{"id":14775,"date":"2025-07-23T01:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14775\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:20:09","slug":"rider-rankings-opinion-marc-marquez-alex-marquez-jack-miller-francesco-bagnaia-fabio-quartararo-jorge-martin-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14775\/","title":{"rendered":"rider rankings, opinion, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo, Jorge Martin, ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hands up who wants to finish second? <\/p>\n<p>MotoGP in 2025 had all of the ingredients of being a classic season that could very well come down to a last-round shootout in Spain, as it has for the past three years when Francesco Bagnaia won (2022, 2023) and lost (2024) championships on the final day of the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Every MotoGP qualifying, practice and race LIVE and ad-break free from lights out to the chequered flag. <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/sports\/sport!motor\/series-motogp!10?marketing=motogp&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkmotorsport-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-mtr-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New to Kayo? Start Your Free Trial Today &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Bagnaia is a big reason why this year\u2019s title will be decided well before we get to Valencia in November. <\/p>\n<p>Faced with the biggest challenge of his career \u2013 having Marc Marquez join the factory Ducati team alongside him in a partnership that would help us reframe where each multiple world champion sits in 2025 \u2013 it\u2019s been no contest. <\/p>\n<p>Having the sport\u2019s best rider ride the sport\u2019s best bike has seen us get to the almost halfway stage of 2025 \u2013 MotoGP is on its annual four-week sabbatical between last weekend in the Czech Republic, round 12 of a 22-round season, and Austria in mid-August \u2013 with Marquez in a class of one. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752977588_817_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With a world championship lead of 120 points following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/spaniard-earns-slice-of-ducati-history-with-fifth-straight-motogp-win-in-czech-republic-romp\/news-story\/9e0be898898f5e37c61a2ccdd9fe3c8d\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his fifth straight sprint\/Grand Prix double at Brno<\/a>, the Spaniard could realistically wrap up this year\u2019s title before MotoGP heads out of Europe for its Asian swing in September, six rounds before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not much intrigue, then, in who occupies number one in Fox Sports\u2019 traditional mid-season rider rankings, but lack of form and lack of track time elsewhere in the field makes the other nine spots on this list harder to determine. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/greats-return-to-form-as-aussie-misses-the-mark-the-top-10-motogp-riders-of-2024-so-far\/news-story\/743ef175b62ca8973b0e05ea1945880d\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Last year\u2019s mid-season rider rankings<\/a> \u2013 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/rapid-rookies-reborn-veterans-and-a-race-in-two-motogps-best-riders-ranked\/news-story\/f682cef59ed0c8ee6e7df991ff5f9887\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">our end-of-2024 list<\/a>, too \u2013 shows how far some have risen and fallen in the 6-12 months that followed; before we get to those who made our 2025 half-season cut, a word for the honourable (or dishonourable) mentions that didn\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin is one, simply because last year\u2019s best rider hasn\u2019t done a lot of riding, hogging headlines for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/i-was-really-scared-rivals-role-in-crash-that-left-motogp-champ-with-11-broken-ribs\/news-story\/8b7c49039e30cfd723c1bfea6ce3745e\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">multiple serious injuries<\/a> that have kept him to just two Grand Prix appearances from 12 rounds, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/the-five-key-questions-after-motogp-champs-stunning-backflip-to-stick-with-aprilia\/news-story\/5722ec8285aa928bde93dd6c7d6bb393\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his bitter contract dispute with Aprilia that abruptly resolved itself<\/a> before Brno last weekend. If he\u2019s fit and firing in the final 10 rounds, Martin will surely make the end-of-season list. <\/p>\n<p>MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/marquez-playing-with-rivals-title-hopefuls-howler-aussies-pain-in-the-ae-motogp-talking-points\/news-story\/bb88cf878503657f0a06d07ef2fb5a4c\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TALKING POINTS<\/a> Marquez \u2018playing\u2019 with rivals, title hopeful\u2019s howler, Aussie\u2019s \u2018pain in the a**e\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/spaniard-earns-slice-of-ducati-history-with-fifth-straight-motogp-win-in-czech-republic-romp\/news-story\/9e0be898898f5e37c61a2ccdd9fe3c8d\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BRNO RACE REPORT <\/a> Spaniard earns slice of Ducati history in Czech Republic romp<\/p>\n<p>KTM stalwart Brad Binder and newcomer Enea Bastianini, Grand Prix winners both, are languishing well outside of the top 10 and had no business being considered. Ducati rookie Fermin Aldeguer has shown podium speed, but his inconsistency and a growing reputation for being careless in handlebar-to-handlebar combat rules him out. Aprilia\u2019s Raul Fernandez has finally \u2013 in his fourth MotoGP season \u2013 shown some signs of life, but missed the cut. <\/p>\n<p>Jack Miller is on the outside looking in, too; the Australian has almost certainly ended the MotoGP career of Pramac Yamaha teammate Miguel Oliveira by outscoring the Portuguese rider 52-6 and outqualifying him at every round, but 14th in the world championship standings makes it hard to make a case for the 30-year-old, who\u2019ll gladly take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/explained-why-aussies-seasonbest-weekend-in-germany-strengthens-his-claims-to-stay-in-motogp\/news-story\/2aa98b984ee3adcc14a502bbf3cf5f75\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a 2026 contract to stay on the grid that\u2019s surely imminent<\/a> as a consolation prize. