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Sunday’s MotoGP race at Motegi offered a result few could have predicted. While there were signs that Francesco Bagnaia had finally found a solution in the Misano test, even he likely didn’t expect to dominate the Japanese Grand Prix as thoroughly as he did. Marc Marquez was always expected to be competitive, but the lack of pace from his brother Alex Marquez took many by ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Jose Luis Martinez, Marc Marquez’s assistant and confidant, reveals the keys to one of the most epic comebacks in sports history – one that almost never happened. “When we came back from Lombok, he told me he was done, that he couldn’t go on,” Martinez recalls. Martinez is much more than an assistant to the newly-crowned MotoGP world champion. Unlike most garages, where team staff ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati’s general manager and one of the main advocates for signing Marc Marquez, has praised the Spaniard’s vision in plotting his return to the MotoGP crown, which he secured this Sunday. Any doubts surrounding Ducati’s choice of Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 vanished at the season opener in Thailand. There, according to ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marc Marquez bet on himself when he chose to carry on in MotoGP after years of pain, surgeries and lingering questions over whether his body could still endure the demands of elite competition. He had once promised his late grandfather that he would start again from scratch, and if he couldn’t win, he would retire from MotoGP. It was a bold vow, but it captured the intent of a man determined ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Fabio Quartararo has labelled Marc Marquez a legend after he clinched his ninth world championship with a podium finish in the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix. Marquez finished second behind his factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia at Motegi to wrap up the 2025 MotoGP title with five rounds to spare. The triumph marked what many are calling one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says he was struggling so much at points during the 2025 MotoGP season that he couldn’t even “recognise himself”. Bagnaia endured some of the toughest moments of his career this year, as he failed to gel with the bike with which team-mate Marc Marquez was winning race after race on the other side of the garage. His performances deteriorated ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marc Marquez says he is now at peace with himself after completing a sensational comeback from the injuries he sustained five years ago to clinch the 2025 MotoGP title. Marquez earned a place in the history books by winning six titles in his first seven seasons in the premier class between 2013 and 2019. But his career nearly ended abruptly when he suffered a severe arm injury in a crash at ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia claimed his second win of the 2025 MotoGP season at the Japanese Grand Prix, leading home teammate Marc Marquez, who sealed his ninth world championship with a runner-up finish. Marquez had already set himself up for the title by taking a podium in Saturday’s sprint, making his coronation at Motegi almost inevitable with five rounds still to go. The Spaniard was in such a ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia’s dominant performance in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint is at least partly down to the changes Ducati made to his MotoGP bike in the Misano test. Bagnaia had been lacking something on the GP25 since the very start of the 2025 MotoGP season, but his form plummeted further after the summer break, prompting questions about his very future at Ducati. Both sides had tried ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pedro Acosta says he and KTM were able to “save the day” after suffering “problem after problem” on Saturday in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint race. Having scored his maiden pole position at Motegi last year and finished second in practice on Friday, Acosta was a strong contender for a front-row spot in Saturday’s qualifying. However, disaster struck at the start of Q2 as he began ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Hours after the Japanese Grand Prix sprint race crash triggered by reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin, Aprilia brought him together with Marco Bezzecchi to review the incident and smooth things over. Reigning champion Martin fractured his right collarbone following a poorly-judged move at the start of the sprint, taking his team-mate Bezzecchi out of the race with him. Read ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marc Marquez says he approached the Japanese Grand Prix sprint cautiously, as he now understands the value of a MotoGP title more than ever before. The factory Ducati rider arrived in Motegi knowing he only needed to outscore his sole title rival Alex Marquez by three points over the weekend to wrap up the 2025 title. Lining third on the grid, the elder Marquez lost a position to KTM’s ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia says it is “better late than never” that he has rediscovered his form in MotoGP, as he explained the key reasons behind his turnaround in the Japanese Grand Prix. The factory Ducati rider dominated Saturday’s sprint