Carlo Pernat says Marc Marquez is ‘riding with one hand’ after what he’s seen at Ducati ‘paradise’

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Marc Marquez is currently in the most dominant form of his MotoGP career as he looks to add another world championship to the six he has already accrued in the premier class.

The championship leader has won 23 out of the 28 races to take place so far in the 2025 campaign, and will be looking to add to that at his home Grand Prix in Catalonia this weekend.

If results go his way this weekend, Marquez could secure the title by the following race weekend in Misano.

That may not go down well with fans loyal to Valentino Rossi, with Ducati already pleading with the Italian fans not to boo Marquez if he is successful at the circuit.

He will need another perfect weekend in Barcelona before that, but the rider is sceptical about being able to achieve exactly that.

Marquez stated he would hate the Catalonian circuit if it wasn’t his home race due to the fact that he rarely does well there.

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Carlo Pernat was ‘very doubtful’ about seeing Marc Marquez back on top in MotoGP after injury struggles

Speaking in an interview with Moto.it, legendary MotoGP rider manager Carlo Pernat touched upon how he felt about Marquez’s chances of winning another premier class title following years of battling against various injuries during the back-end of his stint with the factory Honda team.

“I was very doubtful that Marquez would ever return to his former self,” Pernat admitted. “Not because of his riding but because of his health, because he’s been through hell: a twisted shoulder, a broken humerus.

“He went from hell to Gresini, which was purgatory, to the Reds, which is paradise. He’s already shown that he rides differently, because if you remember, with Honda, he was going over the top, he was always crashing.

“Now he does what he wants; it’s like he’s riding with one hand. He’s a phenomenon, hats off to you. Keep going like this, the championship could end even at Misano.”

Despite watching a multitude of races in 2020 and 2022 from a hospital bed, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta never lost faith in Marquez’s abilities.

He was regularly in contact with the Spaniard’s doctors and was sure that the rider would come back stronger.

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Marc Marquez has enjoyed a return to form since switching to Ducati bikes in 2024

Marquez had to wait 1,043 days to be able to taste the champagne from the top step of the MotoGP podium again after his final win with Honda at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Since that victory with Gresini in Aragon at the back-end of last season, Marquez has won 12 Grands Prix, with 10 of those coming in the current campaign.

After taking a pay cut to make the change to Ducati bikes, Gresini engineers were wowed by Marquez’s abilities.

One engineer highlighted one moment where the Spaniard was able to accurately draw out a throttle trace on a piece of paper.

Since making the switch to the factory Ducati team in 2025, the Ant of Cervera has continued to amaze the new personnel in his garage.

Ducati engineering chief Luigi Dall’Igna has been in awe of Marquez’s performance atop his GP25 in the current campaign, stating that he has never seen anything like it.