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re some of the names who didn\u2019t make the grade; here\u2019s who did. <\/p>\n<p>(Note: head-to-head with teammate statistics below only counts sprint races or Grands Prix where both teammates finished).<\/p>\n<p>10. MAVERICK VINALES (KTM)<\/p>\n<p>The podium that wasn\u2019t: Vinales starred in Qatar before a penalty pushed him back. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: Not ranked<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 69, 11th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 4th (Spain)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 4th (Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 5th (France, Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Vinales 69, Enea Bastianini 49<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Vinales 9, Bastianini 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Vinales 5, Bastianini 4<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Vinales 8, Bastianini 1<\/p>\n<p>Summary: It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/in-a-trance-the-stunning-ride-by-motogps-most-mercurial-talent-and-why-its-wrong-to-be-surprised\/news-story\/bf0b4880e8af7e4e9a0f5652c6b3e0b8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">the most Maverick Vinales result of Maverick Vinales results<\/a> when the Spaniard came from nowhere to finish second \u2013 and make Marc Marquez work for the win \u2013 in Qatar before copping a 16-second time penalty for breaching MotoGP\u2019s tyre pressure regulations and dropping to 14th place. Quite simply, the mercurial Maverick was too fast for his own good and faster than his team predicted when they set his tyre pressure to run in the mid-pack of that race, not the front. <\/p>\n<p>PIT TALK PODCAST: Marquez\u2019s high-five as Martin (and Brno) returns. Listen to Pit Talk below.<\/p>\n<p>His Qatar starring cameo aside, Vinales has comprehensively been the best of Tech3 KTM\u2019s all-new line-up this year, and has often been KTM\u2019s best rider full stop, much to Pedro Acosta\u2019s barely-concealed annoyance. A left shoulder injury and subsequent surgery after Germany in round 11 brought his first half to a screeching halt, but there\u2019s a strong chance Vinales pushes further into the top 10 of this list by season\u2019s end. <\/p>\n<p>9. JOHANN ZARCO (HONDA)<\/p>\n<p>Home wins don\u2019t come more emotional &#8211; or as unexpected &#8211; than Zarco\u2019s at Le Mans. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 10th<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 109, 8th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 1st (France)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 4th (Argentina)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 2nd (Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammates: Zarco 109, Somkiat Chantra\/Takaaki Nakagami 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in qualifying: Zarco 10, Chantra\/Nakagami 0<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in Grands Prix: Zarco 5, Chantra\/Nakagami 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in sprint races: Zarco 6, Chantra\/Nakagami 0<\/p>\n<p>Summary: For a fortnight in May, Zarco was the second-best rider behind you know who in MotoGP, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/victor-backs-his-instincts-spaniards-steady-hand-home-heros-road-rage-motogp-talking-points\/news-story\/824393f02542ba1aacad9bad2619c90a\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his history-making home win in a deluge in Le Mans<\/a> in round six, and a second place behind Aprilia\u2019s Marco Bezzecchi in the next round at Silverstone. The sport\u2019s oldest rider has comfortably been Honda\u2019s shining light \u2013 there\u2019s not another Honda rider in the top 14 of the standings \u2013 but scoring 54 points in two magical rounds while managing 55 in the other 10 makes it impossible to consider placing him higher, especially as he\u2019s almost a one-man band at LCR Honda and comparisons with overwhelmed rookie teammate Somkiat Chantra are useless. At 35, there\u2019s still plenty of fight left in the Frenchman, who\u2019ll be unrepentantly responsible for some of the more robust overtakes in the mid-pack of any race he\u2019s in \u2026<\/p>\n<p>8. FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO (DUCATI)<\/p>\n<p>On his best days, Di Giannantonio has looked at home at the sharp end, but &#8230; (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 7th<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 142, 5th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 3rd (Americas, Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 3rd (Great Britain)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 2nd (Americas)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Di Giannantonio 142, Morbidelli 139<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Di Giannantonio 3, Morbidelli 8<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Di Giannantonio 4, Morbidelli 