race at Motegi from pole position, beating his team-mate Marc Marquez by almost two seconds to score his first victory since the Americas Grand Prix in ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia MotoGP rider Jorge Martin has suffered a collarbone fracture following a nasty opening-lap crash in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint. Starting from 17th on the grid, Martin got his braking wrong into Turn 1, after being squeezed out by his rivals and making contact with the Gresini Ducati of Fermin Aldegeur. This sent him shooting into his teammate Marco Bezzecchi, with both ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Factory Ducati star Marc Marquez will mathematically become the 2025 MotoGP world champion this Sunday in the Japanese Grand Prix, even if he concedes six points to his brother Alex Marquez, the rider closest to him in the championship fight. The elder Marquez must leave Japan with a lead of at least 185 points in the standings to put the title beyond his rival's reach. After finishing second ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia bounced back from recent woes to score a dominant victory in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint, while his teammate Marc Marquez inched closer to the title with a podium finish. Bagnaia was never threatened during the 12-lap contest at Motegi, leading every single lap from pole position to clinch his first sprint win since last year’s Barcelona ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia bounced back from a tough run of results to claim pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, while Marc Marquez moved a step closer to clinching the 2025 MotoGP title after qualifying on the front row. Bagnaia set a new lap record at the rebranded Motegi Mobility Resort with a time of 1m42.911s to take the top spot by just under a tenth of a second from Honda’s Joan Mir ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi says he was feeling confident from his very first lap at Motegi, as he bounced back from two early crashes to top Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Bezzecchi went down at Turn 11 just minutes into the start of FP1 at Motegi, severely damaging his primary Aprilia RS-GP. He headed back to the pits to mount his second bike, only to hit the deck ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Alex Marquez failed to earn a direct passage into Q2 for the first time in the 2025 MotoGP season, boosting his brother Marc Marquez’s chances of sealing the title in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Marquez brothers had been the only riders this season to safely reach the second leg of qualifying at each round based on their pace in Friday practice alone. However, while Marc ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia kicked off the Asian leg of the MotoGP season in the best way possible, putting his disastrous showing in the San Marino Grand Prix a fortnight ago behind him. The factory Ducati rider was the fastest in the opening free practice session at Motegi on Friday, leading the way by around a tenth from 2024 champion Jorge Martin and current team-mate Marc Marquez. He slipped to ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marc Marquez could be crowned a nine-time world champion and a seven-time MotoGP title winner in this Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix if he can outscore his brother and nearest rival Alex Marquez by three points over the weekend. The factory Ducati rider currently has a 182-point lead in the standings, which he must extend to 185 to wrap up the title at Motegi, the home of his previous employer ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Starting with 2025, Dorna will put more emphasis on achievements in MotoGP than those in the lower categories. Although many point to Liberty Media as the one responsible for the idea, the truth is that the initiative originated in the offices of Dorna at the beginning of this year, before the acquisition by the American media company was finalised. The idea is to strengthen the image of the ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Alex Marquez believes getting a factory-spec Ducati MotoGP bike is more of a reward for Gresini than him, saying the team doesn’t get the respect it deserves for its achievements in the paddock. Last week, it was announced that Ducati will expand its allocation of factory bikes from three to four for the 2026 season, with both Gresini and VR46 receiving one latest-specification bike each ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marc Marquez believes winning the 2025 MotoGP title would ‘close the circle’ for him after years of despair due to injuries and uncompetitive machinery. A crash at the start of the COVID-delayed 2020 season in Jerez forced Marquez to undergo four surgeries over the subsequent years and contemplate an early retirement from MotoGP. But the Spaniard persevered through the lowest period of ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia feels he has “thrown away” the 2025 MotoGP season, conceding that lacking solutions for his troubles on the Ducati GP25 left him powerless to challenge Marc Marquez for the title. While Marquez has been in dominant form ever since he jumped on the factory Ducati this year, Bagnaia has had a much more difficult campaign on the other side of the garage. While his initial ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи