Marc Marquez has pinpointed the second at which he began to consider the 2025 MotoGP title could possibly be his.
Marquez dominated the 2025 season, successful by 78 factors ultimately regardless of lacking 5 races. He gained three of the primary 4 grands prix, then eight of 9 between Aragon and Misano, earlier than wrapping his ninth world title up in Japan with 5 races nonetheless remaining.
It was not all the time apparent to Marquez himself, nevertheless, that the title can be his, and the Ducati Lenovo Group rider has picked out the Qatar MotoGP as the important thing race in his 2025 title cost, as successful there appeared to be proof he could possibly be aggressive anyplace, and it got here after a race in Austin the place he crashed out of the lead.
“For me, an important GP was Qatar,” Marc Marquez revealed, talking to MotoGP.com after the season.
“I used to be coming from Austin GP that I did a giant mistake after which in Qatar once more 37 factors, Dash and predominant race, in a special circuit for my driving type.
“So, it’s there the place I began to understand that it was the 12 months.”
Marquez’s season was one among consistency, however an important ingredient to his 2025 success was a easy one, to an extent.
“However ultimately, an important is the velocity: in case you have the velocity, in case you are quick, it’s simpler to regulate the conditions,” he stated.
2025 was Marquez’s first title since breaking his proper humerus within the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020.
He arrived this 12 months with a brand new group, a “new arm”, with 32 years behind him, and a “totally different mentality”.
“It’s a special Marc,” he defined.
“I cannot say it’s a greater Marc as a result of the opposite Marc additionally was successful; it’s the identical Marc with totally different sturdy factors.
“Now I’ve we will say a special arm, a special bodily situation, totally different mentality – it’s essential adapt, you can’t journey the identical means as 2013.”
Ending on the sidelines
The 2025 season ended with extra damage hassle for Marquez, who missed the final 5 races after struggling a shoulder damage in a crash with Marco Bezzecchi in Indonesia.
His restoration goes properly in the intervening time with nonetheless greater than two months till the Sepang check subsequent February.
“I’m in fine condition and proper now the medical doctors are completely satisfied,” he stated. “So, that is an important.
“This new damage didn’t have an effect on the earlier ones, and the truth that I’ve all winter in entrance implies that the physician, physios, and me – we’ve got all of the steps a bit extra with further warning.
“This damage arrived not in a great second, as a result of it was time to have fun, however in the most effective time: every little thing was executed, every little thing was closed.”