5<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Di Giannantonio 6, Morbidelli 3<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Di Giannantonio was seventh in these rankings last year, is fifth in the world championship this year and has podiums in both race formats and a front-row starting spot on his 2025 mid-season report card. So what is he doing in eighth place on this list? It\u2019s a matter of consistency for the super-talented Italian, who can swing from the highs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/aussie-psed-after-mugello-horror-show-spaniards-away-win-bagnaias-lament-motogp-talking-points\/news-story\/8a6ef1fc18dfdacdf388f699eb8a8c9a\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a successful late-race podium hunt against Bagnaia at Mugello<\/a> to a pointless Brno outing before the mid-year break three weeks later, where he somehow managed to finish outside the points on a Ducati GP25 Marquez is dominating the series with. \u2018Diggia\u2019s\u2019 good days are absolute quality; to get a pass mark for 2025, he\u2019ll likely need to be ahead of Bezzecchi and inside the top four of the standings by the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>7. FRANCO MORBIDELLI (DUCATI)<\/p>\n<p>Morbidelli has taken strides on a Ducati GP24 he struggled to tame last year. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: Not ranked<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 139, 6th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 3rd (Argentina, Qatar)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 3rd (Qatar)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 3rd (Aragon)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Morbidelli 139, Di Giannantonio 142<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Morbidelli 8, Di Giannantonio 3<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Morbidelli 5, Di Giannantonio 4<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Morbidelli 3, Di Giannantonio 6<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Morbidelli is three points behind VR46 Ducati teammate Di Giannantonio in the standings but a place ahead of him here, mostly because he\u2019s doing more with theoretically less. Campaigning a GP24 machine for a second straight campaign where Di Giannantonio has the GP25 evolution of the bike that won last year\u2019s title, Morbidelli has at least made a better fist of this year than he did last, an injury-affected largely anonymous run to ninth in the championship on a Pramac Ducati that Martin used to win the title. <\/p>\n<p>MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/marquez-overcomes-rivals-investigation-to-continue-motogp-sprint-streak-at-brno\/news-story\/4d05e6ab47ba415f2d61fb2b6fb5cd8e\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SPRINT REPORT<\/a> Marquez overcomes rivals, investigation to continue streak at Brno<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/the-five-key-questions-after-motogp-champs-stunning-backflip-to-stick-with-aprilia\/news-story\/5722ec8285aa928bde93dd6c7d6bb393\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MARTIN\u2019S BACKFLIP<\/a> The five key questions after MotoGP champ\u2019s Aprilia about-face<\/p>\n<p>Morbidelli was excellent early \u2013 more than half of his points came in the opening four rounds \u2013 but has often underwhelmed since, his massive sprint race crash in Germany seeing him miss Brno with a left collarbone injury. He\u2019s no longer the rider who finished runner-up to Joan Mir for the title in 2020, but this year\u2019s version of Morbidelli is the best one since. <\/p>\n<p>6. PEDRO ACOSTA (KTM)<\/p>\n<p>Acosta\u2019s podiums in Brno were his first since the tail-end of the 2024 season in Thailand. (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 4th<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 124, 7th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 3rd (Czech Republic) <\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 2nd (Czech Republic)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 4th (Americas)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Acosta 124, Brad Binder 68<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Acosta 12, Binder 0<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Acosta 5, Binder 3<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Acosta 7, Binder 1<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Acosta\u2019s first year in KTM\u2019s factory squad looks good when you assess the gap in qualifying (12-0) and the points table (124-68) compared to new teammate Binder, who has been the Austrian brand\u2019s headliner for the past five seasons before this year\u2019s precipitous freefall. But it\u2019s not been smooth sailing for the fidgety 21-year-old, whose timeline of wanting to achieve what he feels is his destiny yesterday hasn\u2019t meshed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/motogps-mystery-team-and-why-its-future-force-is-growing-restless\/news-story\/3c9370fc47a58767b717b56edc5aa144\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">KTM\u2019s off-season of financial turmoil off-track<\/a> and scant results on it. A pair of podiums in the final round before the break at Brno \u2013 his only rostrum visits in his sophomore season \u2013 were a step in the right direction, but unlikely to appease a mega-talented rider who has continually (and sometimes immaturely) flitted his eyelids at Ducati for a quick fix for his immediate future despite being under contract until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>5. FRANCESCO BAGNAIA (DUCATI)<\/p>\n<p>Bagnaia has racked up plenty of podiums, but has had no answer to the riddle posed by Ducati\u2019s GP25 machine or his new teammate. