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Would never have bet on a…

Would never have bet on a Honda and a rookie being the best of the rest.

Ogura was disqualified…

Ogura was disqualified. Improper software.

I see Marc said that Alex is…

I see Marc said that Alex is the main championship rival. Now, mind games aside, I don't feel I'm sticking my neck out predicting that Alex wont finish in the top three come year end. It's not 2014.

If Marc doubles up at Texas…

If Marc doubles up at Texas and Qatar, there will be a whiff of 2014 in the air.

He won the first 10 races in…

He won the first 10 races in 2014. I think only Dani had the same bike, can't remember what Bradl had. It's a lot closer now than 2014.

I am inclined to agree, it definitely seems a pattern that those on "last year's" machines benefit at the beginning of the year from bedded in motorcycles, which riders on the newer bikes take a while to find their feet, and I suspect this is what will happen with the '24 vs '24.5 Ducatis. Having said that Marc Marquez makes a mockery of my words, but then he is surely a special case if ever there was one.

except that this year there…

except that this year there are no complaints of having to sort out the latest model. I suspect the 2025 has very little that truly makes a difference on it but also there's little to sort out. Fact is though, MM will be given new parts to try all season and Alex won't and so yes, on that basis, it is about as close now as it's going to get.

Pecco will take Alex but he won't catch Marc and already, i don't think Marc can feel any pressure. JM89 coming back can only rob everyone else of points because he isn't going to beat Marc for a long, long time. While he tries, it'll be AM73 and PB63 that drop points.
Is it time to say;
1) If MM was on a Honda - he'd be winning (Zarco did well though)
2) Honda relied on MM to develop their bike yet 16-months after he left, it is competitive again. Can we say Marc can't develop bikes or at least that Pedrosa could but Marc won out to develop the Honda his way?

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	18	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	45
2	96	Jake Dixon	Boscoscuro	34	-11
3	44	Aron Canet	Kalex	33	-12
4	24	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	22	-23
5	81	Senna Agius	Kalex	19	-26
6	13	Celestino Vietti	Boscoscuro	16	-29
7	27	Daniel Holgado	Kalex	15	-30
8	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	14	-31
9	21	Alonso Lopez	Boscoscuro	14	-31
10	10	Diogo Moreira	Kalex	13	-32
11	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	11	-34
12	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	10	-35
13	11	Alex Escrig	Forward	9	-36
14	14	Tony Arbolino	Boscoscuro	8	-37
15	12	Filip Salac	Boscoscuro	7	-38
16	53	Deniz öncü	Kalex	6	-39
17	99	Adrian Huertas	Kalex	2	-43
18	28	Izan Guevara	Boscoscuro	1	-44
19	64	Mario Aji	Kalex	1	-44
20	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	0	-45
21	84	Zonta Vd Goorbergh	Kalex	0	-45
22	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Kalex	0	-45
23	4	Ivan Ortola	Boscoscuro	0	-45
24	92	Yuki Kunii	Kalex	0	-45
25	80	David Alonso	Kalex	0	-45
26	95	Collin Veijer	Kalex	0	-45
27	9	Jorge Navarro	Forward	0	-45
29	66	Oscar Gutierrez	Boscoscuro	0	-45

Year

2025

Round Number

Moto2

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	99	Jose Antonio Rueda	KTM	41
2	31	Adrian Fernandez	Honda	36	-5
3	36	Angel Piqueras	KTM	29	-12
4	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	24	-17
5	83	Alvaro Carpe	KTM	20	-21
6	82	Stefano Nepa	Honda	19	-22
7	22	David Almansa	Honda	19	-22
8	71	Dennis Foggia	KTM	15	-26
9	58	Luca Lunetta	Honda	15	-26
10	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	11	-30
11	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	8	-33
12	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	8	-33
13	78	Joel Esteban	KTM	7	-34
14	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	7	-34
15	21	Ruche Moodley	KTM	6	-35
16	11	Adri??n Cruces	KTM	5	-36
17	19	Scott Ogden	KTM	4	-37
18	89	Marcos Uriarte	Honda	3	-38
19	14	Cormac Buchanan	KTM	3	-38
20	8	Eddie O'shea	Honda	0	-41
21	10	Nicola Carraro	Honda	0	-41
22	34	Jakob Rosenthaler	KTM	0	-41
23	5	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda	0	-41
24	73	Valentin Perrone	KTM	0	-41
25	64	David Muñoz	KTM	0	-41
26	94	Guido Pini	KTM	0	-41

