#real rants

[idealandreal]

Okay, do we think because Acosta is now going to Ducati officially, and Marc has forever been a Red Bull athlete (until 2025) that Ducati is going to be a Red Bull sponsored team???

ps: Can Marc have his cool Red Bull helmet logos back too?

[idealandreal]

Okay, hear me out.... What if Gemma and Marc have a son and that son grows up and meets one of Rossi's daughters? And they fall in love!? And that is what rosquez was meant to be?????

The Romeo and Juliet of it all 🤌

[idealandreal]

Marc Marquez's Greatest Hits (pre-2024)

When I first got into MotoGP and became a Marc Marquez fan, I had so wished it was easier to find races. There are so many to choose from and it was a bit daunting on where to start. I know not everyone is as neurotic as me and doesn't have the time/money to spend hours upon hours on Video Pass.

So, as more and more of us get into MotoGP/Marc Marquez I wanted to consolidate some of his greatest races (imo), and where you can watch them.

Most of his best races are actually available on YouTube for free via the MotoGP channel. I've included direct links below, but just FYI there are actually a ton of great races on MotoGPs youtube page, 10 out of 10 would recommend checking it out.

Year: 2012 Location: Valencia Why It's Good: My personal favorite race, I watch it way too often. The greatest comeback of all time, starts last and makes it through the field by the last few laps. Absolute crazy guy, but this was just the start of it all. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2013 Location: CoTA Why It's Good: First MotoGP Win Available On: YouTube

Year: 2013 Location: Silverstone Why It's Good: Rides with a broken collar bone and still is a menace to Lorenzo at the front Available On: YouTube

Year: 2014 Location: Le Mans Why It's Good: comes back after falling to 11th in pretty spectacular fashion Available On: VideoPass

Year: 2014 Location: Assen Why It's Good: A flag to flag race that also shows off Marc and Cos strategy skills and just overall balls to wall mentality. Good battle with Dovi as well, but does pretty much decimate the competition. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2015 Location: Philip Island Why It's Good: this race is insane with how many passes there are. Also the supposed start of the Rossi/Marquez beef. Available On: VideoPass

Year: 2016 Location: Mugello Why It's Good: Last lap battle with Lorenzo goes crazy. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2016 Location: Sachsenring Why It's Good: I mean, it's the Sachsenring, but this race is in the wet and really shows off Marc and Cos flag to flag skills. And other rider's lack there of…. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2016 Location: Motegi Why It's Good: If you really want to just see Marc happy and his team freaking out, this is a great race because something unexpected happens. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2017 Location: Austria Why It's Good: the infamous Dovi/Marc last corner crazy pass, also when Dovi throws up his hand and is kind of like “I can’t believe you just did that”. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2017 Location: San Marino Why It's Good: wet race and Marc has a craaaazzzy last lap. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2018 Location: Thailand Why It's Good: Marc pushes the entire race and some can’t keep the pace (queue evil laugh) Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Austria Why It's Good: a repeat of the 2017 battle but even better in my opinion Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Silverstone Why It's Good: Crazy last lap battle with Rins and I think this is still one of the closest finishes in MotoGP history. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Thailand Why It's Good: I will say that this one is not great if your a Fabio fan first and foremost, but if you are a Marc fan and know what a absolute menace he is.. I think this race is a great example of Marc's mentality about winning. Also, when he claims the 2019 MotoGP World Championship title. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2020 Location: Jerez Why It's Good: If you want to hurt your soul, this is the race where Marc's arm is nearly torn off. However, before that happens, he is incredible and this race also has the greatest double take done by Valentino when Marc comes past. Available On: Youtube

Feel free to add any that I missed in comments or reblogs.

[idealandreal]

This is my theory on why Rossi is going to lose the GOAT battle to Marc.

Valentino Rossi is a one of a kind entertainer. He grew up in an era of television that relied on short memories and short attention spans. I don't think Valentino ever anticipated people being able to go back and watch races from the 90s, the 2000s, etc etc. Streaming, and the internet especially makes sure nothing ever dies.

Valentino was spontaneous, he was funny, he was iconic. But that doesn't always age well.

What Velntino did for Motogp can not be understated... but it worked for that era of Motogp. This is the new era, the internet, social media, streaming era.

Marc Marquez on the other hand grew up in the internet age (the millennial age) where you quickly discovered if something is on the internet, it will forever be on the internet. Marc has built his image in a very careful and calculated way.

Now, I think this is mostly down to Emilio Alzamora shielding him from social media for so long. However, the new era of Marc has Gemma, and Gemma understands the influencer social media appeal.

I know I'm extremely Marc biased (so take this all with a grain of salt), but I think somehow Marc has the perfect opportunity to be the new face of the modern age of MotoGP.

Marc has the story, the family, the HUMILITY, and down to earth-ness that so many people crave in social media these days.

Valentino was great for the TV age of MotoGP, with short memories and great showmanship.

Marc can be great for the internet age of MotoGP.

Valentino is the GOAT of his era. But times move on, Marc is the new era (and I think Valentino knew that all along and saw it all slipping away, hence the grudge that he will never let go of. If Vale forgives and forgets he will become irrelevant)

[idealandreal]

Marc Marquez and the Horror Years

For my own personal neurosis, I wanted to draw up the timeline of Marc's injury/bad years from 2020 - 2023.

Hopefully someone other than me will find this useful as well.

The Horror Years

[idealandreal]

After 12 races in the 2024 season the standings in GP Points (sprints not included) were -

Marc: 159 pts (1 dnf)

Pecco: 218 pts (2 dnfs)

JMart: 195 pts (2 dnfs)

In 2025 after 12 GPs -

Marc: 240 pts (1 dnf)

Pecco: 164 pts (1 dnf)

Alex: 166 pts (3 dnfs)

[idealandreal]

Someday, I hope one of my edits finds some random person and they like it enough to dig more into MotoGP.

It is such a fascinating rabbit hole to fall down and honestly has one of the greatest fan bases I’ve seen in sometime. ❤️

[idealandreal]

There was a Marc edit to Chinchilla - Little Girl Gone floating around (might have been caught in that copyright strike roundup), and I just want whoever made that to know I think about that edit all the time.

"Messed with the wrong bitch in the wrong era" and "Kick the back of my knee, are you serious? You keep tryin but I like your blood on my teeth a little too much" are soooo Marc vs Valentino and I love it.