Strong arguments made to settle Valentino Rossi v Marc Marquez GOAT debate
Argument m𝔉ade that Marc Marquez has eclipsed Valentino Rossi

The never-ending debate about 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s greatness has taken on a fresh perspective.
For a generation, MotoGP fans have argued ab﷽out which of the sworn enemies is the best rider of all t🅰ime.
Rossi’s nine world championships is currently one clear of Marquez’s tota♔l - but the Spaniard is catching up.
The factory Ducati newcomer has won the fiꦑrst four races o🌌f the season across two rounds to make himself the firm favourite for this year’s championship.
Marc Marquez v Valentino Rossi arguments forwarded

“You are seeing a genius on a motorcycle here,” TNT Sports’ Suzi Perry said f🎃rom the Argentina paddock where Maဣrquez was flawless.
“He rides differently to anybody else, and the way anybody else ever has ridden, in order to get 10🦩0% out of his machine.
“You have to appreciate what we are watching.”
Neil Hodgson replied: “People were like ‘the depth of field isn’t lik🉐e it was in the past’.
“I looked at the field. With 22 rider🗹s, over half of them are world champions.
“Six of those have 💖won multiple world titles. This field is incredibly stacꦦked with the best of the best.
“Only Lorenzo Savadori, who is a test rider, is not aജt the calibre of the others. 🧸The others are phenomenal.
“For Marc to stand out so much? It underlines what we are seeing her🌠e.
“We are seeing a gen💃ius. I say this a lot - for me, he’s the greatest rider I have ever seeꦉn. Ever!
“That includes Valentino Rossi.”
But Perry argued: “It depends ho💜w you define thღe GOAT, the greatest. It depends what you bring into the sport.
“If🧜 you’re talking about racing a motorcycle, I probably agree with you.”
Michael ♌Laverty added: “Marc is the fastest, most articulate, and aggressiꦦve.
“He does everything right for a racer.
ไ“But you are talking about the global Rossi phen🌠omenon…”
Perry said in Rossi’s favour: “He ꦛput it on the map when it wasn’t.”
But Laverty had the final say: “You can’t argue with the stats of Marc, with what he’s been through, with💎 the level he’s at now, arguably his best.
“Typically Spanish 🥃riders peak in their late-20s.”
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Marquez, aged 32, has o🐻vercome career-threatening inju✱ries.
He got out of his Honda contract - the most lucrative on the grid - because their machinery wasn’t up to scratch, and was causing him to frequently crash as he𒁏 tested its limits.
Last year on a year-old Ducati, Marquez refound the winning f🎶eeling but he has become dominant again in 2025 with a factory-spec machine.
However, Rossi fans would point to his longevity 🦩and his♐ mainstream appeal.
The Italianꦦ rider is the most famous face that MotoGP has ever produced.
His ba꧟t✤tles with Marquez remain legendary and fierce, and their latest battle is ongoing without Rossi on the track.
Marquez is scrapping🎀 to equal Rossi’s nine titles this year.
Uccio Salucci, the VꦏR46 boss and Rossi’s right-hand man, ha🅘s been forced to admit that he expects Marquez to beat Rossi’s tally of 115 wins.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a deca⛦de covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.