How 2025 became Marc Marquez's most dominant MotoGP season yet

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With dazzling results, Marc Marquez is delivering the best version of himself as a MotoGP rider in 2025. The Italian has even surpassed his stats from 2019, which was widely regarded as he finest season until now – when he won his last title.
The results Marquez achieved in 2019 led him to his sixth MotoGP world championship, which placed him firmly among the greatest riders in history. Just 26-years-old at the time, the Spanish rider had a bright future ahead of him, with all of Giacomo Agostini's and Valentino Rossi's records seemingly within reach.
However, a serious injury in July 2020 forced the then-Honda rider into a gruelling rehabilitation process, which included four surgeries to repair his right arm.
After parting ways with Honda at the end of 2023, Marquez spent a season rediscovering himself with the Gresini team. This year, with the factory Ducati Lenovo Team, the rider from Cervera has not only matched his 2019 results, but he's surpassed them.
Now 32, he's on track for his seventh MotoGP crown and is well on the way to potentially becoming the greatest rider in history – and even one of the most successful athletes of all time.
Marc Marquez, Ducati Team
"It's hard to say whether this is the best Marc Marquez in history," the Ducati rider reflected in Brno, where he took his eighth win of the season.
"I'd say it's one of my best versions, or that I've reconnected with where I left off before the injury, back in 2019 – with great control over the bike, over race situations.
'We make mistakes, we're human, but I'm approaching it all with a different calmness, and with the same hunger. That's what makes the difference," he added.
Better results than in 2019
After the first twelve races of the 2019 season, Marquez racked up six wins, eleven podiums (including five second-place finishes), and eight pole positions. He led the standings with a 78-point gap over second-position Andrea Dovizioso. In total, the then-Honda rider had earned 250 points – this equated to 83.3% of the total available, as MotoGP awarded 25 points per race back then.
Five years later, Marquez has claimed eight wins, ten podiums, and seven poles after the first twelve grand prix weekends in the season. He has also won eleven of the twelve sprint races held so far – a format that didn't exist in 2019.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
In his first season with Ducati, he has amassed 381 points, 120 more than his brother Alex Marquez in second-position, and 85.8% of the total points available. Today, 37 points are up for grabs at each round, and Marquez has now collected all 37 points in eight of the 12 events this year.
These stats make it clear: Marquez is dominating this year's MotoGP World Championship. So much so that betting has already started on where he might clinch the title.
"I'm not going to say where or when I want to wrap up the championship," Marquez deflected, amid suggestions he should do it at Misano – which would be Valentino Rossi's home circuit and a symbolic battleground between the two rivals.
"Honestly, I'm heading into the final ten races of the season after the summer break with the mindset that now only I can lose the title. If it's time to manage things, we'll manage. But if we can win, we'll definitely go for it," he warned.
"Versatility and adaptability" as key factors
The numbers suggest Marquez is winning races with ease and overwhelming superiority, which is quite the opposite of his formerly aggressive and combative racing style. He's no longer the rider constantly looking for elbow-to-elbow battles.
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When asked if the win in Brno last time out felt easy, he laughed and called it a "controlled" race.
"One of the victories I enjoyed the most this season was the sprint in Germany," he said, recalling how he had to fight his way through the pack and overtake Marco Bezzecchi on the final lap for the win.
"The adrenaline is different, it's a totally different kind of rush to win on the last lap or in the final corner," he admitted.
"But if we can win like this now, with a gap, it's better. You feel a bit more relaxed. After the injury, I've adopted a different riding style – one that lets me stay fast, but with lower heart rates."
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