Marc Marquez won his seventh premier class riders’ title in his first year at the factory Ducati team in 2025, but could one day see his retirement from MotoGP.
The 32-year-old has graced the MotoGP grid since his debut for Honda in 2013. Marquez He has also been a regular part of the field over the past decade, and has given some fans a reminder of just how dominant he can be after his move from Gresini in 2025. Ducati.
Marquez won the 2025 MotoGP title with a record five laps 17th in 22 rounds in Japan. Spaniard Motegui leads the way with 201 points, leaving his brother Gresini Ascen Alex Marquez. Mark lost the last four laps to injury and saw Alex cut his lead to 78.
Márquez could have broken his own record of 13 wins in a season with Honda in 2014 without needing surgery for a shoulder injury suffered in Indonesia. The Cervera native won 11 of the 18 Grands Prix he entered in the 2025 season.
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Marc Marquez knows it will be time to retire when he can’t finish on the podium
Marquez has claimed eight pole positions, 14 Sprint Race wins and 15 Grand Prix podiums since joining Ducati for the 2025 season. After crashing on stage at the US Grand Prix, crashing in Spain and crashing out in Indonesia on Lap 1, he just missed the finish.
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But Marquez doesn’t intend to keep racing in MotoGP forever, and it’s highly doubtful he’ll still be racing into his 40s. Instead, while Marquez admits it would be “extremely difficult” to retire at the top, it will be time to go if he can’t finish on the podium.
Marquez said. The competition: “It’s very difficult to stop at the top. But one day two guys will be faster than me (and) then it will be three. Then I’ll realize that I’m not on the podium anymore. This is the time to stop.”
Marc Marquez has had his only podiumless season of 2020 since suffering an arm injury.
Marquez has only finished on the podium of a Grand Prix once in a MotoGP season, when he missed the entire year in 2020. The Spaniard only started the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez due to a hand injury.
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In the year His final two years with Honda in 2022 and 2023 were the worst seasons in the 9th world champion’s career. Marquez has only confirmed one podium in 2022 and one in 2023, which helped convince him it was time to leave Honda and move to Ducati.
Marquez decided to leave Honda in 2023 Japanese Grand PrixAnd that season at the German Grand Prix is ​​not widely regarded as the lowest weekend of his career. He took P3 at Motegi for his final stint with Honda, where he won six titles from 2013 to 2019.
