Alex Marquez reveals why he felt overlooked before signing with Gresini MotoGP team

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Alex Marquez has had a standout season in 2025, finishing second in the MotoGP riders’ standings just behind his brother.

He’s set to ride a factory bike next year, which means he won’t have to make the switch to the GP25.

Since making the move to Gresini two years ago, he’s stepped out of his brother’s shadow and really found his own form.

Now considered a genuine title contender, his performances haven’t gone unnoticed by rivals or fans alike. Neil Hodgson sees him as one of the main threats to Marc moving forward, saying:

Meanwhile, Marc isn’t sure how Ducati would manage having both brothers as factory riders. He feels it could complicate things for everyone involved:

This was in response to how Alex is playing down talks about whether he can go on and beat his brother for the world title next year.

Alex Marquez no longer feels ‘invisible’ since his MotoGP success with Gresini

Marquez shares Francesco Bagnaia’s view on Ducati’s 2026 bike, echoing similar thoughts about the new machine.

It helps that he sees things the same way as a two-time champion, especially with his brother out injured and unable to give feedback on the bike.

Since making the switch to Gresini and putting together some decent results, Marquez has noticed a clear change in how people see him. He no longer feels overlooked.

“I feel like I am not invisible anymore! When you don’t make results, then it’s like this, even if it was not a big problem for me,” he told Motorsport Magazine.

“It’s like that question I get often: ‘Which superpower would you like to have?’ ‘Invisibility!’ There have been a lot more interviews, more sponsors and many more things to do.

“In Vertical, we have an agency to measure ‘impact’ and we get the results every three months or so, and you send it to the sponsors. Last year, with Alpinestars, it was something like 300, and this year it’s 1.5 million!”

How the back half of Alex Marquez’s 2025 Season flipped the narrative

Midway through the season, Marquez hit a rough patch and had to work through a few issues with his GP24.

Across back-to-back races in the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary, he never managed better than 10th place — a disappointing run for a bike expected to be far more competitive.

He’d also retired from two of the three races before that stretch, so there were questions over whether he was dealing with an injury or simply falling back into old habits.

But he turned things around quickly. Over the final eight races, he finished no lower than sixth, picking up two wins and standing on the podium five times.