The only person who now seems likely to stop Marc Marquez from winning the 2025 MotoGP riders’ title is the Ducati pilot himself after dominating the field this season.
Cervera, Spain native Marquez hit the summer break boasting a whopping 120-point lead in the standings over his brother, Alex Marquez of Gresini. Even the 32-year-old’s works Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia trails the six-time champion by 168 points after just 12 rounds.
It would now take a huge turnaround during the final 10 rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season for anyone to prevent Marquez from matching Valentino Rossi as a seven-time premier class champion. He has won eight of the 12 Grands Prix and 11 of the Sprint Races so far this year.
Marquez will not discuss ‘where or when’ he might win the 2025 MotoGP title as his focus is on staying ahead. The Spaniard wants to adopt the mentality that he ‘can only lose’ the title with the points advantage that the 70-time premier class Grand Prix winner already relishes.
Photo by Mark Wieland/Getty ImagesAndrea Dovizioso thinks Marc Marquez might be losing his ‘absurd’ ability to win races
Former Ducati ace Andrea Dovizioso admits he did not expect to see Marquez dominate ‘to this extent’ when the 73-time MotoGP polesitter joined the Borgo Panigale natives’ factory team. Marquez agreed a two-season, £20m contract with Ducati to replace Enea Bastianini.
Yet even with the Spaniard riding in a league of his own this term, Dovizioso thinks Marquez might have started to lose his ‘absurd’ ability to win races he had no right to win. Only when Marco Bezzecchi won May’s British Grand Prix has a rival truly denied Marquez in a dry race.
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Dovizioso told Fanpage: “I expected Marc to cause problems for everyone, but not to this extent. It’s further confirmation of his skill.
“Today, Marquez isn’t the same as before. He still has trouble holding back, but he’s more aware, he manages himself better and that makes the difference, too.
“In the past, he did absurd things, he pulled out races he shouldn’t have even had to. Now, perhaps he’s a little less capable. But with his experience, it’s more than enough.”
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Bezzecchi’s British GP win came in the only Grand Prix so far this term where Marquez was not in the fight for the victory. Marquez benefited from MotoGP’s restart rules at Silverstone to take part in the restarted race, yet he finished in third place after dropping to P9 on Lap 4.
Bagnaia scored his only win so far this season at the Americas Grand Prix after Marquez fell while leading. Alex Marquez secured his first and so far only MotoGP victory at the Spanish Grand Prix after Marc crashed early on. Marc also recovered to finish in 12th place at Jerez.
Marquez crashed out of a comfortable lead in America to record his only retirement of 2025 yet. LCR Honda rider Johann Zarco, meanwhile, won at Le Mans as Marquez came second in the French Grand Prix despite serving two long lap penalties for pitting on the warm-up lap.