Marc Marquez hopes to go 'face-to-face' with Lewis Hamilton in a race

Five-time MotoGP world champion wants both to compete in bikes and cars

Spaniard also trying to amend poor Silverstone form at this weekend's British GP

Marquez leads standings by 58 points as he homes in on sixth world title

The man is mortal after all. Marc Marquez is running slightly late for our interview and as any MotoGP fan will know, the Spaniard having to play catch up is one of the rarer sights you will see.

I wait near the summit of the Gherkin tower contemplating how even the fastest man on two wheels is no match for the congested roads of London.

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Except of course he has the perfect excuse once he finally settles down to talk after entering the room, as ever beaming the usual cheerful smile that he so often displays around a MotoGP paddock. 'I was in a car!'

Marc Marquez was in London as he looked ahead to this Sunday's MotoGP race at Silverstone

The seven-time world champion spoke to Sportsmail in the build up to the race weekend

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Had he been on his usual two wheels, there is nothing you would bet against him arriving from A to B in a given time. After winning two lower class world championships he was catapulted straight to the front running Honda team for his MotoGP debut in 2013.

Less than a year later in his rookie campaign he was world champion and aside from a poor 2015 it's a status he has maintained ever since - no wonder he's always smiling.

The inevitable but needed conversation over his existing goals and motivations take place and eventually talks over driving an F1 car reveal a little desire of him to experiment in a cross-over.

With five MotoGP titles and two lower class crowns, Marquez is a seven-time world champion

Marquez currently leads the MotoGP standings this term for Honda by a huge 58 points

The five-time MotoGP champion relishes the prospect of taking on F1 equivalent Lewis Hamilton, who like Marquez has dominated his respective series in the last five years.

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He admits he has a desire to meet the Brit, and would be keen on a battle with him that would involve racing bikes and cars.

'Of course! It would be interesting,' the 26-year-old told Sporstmail. 'Face-to-face, first an F1 car and then a motorbike because I know he is riding.

'I speak to him by social media sometimes and I know he rides a bike and rides really well. So I look forward to, at a minimum, meeting him. We were very close last year but we had compromises and couldn't make it work.

'I tested at the Red Bull Ring in a Toro Rosso car. It was a really nice experience. I drove 40 laps and it was a real test. The speed was there but I lack the experience. I knew the layout of the track but the braking points and downforce was the most difficult thing to understand. I could get used to it at a normal circuit... but not Monaco!

'To drive an F1 car at a normal circuit, it's ok. You can find the limit but in the middle of the city, like Monaco, it is more difficult.

Marquez previously has F1 testing experience with Toro Rosso

The Spaniard has admitted he would relish the prospect of taking on Lewis Hamilton

Marquez tested a Toro Rosso car at Austria's Red Bull Ring in June 2018

Hamilton has a fondness for motorcycles as he arrives for the F1 Monaco GP on one in May

Finding the limit is a key part of Marquez's approach to racing, so it's no surprise to see him have such fear as a track like Monte Carlo where run-offs are scarce and metal barriers, a MotoGP rider's nightmare, are everywhere.

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It's not unusual to see him making mistakes in the sessions building up to a normal MotoGP race as he frequently looks for the ultimate limit to where the grip is on his bike. More often than not he saves it, with a quick steering correction or a gentle knee or elbow to the floor while trying to extract his famed maximum lean angle going around a corner. Finding the limit involves knowing when you have gone past it.

Attention soon switches to another dream of his, facing brother Alex who is also destined to make the move to MotoGP.

Three years the junior of Marc he currently leads the immediate feeder series in Moto2 and the Honda rider would love to establish a sibling rivalry in MotoGP.

Marquez wants to race alongside his brother Alex, who he is pictured with earlier in August

'One of the targets, one of the dreams is one day to race against my bother he is in Moto2 and now he is leading the championship. I look forward to someday competing against him or with him in the MotoGP class.'

MOTOGP STANDINGS 1. Marc Marquez (Honda) 230 points 2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) 172 3. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 136 4. Alex Rins (Suzuki) 124 5. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 103 6. Maverick Vinales (Yamaha) 102

I interject, teasing would he happily get rid of Jorge Lorenzo as a team-mate to make it work? After cheekily laughing at the suggestion, he doesn't go as far as binning his compatriot at Honda, but he doesn't rule out having Alex alongside him at Honda.

'If he deserves it!', he continues. 'In MotoGP it is not a big help to be the brother or son of 'someone'. You need to show your potential and my brother is in a very good moment. He is showing he is ready for a MotoGP bike.'

This weekend will see Marquez feature in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, off the back of a thrilling Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring where he was pipped on the last corner to victory by title rival Andrea Dovizioso.

The Spaniard though still has a comfortable championship lead of 58 points, having not finished outside the top two all season baring a crash in the United States.

Last year's British Grand Prix at Silverstone was cancelled due to safety concerns as a result of heavy rain not draining away from a newly surfaced track

The Spaniard has only triumphed once in Britain in MotoGP, seeing off Yamaha pair Jorge Lorenzo (left) and Valentino Rossi at Silverstone back in 2014

However he has a poor record at Silverstone where curiously he has only ever triumphed once back in 2014.

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Last year's race was infamously cancelled after newly surfaced circuit was hit by heavy rain, leading to standing water on the track not draining and making it too unsafe to race.

But another new surface, along with the elimination of a few bumps, has left Marquez optimistic that he can win in Britain for the first time in five years.

'I would like to change that this year although I won in 2014. I crashed one time and one year I broke the engine so this year we will try to change this. We will try to minimum finish on the podium.

'I like the layout but Silverstone has been really bumpy in the past. This year is a new surface. It should be better in that aspect, Our bike is not the best to absorb bumps.

'The rest of the track is really nice and I really like it, We have a better engine so this helps on the straights.'

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Having being pipped to victory in a thrilling Austrian Grand Prix by Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso last time out, Marquez is hoping to get back to winning ways in Great Britain