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 2nd<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 213, 3rd<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 1st (Americas)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 3rd (Thailand, Argentina, Americas, Spain, Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: Pole (Czech Republic)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Bagnaia 213, Marc Marquez 381<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Bagnaia 3, M. Marquez 9<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Bagnaia 1, M. Marquez 9<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Bagnaia 0, M. Marquez 11<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Where to rank Bagnaia on this list? He\u2019s one of five riders to win a Grand Prix (more of which later), three to take a pole position and has more podiums (and points) than any rider whose surname isn\u2019t Marquez. But Bagnaia has been absolutely demolished by Marc Marquez in every statistical category, his sole victory gifted to him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/i-really-know-the-rules-cunning-marquez-tactic-backfires-bagnaias-gift-aussie-rides-luck-talking-points\/news-story\/7075597b958d3e495a494997091326f5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">when Marquez crashed out of the main race in Texas<\/a>, and in a season where Marquez has won 19 of the 24 starts across both formats on the same bike. Bagnaia simply can\u2019t \u2013 won\u2019t \u2013 access the same feeling and confidence he had on last year\u2019s GP24, when he won 11 Grands Prix and only lost the title because of a propensity to crash too much relative to Martin. He\u2019s done less crashing this season; uncharitably, it could be argued that he\u2019s not going fast enough to, relative to the benchmark on the sister bike. <\/p>\n<p>4. MARCO BEZZECCHI (APRILIA)<\/p>\n<p>Bezzecchi broke through for his first Aprilia win at Silverstone in round seven. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: Not ranked<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 156, 4th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 1st (Great Britain) <\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 2nd (Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 3rd (Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammates: Bezzecchi 156, Jorge Martin\/Lorenzo Savadori 17<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in qualifying: Bezzecchi 11, Martin\/Savadori 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in Grands Prix: Bezzecchi 7, Martin\/Savadori 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammates in sprint races: Bezzecchi 11, Martin\/Savadori 0<\/p>\n<p>Summary: It\u2019s been a half-season of two halves for the lower-profile Aprilia factory team signing of the past off-season, with Bezzecchi scoring just 36 points in the first six rounds before uncorking 120 in the following half-dozen events. Key to that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/former-champ-gutted-after-exit-aprilia-boss-makes-his-point-spaniards-good-fortune-motogp-talking-pts\/news-story\/90ef86a53f84c6916c41845e64330c7b\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a win at Silverstone that was fortunate in its inheritance<\/a> thanks to a Quartararo breakdown, but due to no lack of pace. Improving qualifying pace has meant Bezzecchi is further towards the front at the start of races, where he can turn his combative first-lap calling card into more meaningful results. <\/p>\n<p>MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/explained-why-aussies-seasonbest-weekend-in-germany-strengthens-his-claims-to-stay-in-motogp\/news-story\/2aa98b984ee3adcc14a502bbf3cf5f75\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">EXPLAINER <\/a>Why Miller\u2019s season-best weekend in Germany strengthens his claims to stay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/motogp-2025-season-senna-agius-aussie-rider-successor-to-jack-miller-link-to-daniel-ricciardo-moto2-driver-silverstone-interview-dutch-grand-prix\/news-story\/f25ebeaf0a4e7225a44b61e9a1a4ffb0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SENNA\u2019S RISE<\/a> Inside Aussie Moto2 star\u2019s teary moment, and link to Ricciardo<\/p>\n<p>With Aprilia emerging as the grid\u2019s second-best bike \u2013 a long way behind Ducati, but still \u2013 the second half of 2025 will be fascinating to see who of Bezzecchi or a committed (for now) Martin can make the most of it. Given Bezzecchi has already scored more points in half of this season than he did for all of 2024 (156-153), it\u2019s a question with no easy answer.<\/p>\n<p>3. FABIO QUARTARARO (YAMAHA)<\/p>\n<p>Quartararo\u2019s ragged-edge qualifying heroics have provided some of the most dramatic moments of 2025. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 6th<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 102, 9th<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 2nd (Spain)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 3rd (Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: Pole (Spain, France, Great Britain, Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Quartararo 102, Alex Rins 42<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Quartararo 12, Rins 0<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Quartararo 8, Rins 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Quartararo 10, Rins 0<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Two points \u2013 that\u2019s the difference between Quartararo\u2019s points tally (102) and the number amassed by Yamaha\u2019s three other regulars (the desperately-disappointing Alex Rins, plus Miller and Oliveira) combined in 2025, again showing