Jorge Martin “Ready” for Phillip Island MotoGP Battle: “Always Good" if We Take Points From Marc Marquez
Martin says he feels fast and ready as he protects a two-point lead over Marc Marquez, with rain and Aprilia tactics looming.
- Jorge Martin arrived at Phillip Island on Thursday expressing confidence ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, stating he feels "fast and ready" to defend his slender two-point MotoGP title lead over Marc Marquez.
- Martin leads Marquez 355 to 353 heading into the final five rounds of the 2026 season, after the pair left Indonesia with the same two-point advantage despite Aprilia's dominance.
- Aprilia riders Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez denied that a pre-Phillip Island meeting involving all four RS-GP riders concerned team orders, with Fernandez calling it "just a coffee."
- While Aprilia is expected to be the bike to beat this weekend, forecast rain could shake up results at Phillip Island, where Bezzecchi sits 46 points behind Martin with 185 points available.
- Marquez remains a four-time Phillip Island MotoGP winner, while other contenders trail significantly; Ai Ogura is 96 points adrift and Fernandez is 119 points behind Martin entering the final rounds.
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Face to face, they are the two great favorites, they only separate two points in favor of the Madridian Jorge Martín (Aprilia) against the Catalan Marc Márquez (Ducati). They are two champions, ‘Martinator’ was in 2024 in a hard fight with the Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati), he also drove, then, a ‘Desmosedici’. Márquez adds up to seven titles of the maximum category, six with Honda and, the last, perhaps the one he values most for b…
After Aprilia's triumph in Indonesia, the talk of team orders is getting louder in Noale. Meanwhile, Italian Marco Bezzecchi remains focused on the fight for the world title and hopes that the next race in Australia will strengthen his championship ambitions again. Broadcast from Friday to Sunday on Kanal A and VOYO.
The 2026 Australian MotoGP will open with a triple-header and be the final race at Phillip Island before moving to Adelaide in 2027.
Marc Márquez visits a 'favorable' circuit, where Martin and Bezzecchi have never won
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