{"id":173565,"date":"2025-09-27T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173565\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:25:08","slug":"how-marc-marquez-can-clinch-the-2025-motogp-title-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173565\/","title":{"rendered":"How Marc Marquez can clinch the 2025 MotoGP title on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Marquez has his first opportunity to clinch the 2025 MotoGP title in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday &#8211; and his task has grown easier than expected earlier in the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Marc had come into the weekend knowing he would need to outscore brother Alex by three points to clinch the championship. But he already finished eight places clear of Alex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-race.com\/motogp\/bagnaia-takes-first-motogp-race-win-in-six-months\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the sprint<\/a>, creating a nine-point swing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It means that Marc&#8217;s task is now just to avoid being outscored by Alex, who starts five places behind on Sunday, by seven points.<\/p>\n<p>What Marc needs to do<\/p>\n<p>If Alex wins the Japanese GP, Marc needs to be 2nd<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 2nd, Marc needs to be 3rd or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 3rd, Marc needs to be 6th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 4th, Marc needs to be 9th or better<\/p>\n<p>if Alex is 5th, Marc needs to be 11th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 6th, Marc needs to be 12th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 7th, Marc needs to be 13th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 8th, Marc needs to be 14th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 9th, Marc needs to be 15th or better<\/p>\n<p>If Alex is 10th or lower, Marc is champion<\/p>\n<p>Clinching the title at Motegi would come with five rounds to spare, which would be the earliest coronation in premier-class history.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez said on Friday that he would prioritise sealing the title early over any individual result at Motegi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, when you get the championship, on Monday nobody will speak about which position you finish the race,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You cannot ride in the same way [when you&#8217;re on the verge of a title]. It&#8217;s true.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I prefer to close the championship. Doesn&#8217;t matter about the position.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez has his first opportunity to clinch the 2025 MotoGP title in the Japanese Grand Prix on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-173565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}