Marc Márquez is also an excellent chess player.

BarcelonaThere's no doubt that he's the best MotoGP rider of at least the last decade. But in this second winning streak, he's also proving himself to be an excellent strategist. Marc Márquez, when not riding solo to victory from the start, possesses the patience and vision of a chess player. He's already 32 years old and knows how to master the impulsiveness that characterized his early youth. A further example of this was his victory at the Balaton Park circuit (Hungary), which marked his debut in the MotoGP World Championship, witnessing another step for the Cervera rider toward the world title.

Victory in the sprint race on Saturday and victory in Sunday's long race today. He already takes 175 points off his brother, Àlex Márquez, who crashed on the second lap and, although he continued, could only manage fourteenth. Marc Márquez started from pole position, but dropped to fourth at the second corner due to a slight contact with Marco Bezzecchi. The World Championship leader, however, wasn't at all nervous and was content to ride a few laps in third place behind Franco Morbidelli, even though he was much faster than him. Until Márquez saw how Bezzecchi, who was leading the race, had already gained more than a second on them, and he started to move things around. He went on the attack, dispatched Morbidelli as if he were a mere rookie, and after doing so, closed the gap to Bezzecchi in just three laps. He probably didn't even break a sweat.

This led to the most entertaining moment of the race, when Márquez and Bezzecchi challenged each other in a battle that was already clear from the start. But the Catalan overshot his braking point twice, prolonging the fun. Finally, with eighteen laps remaining, Márquez took the lead and escaped irrevocably. He ended up gaining more than four seconds on Pedro Acosta, who finished second. Bezzecchi finished third, just ahead of his Aprilia teammate Jorge Martín, who is increasingly finding race pace after recovering from serious injuries. The next round will be at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on the weekend of September 7.