Marc Marquez sends terrifying MotoGP title warning before German Grand Prix

The nine-time World Champion has been on a miraculous recovery path during recent months, winning back-to-back Grands Prix in Hungary and Czechia.

Cutting the title gap to 40 points, he did it all after a gruesome double surgery that prompted retirement fears earlier in the campaign.

Since then, he admitted he is back in the title fight when many had unwisely written the master of comebacks off.

Yet through it all, the Ducati rider didn’t declare himself the favourite for any race, until now.

Returning to the Sachsenring, where he’s won a ridiculous record 12 times, Marquez has explained why he’ll be leading the charge for Ducati in a press release from the team:

Marquez's two-race winning run came to an end last time out in the Netherlands where he finished seventh in the Grand Prix and sixth in the sprint.

However, the Assen track has never been a favourite for the Spaniard, and he told GPBlog about his hopes for Sachsenring straight after:

"I feel like I'm not the strongest one and I'm not the fastest one, but [it's like] nobody wants to be the fastest one. So at the moment, it's five names in the championship that are fighting every race there."

As for his chances in the Sachsenring compared to Assen, Marquez gave this assessment:

"Let's see [about the Sachsenring], we will understand what we can do there, and of course I expect to feel better there than here [Assen]."

Teammate Pecco Bagnaia wasn’t so confident, however. The Italian is eighth in the riders’ standings on 130 points, 23 fewer than Marquez and 63 fewer than leader Jorge Martin:

A Marquez in a full-body cast would still put in a fight in Germany, given his nickname as ‘King of the Ring’.

But former rider Ricard Jove has also given Ducati a warning of their own against title rivals Aprilia.

Speaking on the DuraLaVita podcast, he said: