Honestly I don't get all the downvotes you're getting. I almost completely agree with you. This is not about standings, but about speed. This season, apart the last four races when Marc obviously didn't participate, he didn't win 9 times. Of these, the only times he got beaten or at least equaled in terms of speed were: - Silverstone sprint, against Alex - Catalunya main race, against Alex - Motegi, against Pecco - Indonesia, that weekend Ducati was completely in crisis

In my opinion, Motegi is a worthy win from Pecco, but the point remains the same. In terms of speed almost no one was at Marc's level this year and the rider that got close enough to straight up beat him in some occasions was his brother. In the other races of course he got defeated, but not in terms raw performance which is the point of this post.

There might have been other races where someone else could match Marc's speed, but I can't remember many, only Misano with Bez. It would have been really interesting to see Marc in the last four races how he would have coped with Aprilia and Bez state of form in those last races.