After lopping an impressive nine-seconds from his race time during the Jerez weekends, MotoGP rookie Alex Marquez now heads for the new challenges of Brno in the Czech Republic, then Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Alex Marquez may be yet to start a MotoGP race, but the rookie has already emerged as one of the favourites in the Virtual series, created to help fill the void caused by the coronavirus.
This is the latest (virtually identical) Repsol Honda MotoGP livery, with which the team will try to defend its triple crown of riders', teams' and constructors' titles.
When MotoGP champion Marc Marquez opted for surgery on his right shoulder, almost exactly a year after a major operation on his left, it was "to avoid the situation we had with the other shoulder".
It's official: Repsol Honda will have a double Marquez line-up next season, with Alex stepping up to MotoGP alongside older brother and reigning six-time champion Marc.
Alex de Angelis has not ruled out the possibility of switching to the World Superbike Championship in 2010, but claims he will only do so when he has exhausted all possibilities of snaring one of the few remaining spots left on the MotoGP grid.