MotoGP: Marquez is" currently achieving extraordinary results" claims Dall'Igna

Offering a review of last Sunday's Dutch Grand prix, Ducati Corse General Manager, Gigi Dall'Igna reckoned that Marquez is currently achieving extraordinary results.

Ducati celebrated victory in the Grand Prix of the Netherlands with six-time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez, who claimed his third consecutive Sunday race win – a feat he hadn’t achieved in six years – while also equalling Giacomo Agostini’s tally of premier class wins (68). Francesco Bagnaia returned to the podium in third place.

Márquez got off to a strong start from row two and moved into the lead on lap six. He defended the top spot confidently from Marco Bezzecchi and pulled away in the final stages.

Bagnaia had led the early part of the race for five laps before dropping back slightly. The Italian then closed the gap to the leading duo but was unable to get close enough to fight for the win.

At the end of the tenth Grand Prix of the season, Marc Márquez leads the championship with 370 points, holding a 68-point advantage over Alex Márquez. Francesco Bagnaia lies third, 126 points behind his teammate.

Gigi Dall’Igna has heaped praise on Marc Marquez after the Spaniard equalled Giacomo Agostini’s premier class grand prix win total at the Dutch TT.

Marc Marquez clinched his 68th MotoGP victory at Assen last Sunday, matching the total set by Italian legend Agostini during his fabled career of the 1960s and 1970s.

Offering a review of the Dutch TT, Ducati Corse General Manager, Gigi Dall'Igna reckoned that Marquez is currently achieving extraordinary results.

“In the 10th round of the 2025 MotoGP, Marc [Marquez] notches his sixth win of the season, equalling the legendary Giacomo Agostini in terms of total number of wins in premier class: 68 in a world total of 94, and he does it on a prestigious track that hasn’t seen him triumph since 2018,”

“And we know that Assen isn’t one of his favourites, as Mugello wasn’t: and yet, as with last week, when he decides to take the lead he does so, stays there and extends it at will if necessary.

“He thus seals his third consecutive Sprint-GP double after his ninth win in this year's Sprint Races.

“Extraordinary results and a well deserved mention for this formidable rider who is making MotoGP history, like the greats before him, with the enthusiasm, vivacity and the sheer grit of a rookie wanting to carve a name for himself: this says it all about him, his character and talent, but also about his professionalism.

“Although not 100 per cent this weekend, owing to Friday's two crashes, he still managed to weave his lethal web and there was nothing that his opponents could do to escape it.”

Having matched his best qualifying of the season in second and finished third for the second time in three races, Bagnaia looks to be in better shape than he was at the start of the season, albeit he is already 126 points behind Marquez.

“I am also satisfied with Pecco's [Francesco Bagnaia] great race. For me his most intense this year excluding, perhaps, the win in Austin.

“He narrowly missed the pole position due to two imperfections in the crucial time attack lap. After an excellent start his pace was equally sound, which was also proven by the fast lap he recorded in the race.

“It goes without saying that we have to keep pushing, never quit believing and take the best from what we can do together, like his masterly overtaking of Acosta.”