Present MotoGP championship chief Marc Marquez has been nominated on this yr’s Laureus Awards.
Manufacturing unit Ducati rider Marquez, recent from his dash/grand prix double on the 2025 Thai Grand Prix to take his first lead within the championship since 2019, is up for honours within the Comeback of the 12 months class.
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Marquez’s nomination is for his return to profitable methods in 2024, having one with out a victory since 2021.
The eight-time world champion suffered a severe arm harm on the 2020 Spanish GP, which dominated him out for the remainder of that yr and finally held again his profession for the next two years.
Having discovered uncompetitive equipment at Honda in 2023 when he was again to full health, Marquez elected to give up his manufacturing unit deal a yr early to affix the satellite tv for pc Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati for 2024.
He went on to win three grands prix and end third within the championship, whereas additionally strong-arming his manner right into a manufacturing unit Ducati workforce seat for this season.
He has been nominated within the Comeback of the 12 months class alongside gymnast Rebeca Andrade, swimmer Caeleb Dressel, Alpine skier Lara Intestine-Behrami, Cricketer Rishabh Pant and swimmer Ariarne Titmus.
Marquez was beforehand a nominee within the class in 2022, whereas he was twice a nominee for Sportsman of the 12 months in 2015 and 2020.
He gained the Breakthrough of the 12 months award in 2014 for his championship-winning rookie season in 2013.
Marquez grew to become the primary manufacturing unit workforce Ducati rider to win on their debut for the squad since Casey Stoner in 2007, the yr the Australian went on to say the primary of his two MotoGP titles.
He holds an eight-point lead within the standings going into the second spherical of the 2025 season in Argentina, a race he has gained 3 times in his MotoGP profession.
