It’s a world championship title for Marc Márquez and Ducati

They’ve done it – and with five rounds to spare! After a phenomenal season, Marc Márquez and the Desmosedici GP have clinched the 2025 MotoGP Riders’ World Championship at the Grand Prix of Japan.

This marks Márquez’s first world title in Ducati red and continues an extraordinary legacy for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, with four consecutive Riders’ Titles and six consecutive Constructors’ Titles. Even more impressively, this is Ducati’s fourth straight Riders’ Title, achieved with three different riders: 2022 and 2023 – Francesco Bagnaia, 2024 – Jorge Martín, and now 2025 with Marc Márquez.

Márquez’s record-breaking run

It’s been quite the journey for Márquez after he joined the Borgo Panigale team at the start of the year and has only gone from strength to strength. Márquez, the Ducati Lenovo Team champion established himself as every race went on, and his overall stats reveal just how impressive his performance has been:

• 14 sprint victories
• 11 GP wins, which put him at the top of the world championship standings with 541 points – 201 points ahead of the runner-up

Sprint-GP combination

• 10 double wins in the season, 7 of them consecutive

Not only are his numbers admirable but they’re record-breaking and establish him as the rider with the longest streak of combined wins in MotoGP.

Teamwork behind the triumph

Ducati’s CEO, Claudio Domenicali, spoke after the victory: “Today we celebrate together the strength of a team that never stops surprising! The results may make everything look easy, but behind every success there is constant teamwork. It’s behind the scenes that we build the victory. Here, every detail makes a difference and becomes the key element that allows a champion to perform at their best on the track.”

And if Ducati’s weekend wasn’t monumental enough, the Motegi GP was crowned by an incredible performance from Francesco Bagnaia, who secured top spot in both the Sprint and the Sunday race.

Ducati dedication behind the racing

Behind every Ducati victory lies a staggering level of precision, planning and passion:

• Over 100,000 hours of design
• Over 11,000 hours of calculations and simulations on Ducati HPC clusters
• Over 2,500 CFD simulation cycles for aerodynamics and engine
• Over 5,000 hours of testing on test benches
• Over 80 engine changes managed during the season
• 48 race engines produced for the 6 Desmosedici GP riders
• Over 1TB of data collected on track and 800GB of augmented data
• Over 200 hours of on-track testing with Michele Pirro
• Over 30,000 total hours spent by the Ducati Lenovo Team in the boxes
• Over 300 briefing meetings

The final word from Claudio Domenicali, Ducati CEO

“The story continues, and what an incredible story we are writing! We are World Champions for the fourth consecutive year, proving that when talent, skills, and dedication meet, the boundary between the possible and the extraordinary disappears. On the track, everything may seem easy, especially when the results come consistently, but behind every success there is relentless teamwork: months of design and simulations, hours dedicated to data analysis, engine changes calibrated down to the smallest detail, race strategies studied with precision. All of this remains invisible to the eyes of the observers, but it is behind the scenes that we build victory. It is there that every small detail makes the difference and becomes the decisive element that allows a champion to express his best on the track. With Marc, this process was natural: he immediately found harmony with the Desmosedici GP. From the very first race, he confirmed everything we expected from him, and in many cases even exceeded our own expectations, demonstrating how an extraordinary talent like his and the meticulous work of a passionate and competent team like ours can enhance each other. What made this weekend even more special was Pecco’s performance, winning both the Sprint and the Sunday race. Seeing his smile, while also celebrating the Riders’ Title, is an image that will stay with us for a long time and speaks more than words about the strength of Ducati. To all the women and men of Ducati Corse I want to say thank you: once again, together, we did it. We are all part of a mechanism that only works if every element gives its all, and the Ducati mechanism is working at its best today, with Gigi Dall'Igna coordinating and inspiring every move. A special thanks goes to Lenovo, our partners, and suppliers, whose contributions make it possible to achieve goals of this level. Last year, I promised the Ducatisti that we would not settle, that we would continue working to win again...and today we demonstrate that our passion and commitment aren't just words, but concrete results that always put us one step ahead.”

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