Marc Márquez wins 2025 MotoGP world title with Ducati

Marc Márquez won the 2025 MotoGP world championship in late September, securing the title at the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi with several rounds still to run. It was his seventh premier-class crown and his first since 2019.

The Spaniard had joined the factory Ducati Lenovo team for 2025 after leaving Honda, where a serious arm injury sustained in 2020 and repeated surgeries derailed his career for years. Riding the Ducati Desmosedici, he dominated the season with a long run of sprint and Grand Prix victories. His closest rival was his younger brother Alex Márquez, who raced for the Gresini satellite team, also on a Ducati.

The title mattered because few expected Márquez to return to the top after such a long spell of crashes, operations and uncertainty. Many saw it as one of the great comebacks in motorcycle racing, and it made him the clear favourite going into the following season.