Year

2025

Round Number

Moto3

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	93	Marc Marquez	Ducati	49
2	73	Alex Marquez	Ducati	38	-11
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	30	-19
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Ducati	21	-28
5	79	Ai Ogura	Aprilia	17	-32
6	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	15	-34
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia	14	-35
8	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	11	-38
9	33	Brad Binder	KTM	10	-39
10	23	Enea Bastianini	KTM	7	-42
11	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	5	-44
12	43	Jack Miller	Yamaha	5	-44
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	4	-45
14	10	Luca Marini	Honda	4	-45
15	36	Joan Mir	Honda	3	-46
16	54	Fermin Aldeguer	Ducati	3	-46
17	88	Miguel Oliveira	Yamaha	2	-47
18	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	0	-49
19	12	Maverick Viñales	KTM	0	-49
20	25	Raul Fernandez	Aprilia	0	-49
21	35	Somkiat Chantra	Honda	0	-49
22	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	0	-49

Year

2025

Round Number

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	93	Marc Marquez	Ducati	37
2	73	Alex Marquez	Ducati	29	-8
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	23	-14
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Ducati	18	-19
5	79	Ai Ogura	Aprilia	17	-20
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia	10	-27
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	10	-27
8	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	9	-28
9	23	Enea Bastianini	KTM	7	-30
10	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	6	-31
11	43	Jack Miller	Yamaha	5	-32
12	10	Luca Marini	Honda	4	-33
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	4	-33
14	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	4	-33
15	54	Fermin Aldeguer	Ducati	3	-34
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Yamaha	2	-35
17	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1	-36
18	12	Maverick Viñales	KTM	0	-37
19	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	0	-37
20	35	Somkiat Chantra	Honda	0	-37
21	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	0	-37
22	25	Raul Fernandez	Aprilia	0	-37

Year

2025

Round Number

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	18	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	25
2	44	Aron Canet	Kalex	20	-5
3	81	Senna Agius	Kalex	16	-9
4	10	Diogo Moreira	Kalex	13	-12
5	24	Marcos Ramirez	Kalex	11	-14
6	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	10	-15
7	96	Jake Dixon	Boscoscuro	9	-16
8	27	Daniel Holgado	Kalex	8	-17
9	12	Filip Salac	Boscoscuro	7	-18
10	21	Alonso Lopez	Boscoscuro	6	-19
11	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	5	-20
12	53	Deniz öncü	Kalex	4	-21
13	14	Tony Arbolino	Boscoscuro	3	-22
14	99	Adrian Huertas	Kalex	2	-23
15	64	Mario Aji	Kalex	1	-24
16	28	Izan Guevara	Boscoscuro	0	-25
17	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	0	-25
18	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	0	-25
19	92	Yuki Kunii	Kalex	0	-25
20	95	Collin Veijer	Kalex	0	-25
21	80	David Alonso	Kalex	0	-25
22	4	Ivan Ortola	Boscoscuro	0	-25
23	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Kalex	0	-25
24	84	Zonta Vd Goorbergh	Kalex	0	-25
25	66	Oscar Gutierrez	Boscoscuro	0	-25
26	13	Celestino Vietti	Boscoscuro	0	-25
27	9	Jorge Navarro	Forward	0	-25
28	11	Alex Escrig	Forward	0	-25

Year

2025

Round Number

Moto2

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	99	Jose Antonio Rueda	KTM	25
2	83	Alvaro Carpe	KTM	20	-5
3	31	Adrian Fernandez	Honda	16	-9
4	82	Stefano Nepa	Honda	13	-12
5	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	11	-14
6	71	Dennis Foggia	KTM	10	-15
7	22	David Almansa	Honda	9	-16
8	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	8	-17
9	78	Joel Esteban	KTM	7	-18
10	58	Luca Lunetta	Honda	6	-19
11	21	Ruche Moodley	KTM	5	-20
12	36	Angel Piqueras	KTM	4	-21
13	89	Marcos Uriarte	Honda	3	-22
14	11	Adri??n Cruces	KTM	2	-23
15	14	Cormac Buchanan	KTM	1	-24
16	19	Scott Ogden	KTM	0	-25
17	34	Jakob Rosenthaler	KTM	0	-25
18	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	0	-25
19	64	David Muñoz	KTM	0	-25
20	10	Nicola Carraro	Honda	0	-25
21	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	0	-25
22	94	Guido Pini	KTM	0	-25
23	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	0	-25
24	73	Valentin Perrone	KTM	0	-25
25	5	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda	0	-25
26	8	Eddie O'shea	Honda	0	-25

