I know several of you own a crystal ball. Why don’t you put it to good use? Tell us in the comment section below how many races MotoGP champ Marc Marquez will win in the 2015 series. For reference, Marquez won 13 races last year, breaking Mick Doohan’s record for the most wins in a single season in the Premier Class. The 2015 series will feature 18 races. Could he win all 18? Will Rossi, Lorenzo and Pedrosa raise their game and take several of the victories? Could some other riders surprise us and step up this year?
Marquez, just 21 years old, in all likelihood is still improving. A scary thought. Oh, and I forgot to mention he has a factory Honda beneath him again this year.
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So tell us, how many races will Marc Marquez win in the 2015 MotoGP championship series? Make sure your answer is clear … we need to know the single number you are predicting.
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I can see Marquez with 13 again.
11 not qq stupid keyboard lol
Qq races I think
I’m of the opinion that Maq-Attack will win 12 this year! 13 if he calms down a bit and stops literally tryinf to ride the wheels off the Honda. Love watching the kid go! Anyone else think he’ll go on to suprass Valentino’s World Titles record? I do!
14
14 cuz no one mentioned it yet…
10 out of 18 he shall win!
The Count says Seven. Seven race wins eh eh eh ……….
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I reckon 12.
I’ll go with 10, jorge 3, dani 3, vale 2
Seven rings for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
He will win 9 out of 18.
My vote’s for 12
All of them
I’m going with somewhere around zero.
Six. Marquez is insanely talented, but I think this is the year his ragged-edge riding style will bite him. After that, he will get the message, and win many, many more championships by riding more conservatively.
BTW … I hope I’m wrong. I’m a big fan. But it is hard to imagine how he can sustain that style of riding.
7
6 for mM 6 for Rossi
9 I also think more competition from Yamaha, Ducati, etc
9. With a more competitive Yamaha and Ducati he is going to have his work cut out for him!
13 (I think he will turn it up to 11 again, but his luck will run out.)
According to my crystal ball, MM will win 11 races in 2015.
15
10
11
8 Wins
9 wins.
99 is win
I’m going with lucky 13
I’ll go with 9
7 wins
10 again. bayliss, hopkins, and lorenzo not withstanding, human beings only have 10 fingers. after that, the parc ferme publicity antics become questionable.
My guess is half of them, 9. He will not have to win more than that to win the championship, 2nds, and 3rds will do it riding a bit smarter without taking as many chances.
14 if he stays healthy. Debating whether to subscribe to MotoGP.com this year. I really don’t want to if it’s going to be another follow the leader (MM) year.
Seven.
10
More Competitive field this year, I say 9 victories.
I say 10
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I’d say 14. The kid is good.
He has to improve by at least one from last year. Put me down for 14.
15 if he doesn’t get injured. 8 if he does.
9 wins for the win.
Love the leg dangle. It must take a lot of strength and fitness to be able to do that under hard deceleration entering a corner over and over again in a race. I would kill myself on the first corner.
14
While we are predicting here is an easy one, and it pains me to admit this but Past champion Nicky Hayden won’t even make a podium this year. An inferior bike way down on power he will run with the also rans all year long.
14 – that way he’ll get a higher percentage of race wins in a season than Doohan.
Well if the Sepang testing is any indication of the continued unfolding of the MM domination in this wonderful sport I give him 13 wins with 16 Podiums. Championship in hand at race 15
Cheers
8 wins. Competitive Yamahas and a (hopefully) resurgent Ducati squad will make the playing field more even.
16
So many variables!
I’m going with 11 wins. Hopefully due to increased competition and not injury.
10
With Lorenzo arriving healthy and without his thumb up his posterior… I believe Mark will win 11 this year. After that he’ll leave Spain and head to the US to run the short track series with Jarred Mees. (With Factory Honda Support)
I would say 13, again.
An unlucky 13.
Who is Marc Marquez?
I am saying the first 11 after that he is relegated to riding a Grom out of “fairness”
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11 races.
12
18
I’m guessing ten.
8 wins.
I say 9
I think he will win 23 – oops there are only 18 so that’s not possible.
Injury to MM (unfortunately) will only allow him to win 2.
The rest will be all over the place and Jorge & Rossi will fight for the title.
Damn, all the good numbers are taken. MM is outstanding, but the likelihood of a crash finally sidelining him for a few races is high. I’m going to say 9 races. Rossi will get 3, Pedrosa 2, Pol Espargo 1, Dovi 1, Lorenzo 2.
Marquez will have seven (7) wins according to my crystal ball (which is just as useless as my other balls).
