{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/681ccb6c5acb8b715f1f1a1c/6aa7c5381563582c05d0b787?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is Marc Marquez heading for his best MotoGP title win yet?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/681ccb6c5acb8b715f1f1a1c/1789394270200-a382309e-144f-4bd2-9e3c-034a288f8b78.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Marc Marquez leads the MotoGP riders’ standings for the first time in 2026 after his Misano double win coincided with a weekend of pain for Aprilia.</p><p><br></p><p>Given how many races Marquez has missed, his injury struggles, and Aprilia often having the better bike, is Marquez on course for his greatest MotoGP championship win so far?</p><p><br></p><p>That’s one of the questions Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson and Eden Hannigan debate on the San Marino Grand Prix episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus whether Marco Bezzecchi is psychologically strong enough for the pressures of a title fight and whether Jorge Martin is just not quite as fast as he used to be - regardless of Sunday’s arm pump issues.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Join The Race Members' Club: Sign up to our motorbike-only Riders tier </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheRace/membership\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>on Patreon </em></strong></a><strong><em>for our 2015 revisited series, ad-free listening and more!</em></strong></p>","author_name":"The Race Media Ltd"}