{"id":2034569,"date":"2026-07-08T14:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034569"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:36:52","slug":"history-making-american-woman-gets-marc-marquez-motogp-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034569","title":{"rendered":"History-making American woman gets Marc Marquez MotoGP chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>History-making American woman gets Marc Marquez MotoGP chance<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Kayla Yaakov has had the chance to ride Marc Marquez\u2019s MotoGP bike at Misano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-07-08T15:36:52+01:00\">08 Jul 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/yaakov1.png?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Kayla Yaakov on Marc Marquez&#8217;s Ducati. Credit: Instagram\/Kayla Yaakov.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<aside>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div>  Prefer Crash.Net on Google <\/div>\n<div> See our stories more often<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button\">  Add <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">History-making American racer Kayla Yaakov has had the chance to jump on Marc Marquez\u2019s MotoGP bike at Misano.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yaakov, who races in the Supersport class of MotoAmerica, made history earlier this year by becoming the first woman to finish in the top-three of the famous Daytona 200 race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She rides for the team co-owned by former MotoGP rider Ben Spies and six-time IndyCar winner Graham Rahal, which runs Ducati Panigale V2s in Supersport.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This Ducati link paid off earlier this year for that Daytona performance, and once again last week when Yaakov was able to head over to Misano for World Ducati Week and sample MotoGP machinery for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh, and the machinery in question just happened to have Marc Marquez\u2019s number 93 stuck on the front.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A post shared by Ducati North America (@ducatiusa)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"placeholder embed instagram\">\n<div>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMy first time on the MotoGP bike and it was absolutely unbelievable,\u201d Yaakov wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-64839c694c7133f9cb83f236997ce397c037cca2ad105b4aeb2294b445e7545e\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Marco Bezzecchi can match unusual 42-year MotoGP record at Sachsenring<\/li>\n<li>Marc Marquez \u201cwill certainly struggle\u201d but warns German MotoGP \u201cdifferent\u201d to Assen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019ve never smiled so much on a bike like I did when I was riding this beauty of a machine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThank you to every single person who made this experience possible, to all of the people who have been in my corner to allow me to achieve what I have so far with Ducati, and to those who have believed in me along the way!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA special thank you to Ben Spies, none of what I have been able to do this season would\u2019ve been possible without you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A post shared by Kayla Yaakov (@kayla_yaakov)<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Kayla Yaakov has had the chance to ride Marc Marquez\u2019s MotoGP bike at Misano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">History-making American racer Kayla Yaakov has had the chance to jump on Marc Marquez\u2019s MotoGP bike at Misano.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yaakov, who races in the Supersport class of MotoAmerica, made history earlier this year by becoming the first woman to finish in the top-three of the famous Daytona 200 race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She rides for the team co-owned by former MotoGP rider Ben Spies and six-time IndyCar winner Graham Rahal, which runs Ducati Panigale V2s in Supersport.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This Ducati link paid off earlier this year for that Daytona performance, and once again last week when Yaakov was able to head over to Misano for World Ducati Week and sample MotoGP machinery for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh, and the machinery in question just happened to have Marc Marquez\u2019s number 93 stuck on the front.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">History-making American racer Kayla Yaakov has had the chance to jump on Marc Marquez\u2019s MotoGP bike at Misano.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yaakov, who races in the Supersport class of MotoAmerica, made history earlier this year by becoming the first woman to finish in the top-three of the famous Daytona 200 race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She rides for the team co-owned by former MotoGP rider Ben Spies and six-time IndyCar winner Graham Rahal, which runs Ducati Panigale V2s in Supersport.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This Ducati link paid off earlier this year for that Daytona performance, and once again last week when Yaakov was able to head over to Misano for World Ducati Week and sample MotoGP machinery for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh, and the machinery in question just happened to have Marc Marquez\u2019s number 93 stuck on the front.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source 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