Mick Doohan was in Thailand where he watched ‘in loco’ another Marc Márquez triumph in the world championship. The australian only had praise to give the champion title at the end of the race.

Márquez wins and continues to win. This ambition is explained by Doohan: ‘First we have to enjoy riding, and Marc has that, no doubt. He also practices motocross, dirt track, and has done these things for some time, it seems he has it inside him. He simply isn’t afraid of losing, wants to continue to win and that’s what makes the difference. This happened to me, after winning several world championships, my motivation was to continue winning races, being in the fight, sacrificing myself and winning the test. I think that as long as he has within him that desire to win, he will continue to add titles’.

Quoted in TodoCircuito, Doohan also commented on the race in Thailand:

– It looked like we were going to have four riders fighting until the end because Rossi was close, but Marc came back to give it all when it looked like he didn’t have any more to give. We went back to the fight with Dovizioso and his Ducati in the final laps and it was an incredible race.