I say 7…..
im still rootin for the doctor. 6 for rossi and 6 for mm 0 for pedrosa and nicky gets the rest.
You are an optimist. I think Nicky was like 18th in testing!
Eight (8) wins this season for Marc. The competition is catching up to his hanging off riding style ways.
11 wins.
I will guess the number that hasn’t been used yet: TWELVE (12) Wins!
10 wins for Marquez in 2015. Rossi+Pedrosa+Lorenzo=7 wins. A random rider will win a rain-soaked race at some point in the season.
9 wins for marquez
I predict 8 wins this year for Marquez, competition will be very tough this year.
Number of wins may not even matter, he’ll probably still win. Look at Hayden’s champion year. However, to hold us to the coals on number of wins, I think I have as much chance as guessing this as the number of races Stoner will win.
Good point in 2006 there were 7 different winners. 5 had 2 or more wins. Rossi had 5, several had 3 and all lost to Hayden who only had 2. The difference was Rossi had 3 DNF’s, a fall in the final race and a loss in Portugal to Elias by 0.002 secs. You don’t necessarily have to win in order to win. Fun fact Lorenzo was 250 cc World Champion that year, his first.
Interesting considering his dominance the first 2 years that of 30 fans, 12 have him winning less than 1/2 the races. Must be more competition than first thought.
3 wins, the competition has stepped up their game.
I think he is going to win 14 this year. He is going to want to beat his own record.
seven races pedrosa and lorenzo will step up this year.
Lucky 13!
7 (seven) wins.
Aren’t we down to just 17 rounds with the British GP dropping off the calendar?
I’d love to see him equal or surpass his mark from last year but I’m wondering if he’ll lose some of that confidence and resiliency and not live up to his potential this year, like we’ve see with Lorenzo the last couple of years. No one has predicted 5 wins yet so I’ll go with that number.
7 (seven).
8 wins
I think its going to be 6 wins. I hope I’m wrong but I saw him push the bike too hard when he was challenged. I think he will have a frustrating year of unimaginable mistakes. I see a crossed line with a leading Ducati popping him off the saddle and missing a couple rounds as well.
six (6) wins for various reasons, mostly more maturity equals more conservative
Zero. Zero wins after injury sidelines him for the first half of the season and he spends the last half healing the mind.
Marquez will win 6. Why not put poles won (fastest qualifier) as the tie breaker. I think 9 poles.
Part of becoming more mature is learning you don’t have to win every battle to win the war. I’ll go with 9 wins and the championship going away.
I say he will have 11 wins.
Nine (9) wins
I’m going with 9. I think Dovi will get a win, Rossi a few more, Dani 2, and a few for Jorge. I too think MM93 will crash and get injured, the way he rides it’s bound to happen. Like others have said, I don’t want it to happen…
I’ll take 7. I think he’s gonna crash and miss half a season. I don’t want it to happen but it’s inevitable. I’m rootin’ for Rossi but I have to root for the old man.
Nine wins for Marquez.
Eleven (11).
Hopefully not as many as last season. I pray for a better mix of winners and a compelling fight for the championship. I’ll say MM gets 8 race wins.
15 wins…..(barring injury) he was just to fast at the first preseason test.
Seven wins for Marquez. Five for Rossi. Three for Lorenzo. Two for Pedrosa. One for Pol Espargaro.
1st mm 10wins, 2nd jlo 6wins, 3rd vale 2wins, 4th dani, 5th pol, and ROY maverick
Eleven (11) wins for Marc Marquez. It will be another amazing season for him, but not a record-breaking number of wins.
Nine wins, I know that for sure!
Jlo 7 – MM 4 – Pedo 3 – Vale 3 – Pol E 1 . Take it to the bank.
10. Hey…..it’s a nice, round number.
Lets go with 9.
Some new, young talent will enter the field. Some wily old guys will find new life. Perhaps a bit more reality for MM to contend with…
Marquez 2 wins
A few more young flyers in the field this year. I actually think this will be Lorenzo’s year. I’m going to predict 8 wins and the championship for Lorenzo and only 5 wins for Marquez, 2 for Pedrosa, 1 for Rossi and a few upsets from others in the field perhaps Espargaro or Crutchlow.
Ten (10)
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13 wins. He’ll be dominant but not as much as last year.
13,and he will have to work very hard for it.
GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Fourteen (14).
Twelve wins, four seconds, one 5th, one DNF.
Dice roll… a six and a five… Ok, we’ll call it eleven. Turning to my official MGP dilithium crystal orb, it looks like upcoming talent and a mid season injury will both play roles.
Five