Marc marquez

The 32-year-old Spaniard, who rides for Honda and claimed the world title in 2010, 2012 and 2015, told a press conference he was pulling out following Sunday’s race. read more

The Honda rider finished the race in 42min 41.492sec, followed 0.870sec later by French rookie Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha-SRT and Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso 1.325sec later. read more

The win in Buriram gives him an insurmountable lead over closest rival Andrea Dovizioso with four races left in the season. read more

Marquez leads Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati by 93 points with six races left to run. The Italian only had the eighth best combined time in the first two practice sessions. read more

Currently tied with the great Mick Doohan with five titles, the Spaniard is only behind Italian legends Giacomo Agostini (8) and Valentino Rossi (7). But few would doubt the 26-year-old from taking the lead in that race. read more

Remarkably for the world champion, he is the most crashed rider of 2018 in the premier class, tumbling off 20 times so far this season. read more

Marquez now has 271 points, 77 ahead of Dovizioso with a maximum of 100 available in the final four races of season, making him a strong favourite to retain his title. read more

Marc Marquez of Honda was in a race of his own at the MotoGP Spanish GP for the last eight laps after the Ducati pairing of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo collided with Honda’s Dani Pedrosa while fighting for second place. read more