'Marquez will break MotoGP record'

INDIANAPOLIS - AUGUST 10: Marc Marquez of Spain and Repsol Honda Team celebrates on the podium the victory at the end of the MotoGP race during the MotoGp Red Bull U.S. Indianapolis Grand Prix - Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 10, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp/Bongarts/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS - AUGUST 10: Marc Marquez of Spain and Repsol Honda Team celebrates on the podium the victory at the end of the MotoGP race during the MotoGp Red Bull U.S. Indianapolis Grand Prix - Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 10, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp/Bongarts/Getty Images)
This 1999 file photo shows five-time world champion Mick Doohan waving to fans during a lap of honour. Photo: Nigel Paterson.

Published Aug 11, 2014

Sydney - Five-time world champion Mick Doohan doesn't just expect his record streak of consecutive Grand Prix victories to fall to Marc Marquez, he's predicting the 21-year-old Spanish rider can win all 18 Moto GP races this season.

The Repsol Honda Team rider powered to his 10th straight win when he beat Yamaha pair Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi at the Indianapolis GP on Sunday, equaling the modern era mark set by Doohan in 1997.

Doohan tells Australian Associated Press on Monday that Marquez is making his rivals “look like amateurs” and “there is no doubt there's every chance he's going to win all 18,” GP races this year.

The series continues in Brno, Czech Republic, next weekend.

Sapa-AP