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Marc Márquez seems unapproachable. Six MotoGP titles in seven seasons . Four consecutive. Eight in total if we count the 125 cc in 2010 and the Moto2 in 2012. But its superiority goes beyond its victories. The Spaniard has had four tests left to win his sixth crown. At 26, with a career of legend, now what everyone asks is: Who can beat him? Several names appear in the list.

Fabio Quartararo

'The devil'. He has put everyone in check in his rookie season (20 years). And all this despite military service in the Yamaha satellite equipment. Considered the heir of Valentino Rossi in the Japanese brand, the Frenchman has not yet managed to climb to the highest drawer in the queen category, despite accumulating up to four 'poles'. He almost succeeded in Thailand on Sunday. "With 15 years he was already doing spectacular things, but he did not expect Fabio to be so fast in his first year," said Rossi about the rookie, Yamaha's great hope to snatch Márquez's throne. For this he will be forced to leave the satellite equipment. However, next year, a priori, Maverick Viñales and the seven-time world champion will continue to be part of Yamaha.

Alex Rins

Another young man (23 years) who is expected in the fight for the championships. Accumulate three seasons already in MotoGP, all of them in Suzuki . This course has been his confirmation with two victories. In one of them, in Silverstone, he bent Márquez precisely at the last moment, on the same finish line. He waited until the last moment to attack, after the last corner. That duel showed that the Spanish rider, if the Suzuki team continues with his improvements since his return to MotoGP, can become one of the rivals to beat in the category. "That other pilots see me as a candidate for the title is good pressure," the Barcelonaman was released in summer.

Maverick Viñales

The eternal rival of Márquez in lower categories. Motorcycling rubbed his hands when five years ago he rose to the top category of Suzuki's hand. However, his signing for Yamaha in 2017 - a substitute for Jorge Lorenzo, who was packing for Ducatino was accompanied by the expected results. That year was signed best performance, with a third place in the World Cup (title also won by Marquez). An insufficient result for Yamaha, always aspiring to the highest. At 24 springs, Catalan does not find a way to respond to the expectations created during his adolescence. "I have cried a lot," he acknowledged after his only victory this season, in the Netherlands. Still young, Viñales must forget the ghosts of the past if he wants to return to the adolescent struggle he lived with Márquez.

Andrea Dovizioso

The most veteran. 33 years. Twelve seasons in MotoGP. No title. He has been the only one able to keep up with Marc this course, although his final claudication has lacked four races. He started outstanding, with a victory in Qatar in the first test of the season. However, since then, it has only added one win (Austria). Runner-up in the world in 2017 and 2018 -all points to that also in 2019-, the Italian, always outstanding for his regularity, will continue to look for a dream of unattainable moment: his first title in the queen category.

Jorge Lorenzo

Maybe it's a utopia. The Spanish rider, three-time world champion in MotoGP, has turned his first adventure into the Repsol Honda team into a nightmare. Away from the victories, the podiums, and even the Top-10. His resurrection seems almost miraculous. However, everything indicates that the Spanish will continue the season that has been Márquez's partner . Lorenzo hopes that this transition season, in which the injuries have also seriously damaged him, will be a bridge to his return. The Honda, tailored for the now six-time world champion, could be modified in summer with the aim of helping the Majorcan in his driving.

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