Alex Márquez to Marc: "He's a bastard, he beat me the first time"

After nine months out due to injury, eight-time world champion Marc Márquez returned to action in Portugal last weekend and finished in a heroic seventh position, having qualified sixth on the grid.

During the race, the Márquez brothers were close to each other for the first time in MotoGP, with Marc finishing four seconds ahead of Alex.

Asked about racing with his brother, the LCR rider joked that he wasn’t happy about being beaten, but praised Marc’s “incredible” weekend.

“I’m not happy, he’s a bastard, he beat me in the first race,” the Márquez’s younger brother replied with a laugh.

“I did the whole race behind him and I was like, ‘Fuck.’ special for the whole family. It could have been better, but we both finished with good results and I have to say that his comeback has been amazing after many months.”

Alex Marquez, Team LCR Honda

“In the first few laps we saw that he was not used to the race and he made some mistakes, also in overtaking. But anyway, until the last lap it was incredible,” explained the #73 .

The Repsol Honda rider released all the pressure he has endured these nine months when he reached the box after crossing the finish line.

“His reaction was normal when he got to the box because he knows better than anyone what his situation was. He deserved to finish seventh and he has done an incredible job all weekend. It is surprising what he has done seeing how his arm was. Going behind I tried learn. At last I kept my distance,” he stressed.

15 brothers who have coincided in the MotoGP World Championship

Marc Márquez

1 / 31

He will share a MotoGP team and category with Alex from 2020.

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Alex Marquez

2 / 31

Since 2012 he has been in Moto3 and Moto2.

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Alex Espargaro

3 / 31

Aleix reached the World Championship in 2004 and has been racing in MotoGP since 2009, except for 2011.

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Pol Espargaro

4 / 31

He debuted in the World Championship in 2006 and since 2014 he has coincided with Aleix in MotoGP.

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Can Oncu

5 / 31

The oldest of the Turkish brothers has contested the entire Moto3 season in 2019.

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Deniz Oncu

6 / 31

The minor made some appearances in 2019 in Moto3.

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alex lowes

7 / 31

A substitution for several races took him to MotoGP in 2016.

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Sam Lowes

8 / 31

Alex corria and Moto2 and 2016.

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valentino rossi

9 / 31

Rossi sees more and more the possibility of racing with his brother on his mother’s side in MotoGP.

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Luca Marina

10 / 31

Marini has been in Moto2 since 2015.

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Eugene Laverty

11 / 31

He was in 2015 and 2016 in MotoGP

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Michael Laverty

12 / 31

In the 2015 German GP he coincided in MotoGP with his brother Eugene.

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Christian Sarron

13 / 31

He was in different categories to his brother for some years, but in 500cc in 1989 he coincided with Dominique.

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Dominique Sarrón

14 / 31

Although he did not become a champion like his brother, he did win several races

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Nicky Hayden

15 / 31

The MotoGP champion shared the track with his brother in 2007 and 2010.

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Roger Lee Hayden

16 / 31

In 2007 and 2010 he raced at Laguna Seca in MotoGP

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Kenny Roberts Jr.

17 / 31

The 500 champion came to race with his brother in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2007.

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Kurtis Roberts

18 / 31

The youngest of the Roberts was in his father’s team until 2007.

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Charles Czech

19 / 31

Before leaving MotoGP, he came to race with his brother in the same category.

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David Czech

20 / 31

From 2000 to 2002 David ran in two and a half when his brother did in 500. In 2005 he played three MotoGP races as a substitute and then coincided with Carlos.

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Angel ‘Gelete’ Grandson

21 / 31

From 1999 to 2001 the Nietos coincided in 125.

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Paul Grandson

22 / 31

Pablo’s debut took place in his father’s team, the same one in which his brother Gelete was.

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Haruchika Aoki

23 / 31

The Aoki went up and down in category. In 1999, he matched Nobuatsu in the 500 after previously doing so in the 250.

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Nobuatsu Aoki

24 / 31

The oldest of the Aoki came to coincide with his two brothers.

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Takuma Aoki

25 / 31

The middle of the three matched Nobuatsu at 500 in 1997 and Haruchika at 125 in 1993.

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Brad Binder

26 / 31

The Moto3 champion shared the category with Darryn in 2015 and 2016.

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darryn binder

27 / 31

Darryn is still in Moto3, while Brad has already made it to MotoGP.

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Axel Pons

28 / 31

In 2014 he left the place in his father’s team to his brother Edgar.

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Edgar Pons

29 / 31

He raced in Moto2 with Axel from 2014 to 2017.

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Raul Fernandez

30 / 31

The man from Madrid made his debut in the World Cup in 2016 and since 2019 he has been a fixture in the championship.

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Adrian Fernandez

31 / 31

At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Adrián Fernández ‘Pitito’ made his debut in the championship, coinciding, at least once, with the race won by his brother Raúl.

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