Marc Marquez has spoken of his pride seeing younger brother Alex Marquez seal the Moto2 world title at Sepang and feels he deserves his ✤own unique status after being criticised.

Alex Marquez secured the 2019 Moto2 world 💙championship thanks to second place in the Malaysia race giving him an unsurmountable 28-point lead over nearest rival Brad Binder with o♓ne round to go.

Now a two-time world ✅ch♌ampion, having won the 2014 Moto3 world title, his older brother wants him to be rated on his own merits after being known as “the brother of” Marc Marquez for the majority of his career.

“I am so proud of my brother because it is very difficult to be the brother of [Marc Marquez],” Marquez said. “The pressure that he gets, he started in Moto2 with a not so good feeling but the team believed in him and in the end he arr꧃ived but it is not easy to be the brother of.”

Eight-time world champion Marquez a𒐪dvised his sibling to stay off social media before the race with the Moto2 title at stake in order to avoid negat💖ive comments.

“Honestly speaking too, sometimes social media is good but sometimes it is hard. I said to him what I am doing, I sai🎃d don’t check social media just keep pꦬushing, keep going and believe in yourself,” he said.

“You are the same man that won the Moto3 world championship and the same🍒 man who won four races in a row. Today he did a champion’s race. He is not the brother of, he is Alex Marquez.”

The Repsol Honda rider also joked his part in the title celebrations at Sepang, less than an hour before his own race, flared up his injuries sustained in a heavy highside from qualifying. Marquez﷽ went on to finish runner-up in the M𝔍alaysian MotoGP.

“I was much better before the✱ celebration of my brother. In the celebrations with my brother I gave everything and forgot about my knees and especially my right hand,” he smiled.

“M𓂃y brother gives me that extra motivation. I said I needed to fin🌠ish on the podium and in a good way because tonight will be a long night!”

The Marquez 𝓡brothers are already the most successful siblings in history with 10 world titles between them.