why the Japanese manufacturer\u2019s best asset is the 2021 world champion. It\u2019s been over three seasons since Quartararo, and by extension, Yamaha has won a race, but the fast Frenchman showed he\u2019s lost none of his supernatural one-lap pace with four poles against the Ducati armada that have been among the season\u2019s biggest highlights, before the inevitable fall back into the mid-pack in races for a bike that struggles mightily to overtake with its lack of straight-line grunt. Quartararo\u2019s frustrations have become louder and more public the longer 2025 has gone, and while he\u2019s not at Acosta levels of foot-stamping and pouting, he might get there if Yamaha\u2019s progress, particularly with its nascent V4 engine project that\u2019s supposed to be its bridge back to respectability for the final year of the current regulations set for 2026, underwhelms. <\/p>\n<p>2. ALEX MARQUEZ (DUCATI)<\/p>\n<p>In his sixth MotoGP season, Alex Marquez took his first Grand Prix victory in style at Jerez in round five. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 9th<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 261, 2nd<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 1st (Spain)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 1st (Great Britain)<\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: 2nd (Thailand, Argentina, Qatar, Great Britain, Aragon)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Marquez 261, Fermin Aldeguer 97<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Marquez 12, Aldeguer 0<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Marquez 6, Aldeguer 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Marquez 11, Aldeguer 1<\/p>\n<p>Summary: The 2025 version of Alex Marquez is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/motogp-2025-season-italian-grand-prix-preview-alex-marquez-wont-win-world-title-analysis-marc-marquez-francesco-bagnaia-ducati\/news-story\/2c7ab4a97d44b66959e99b006a44d510\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">by far the best version we\u2019ve seen<\/a> in six seasons of MotoGP, and being the second-best rider in his own family has been more than good enough to be the second-best rider for the first half of the year, his performances relative to Bagnaia on a better bike giving MotoGP fans pause when considering what his premier-class ceiling is. It\u2019s been a campaign based on, until very recently, unerring consistency in the quest to be runner-up behind his older sibling; of his 18 podiums across both race formats in 2025, 14 have been for second behind his brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/moto-gp\/little-brothers-breakthrough-french-star-shines-aussies-bizarre-retirement-motogp-talking-points\/news-story\/84164dcea6a6921f8389b506aab47a5a\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his breakthrough Grand Prix win at Jerez in round five<\/a> coming after Marc had crashed out in the early stages. No matter how 2025 ends, Marquez will beat his previous-best single-season finish (eighth last year) by a mile; how he fares relative to Bagnaia (who he leads by 48 points) and other manufacturers who\u2019ll improve relative to the development-frozen GP24 he\u2019ll be riding is a storyline worth monitoring. <\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez wins while Alex crashes out | 01:09<\/p>\n<p>1. MARC MARQUEZ (DUCATI)<\/p>\n<p>2024 end of season rank: 3rd<\/p>\n<p>Points\/championship position: 381, 1st<\/p>\n<p>Best Grand Prix result: 1st (Thailand, Argentina, Qatar, Aragon, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic)<\/p>\n<p>Best sprint race result: 1st (Thailand, Argentina, Americas, Qatar, Spain, France, Aragon, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic) <\/p>\n<p>Best qualifying: Pole (Thailand, Argentina, Americas, Qatar, Aragon, Italy, Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Points compared to teammate: Marquez 381, Francesco Bagnaia 213<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in qualifying: Marquez 9, Bagnaia 3<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in Grands Prix: Marquez 9, Bagnaia 1<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head with teammate in sprint races: Marquez 11, Bagnaia 0<\/p>\n<p>Class of one: Marc Marquez has shown the field how it\u2019s done for the majority of 2025. (MotoGP Press)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Summary: Six years since he last won a title, four arm surgeries in the intervening seasons and two switches of team later, Marquez is back to where he once was, but it\u2019s not the same Marquez who has turned 2025 into a runaway success. It\u2019s a 32-year-old version of one of the sport\u2019s all-time greats who has relished rediscovering that winning feeling and never taking it for granted, and one who has remained laser-focused on the small steps needed to reclaim a crown that looked like his for as long as he wanted it until 2020. The highlights are too many to comprehensively mention here, but winning at tracks that had been his kryptonite \u2013 Marquez snapped 11-year hoodoos in Qatar and Mugello and a seven-year drought at Assen \u2013 provided special satisfaction and were soul-destroying for opponents looking to pick at any perceived weak spots. Completing one of world sport\u2019s most impressive redemption arcs is a matter of time, and the public outpouring of emotion that Marquez has done his best to mostly internalise will be compelling viewing for a rider who has approached his rebirth with a renewed perspective, and who has added subtlety and smarts to his natural speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hands up who wants to finish second? 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