Year

2025

Round Number

Moto3

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Points	Deficit
1	93	Marc Marquez	Ducati	12
2	73	Alex Marquez	Ducati	9	-3
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	7	-5
4	79	Ai Ogura	Aprilia	6	-6
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Ducati	5	-7
6	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	4	-8
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	3	-9
8	33	Brad Binder	KTM	2	-10
9	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1	-11
10	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	0	-12
11	25	Raul Fernandez	Aprilia	0	-12
12	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia	0	-12
13	54	Fermin Aldeguer	Ducati	0	-12
14	12	Maverick Viñales	KTM	0	-12
15	10	Luca Marini	Honda	0	-12
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Yamaha	0	-12
17	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	0	-12
18	23	Enea Bastianini	KTM	0	-12
19	35	Somkiat Chantra	Honda	0	-12
20	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	0	-12
21	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	0	-12
22	43	Jack Miller	Yamaha	0	-12

Year

2025

Round Number

Phillip Island, Australia

WorldSBK standings after the second race at Phillip Island:

No	Rider	Bike	Points	Diff
11	Nicolo Bulega	Ducati Panigale V4R	62
19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati Panigale V4R	36	-26
29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Panigale V4R	35	-27
9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Panigale V4R	31	-31
45	Scott Redding	Ducati Panigale V4R	30	-32
55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha YZF R1	22	-40
14	Sam Lowes	Ducati Panigale V4R	21	-41
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	BMW M1000RR	20	-42
22	Alex Lowes	bimota KB998 Rimini	19	-43
47	Axel Bassani	bimota KB998 Rimini	14	-48
97	Xavi Vierge	Honda CBR1000 RR-R	10	-52
5	Yari Montella	Ducati Panigale V4R	9	-53
77	Dominique Aergerter	Yamaha YZF R1	8	-54
17	Ryan Vickers	Ducati Panigale V4R	4	-58
31	Garret Gerloff	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	3	-59
60	Michael Vd Mark	BMW M1000RR	2	-60
49	Tetsuya Nagashima	Honda CBR1000 RR-R	2	-60
99	Bahattin Sofuoglu	Yamaha YZF R1	1	-61

Year

2025

Round Number

World Superbikes

Phillip Island, Australia

World Supersport standings after Race 2 at Phillip Island:

No	Rider	Bike	Points	Diff
69	Tom Booth-Amos	Triumph Street Triple RS 765	45
62	Stefano Manzi	Yamaha YZF R9	45	0
11	Bo Bendsneyder	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	29	-16
32	Oliver Bayliss	Triumph Street Triple RS 765	18	-27
52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kawasaki ZX-6R 636	17	-28
94	Lucas Mahias	Yamaha YZF R9	17	-28
23	Marcel Schroetter	Ducati Panigale V2	16	-29
21	Michael Rinaldi	Yamaha YZF R9	13	-32
61	Can Oncu	Yamaha YZF R9	11	-34
51	Jaume Masia	Ducati Panigale V2	10	-35
27	Kaito Toba	Honda CBR600RR	9	-36
50	Ondrej Vostatek	Ducati Panigale V2	9	-36
68	Luke Power	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	9	-36
20	Xavi Cardelus	Ducati Panigale V2	8	-37
53	Valentin Debise	Ducati Panigale V2	8	-37
5	Niccolo Antonelli	Yamaha YZF R9	5	-40
43	Simon Jespersen	Ducati Panigale V2	5	-40
57	Aldi Mahendra	Yamaha YZF R9	3	-42
29	Harrison Voight	Ducati Panigale V2	2	-43
24	Leonardo Taccini	Ducati Panigale V2	1	-44

Year

2025

Round Number

World Supersport