MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says he’s unlikely to change to four-wheel racing sooner or later, every week after the TV graphics error on the F1 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The nine-time world champion was in a position to participate in final weekend’s (June 12-14) Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, the place he frolicked within the Audi’s pit field and was proven on tv with a graphic describing him as a “former MotoGP rider” only a week after his Hungarian Grand Prix victory.
Marquez lightheartedly acknowledged the gaffe in a submit on his Instagram Story, and joked about it once more at a pre-event press convention forward of this weekend’s (June 19-21) Czech MotoGP.
Marc Marquez, 2026 MotoGP Czech GP, press convention. Credit score: Gold and Goose.
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When requested if he would contemplate a change to four-wheel racing sooner or later, Marc Marquez joked: “I do know in F1 it stated ‘former MotoGP rider’ (on TV graphics).”
Marquez drove an F1 automotive on the Pink Bull Ring in 2016, collaborating in a monitor day in a 2012 Pink Bull automotive alongside teammate Dani Pedrosa on the time.
The Ducati Lenovo Group rider has by no means competed in auto racing, however he has raced outdoors of MotoGP through the low season when he competed within the Superprestigio flat monitor race in Spain.
He says it could be potential to race “for enjoyable” sooner or later, however admits that switching from bike racing in your mid-30s will not make you aggressive on the highest stage.
Marc Marquez, 2026 Brno MotoGP.
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“However if you wish to be aggressive on 4 wheels, it is okay to be good, however if you wish to be aggressive…I’ve quite a lot of respect for F1 drivers, however that is not potential.
“Possibly there shall be races for enjoyable in different classes and sub-categories, we by no means know, however why not?
“However it would by no means be in F1 as a result of the extent is so excessive.”
Marquez is 72 factors behind championship chief Marco Bezzecchi on this weekend’s Czech MotoGP. Brno is the circuit the place he has received 4 occasions within the premier class, together with final 12 months when the historic Czech venue returned to the world championship calendar for the primary time in 4 years.
