in 2021 at the age of 42. Rossi’s grand prix career began in 1996, with a premier class move coming in 2000.
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