Marc Marquez reigned supreme in the 2025 MotoGP season with almost unnerving authority. In his first season with the factory Ducati team, the Spaniard secured his seventh premier class title and ninth Grand Prix world championship, crushing all competition with an ease that ultimately rendered the title fight nonexistent. The championship was clinched five races before the end, a further symbol of a one-sided season.
No one doubted that Marquez would be a serious contender for the title by joining Borgo Panigale. But few imagined such a demonstration of control. Our Grand Prix victories, fourteen sprint success, and above all an astonishing series of fifteen Consecutive victories between Aragon and Catalonia: 2025 will remain one of the most dominant seasons of the modern era.
What is striking about MarquezBeyond the numbers, it's his attitude. Mark Rigamonti, technical director of Ducati, insists on a revealing detail: despite his status, the Spanish driver never behaved like an untouchable star.
Unlike some champions before him, Marc Marquez He never demanded special treatment. No VIP attitude, no distance from the engineers, no superstar posturing. Just a driver obsessed with understanding his machine and managing its performance.
The most disturbing revelation of the season, however, comes from Marquez's own words, as reported by Rigamonti in an interview given to Brand.
Rigamonti: " This year, there have been races where Marc Marquez didn't attack at 100%. »
According to the Italian coach, the world champion admitted to his team that he had not always driven at the absolute limit.
« This year, there have been races where he didn't attack at 100%. That's what he told usOr, he would attack hard for two laps, widen the gap, then manage the pace »
An almost unreal admission at this level. Marquez He didn't win by forcing the issue, but by controlling it. He chose his moments, imposed his rhythm, then locked down the race. Conversely, when he felt it necessary to give his all, he did so without restraint.
« At Misano, for example, he attacked flat out throughout the entire race.He admits it himself.. »
This management is not a coincidence. It is the result of years of pain, setbacks, and rebuilding. Rigamonti He clearly emphasizes this: constantly pushing to 100% would probably have led to more accidents.
« If we put him in conditions where he always has to attack at full speed, what would we be talking about? Perhaps more crashes. We often forget that pushing ourselves is pushing our limits. »
In 2025, Marquez He is no longer the kamikaze rider of his early days. He knows the limits of the GP25 perfectly, and above all, his own. This clear-headedness has allowed him to drastically reduce the number of crashes: 14 only over the entire season, his lowest total in four years.
However, this approach did not eliminate the risk. Marc Marquez paid dearly for certain mistakes: off-track excursions at Austin et Jerez, two spectacular falls at Assen during the trials, and especially the major accident of Mandalika with Marco Bezzecchi.
This incident brought his season to a premature end. During the fall, Marquez he twisted a screw implanted in his right arm, a direct consequence of his terrible injury from 2020 in JerezA brutal, almost symbolic image: even when he holds back, Marquez always flirts with the limit.
If the 2025 season goes down in history, it won't just be for its records. It will be remembered as the season where Marc Marquez He won by controlling himself, by choosing when to attack and when to survive.
He didn't need to force anything to dominate the championship. He simply understood before others that, sometimes, true genius isn't about going faster... but about knowing when to hold back.
