Overview

• Marquez can seal the championship in Japan by scoring three points more than his brother Alex, locking it up with five race weekends remaining.
• His 2025 campaign has already set a single-season points record, including 11 Grand Prix wins from 16 and 14 sprint victories.
• A title at Motegi would be his first with Ducati and first since 2019, drawing him level with Valentino Rossi’s premier-class tally.
• He says he will race for victory at Motegi rather than manage points despite the title being on the line.
• Marquez revealed he was close to retiring after 2023 before a Gresini stint proved his speed and led to a dominant factory Ducati season, with Alex emerging as the clear runner-up in the standings.