After a six-year quest, Marc Márquez is MotoGP World Champion once again. His comeback from a career-threatening broken arm suffered at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Jerez-Ángel Nieto in Jerez. Márquez took his seventh MotoGP title from the podium at Mobility Resort Motegi in Japan alongside race-winner, two-time MotoGP Champion Pecco Bagnaia and 2020 MotoGP Champion Joan Mir.
The on-track celebration by Márquez was subdued. Rather than playing out an elaborate skit, a tearful Márquez faced a giant video screen and watched a career retrospective titled More Than A Number that focused on #93’s return from a catastrophic transverse diaphyseal fracture to his right humerus.
After the race, Márquez reflected on his journey. “It’s hard to find the words to describe the emotions I’m feeling right now. After the challenges and the injuries of 2020, I continued to fight, and I can now say I’m at peace with myself. This has been the biggest challenge for me. Since I joined MotoGP, I was straight away very competitive and won a lot, before going from glory to years of hardships marked by injuries, crashes, and results that were surely not exciting. I never gave up and stayed focused on myself, following my instincts and making important, yet not simple, decisions. This is why this world title is the best way to close the circle.”
Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi Dall’Igna added, “With today’s result, we crowned a season whose human significance goes beyond numbers. We’re celebrating the talent and the motivation of a Champion capable of returning to the highest of levels aboard the Desmosedici GP. Before embracing the Ducati project in its entirety, Marc was among the strongest of rivals. The value of this win goes hand in hand with a message connected to effort and the true passion for motorcycling and recognizes the skills of a work group who in the last six seasons, rewrote part of MotoGP history.”
Márquez clinched the 2025 MotoGP World Championship with five rounds remaining. In 34 points-paying races so far in the 2025 season, Márquez has won 25 times. Márquez has 14 Sprint wins and 11 GP wins in 17 rounds. When he clinched the title with 541 points, Marc Márquez was 201 points ahead of his brother Álex.
With his 2025 accomplishment, Márquez has seven MotoGP World Championships, one Moto2 crown, and one 125GP title. Márquez is tied with former archrival Valentino Rossi for P2 on the all-time MotoGP World Championships list, one behind Giacomo Agostini. Across all FIM Grand Prix World Championship classes, Márquez is tied for third with Rossi and Mike Hailwood, trailing Agostini (15 titles) and Ángel Nieto (13 championships).
