The Comback Is Complete Marc Marquez Is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion
After his incredible form this season, it’s been a matter of when, not if and now it’s official: Marc Márquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. The #93 sealed the crown with second place at Motegi behind team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, a result that mathematically ended the title fight. It’s his seventh premier-class title and his first since 2019 a wait of 2,184 days between championships.
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So who is #93, and how did he dominate six titles in seven seasons before needing six years to reclaim the throne? Márquez burst into MotoGP in 2013 and immediately re-wrote the rulebook: aggressive, instinctive, and unafraid to save the front in ways that seemed to defy physics. By 2019 he had amassed six premier-class titles, becoming the benchmark for late-braking precision and race-craft under pressure. Then came the spiral. A violent crash at Jerez in 2020 triggered a cascade of right-arm complications, leading to four major surgeries and two episodes of diplopia that robbed him of time, rhythm, and confidence. Honda, once his unstoppable weapon, slid out of competitiveness, deepening the struggle.
The reset began in 2024 with a bold move to Gresini Ducati, trading loyalty for the chance to fight at the front again. The gamble worked: speed returned, Sundays became fun, and the paddock saw flashes of the old predator. For 2025 he stepped into factory red with Ducati Lenovo, and the marriage of Márquez’s ferocity with Bologna’s engineering delivered relentless points, podiums, and control of the championship narrative. At Motegi he converted his first match point, finishing P2 to clinch the title as Bagnaia won a fitting scene given how central Ducati’s package has been to his resurgence.
The story didn’t stop with the champagne. One week later in Indonesia, Márquez was taken out on Lap 1 by Marco Bezzecchi and suffered a small fracture in his right shoulder/coracoid, sidelining him for Australia and Malaysia. Initial assessments suggested no major displacement, and the champion targets a late-season return Portugal or, more romantically, Valencia to celebrate with fans. It was an unwelcome reminder of the fragility that shadowed his wilderness years, but also of the resilience that powered this comeback.
From prodigy to battle-scarred veteran, Márquez’s seventh crown isn’t just a statistic it’s the full-circle proof that talent endures, risk can be reset, and greatness, even delayed, still finds its way to the throne.