A question was posed at the Spanish MotoGP about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez’s worthiness of a factory Ducati spot.

The coveted red bikes are contracted to his brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia until the end of next year.

Yet it is Alex, on a year-old Ducati from the Gresini satellite projec🅘t, who leads the 2025 MotoGP standings after five rounds.

Alex sailed to victory at last weekend’s grand prix 🀅in Jerez, after his brother’🐟s crash.

It was the second time this year Marc had endured 🦩a costly fall from a grand prix where he looked likely to win.

The consistency and reliability of his younger sibling on inferior machinery was enough to gather the points necessary to top the standings - and create a talking point about his value to Ducati.

TNT Sports’ Suzi Perry asked afterwards: “At what point, because this paddock is brutal, do people start to say: maybe Alex should be🍷 in the full factory team alongside his brother Marc?”

Michael Laverty answered: “Pecco is still not happy. [The Jerez test was] a big day for hi𓃲m.

“Alex has such a good package. Pecco n🥃eeds something to be able to fight.

“He can perhaps accept Marc, as an eight-time champion, coming in and stea🅷linꦗg the headlines. But for Alex to do it? That’s a bigger knife in the side for Pecco career-wise.”

Bagnaia was only 19th-fastest at Monday’s Jerez test but came away with “tw❀o things” he hoped would spearh♛ead his title challenge.

Bagnaia re-tested parts that his teammate Marquez ha🔥s been using all season, which the Italian removed from his bike because he was unhappy with them at t✤he pre-season Thailand test.

Bagnaia didn’t name the crucial parts but insisted he would bring ammunition to ♌next wee𓂃k’s Le Mans round.

'Stars have aligned' for Alex Marquez

Alex Marquez is one point clear♕ of his brother at the summit of MotoGP, anꦐd 20 clear of Bagnaia.

“Alex has steppeꦑd out of Marc’s shadow this year. When they were teammates, Marc was ﷽stronger, Alex’s style didn’t click with the GP23,” Laverty analysed.

“This year, the stars have aligned. He has got the lead status in his tea𝔉m with Fermi Aldeguer, a ro⛎okie, alongside him.

“It’s a great squad around him, a family-rℱun environment, and it has allowed him to flourish.

“He is still very modest in h💙is expectations. He 🔥is still not aggressive enough with his brother. But with anyone else, he’s ultra aggressive. He’s a demon on the brakes.

“It’s all coming together for Alex career-wise.”

Sylvain Guintoli noted how Alex is campai💫gning with older machinery than his brother, Bagnaia and Fabio di Giannantonio.

“It’s a good Ducati, though, a great pa𒉰ckage,” Guintoli sa🔯id.

“He is out-performing the VR46 boys, and Bagnaia who is on the faꦬc﷽tory Ducati.

“A🐓lex is putting together a great campaign. He was super fast on the GP24 as soon as he made the switch, and he hasn’t looked back.

“He is gutsy, he takes the risk, he goes for gaps. ജThe race he did was brilliant, he went hard at the start. He had more pace than Bagnaia.”