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2025 MotoGP: Marc Marquez clinches seventh MotoGP title

Marc Marquez has equalled Valentino Rossi's World Championship titles record.
1 min read28 Sep '25
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Marc Marquez on podium at Japan
Marc Marquez riding at Japan MotoGP race

After 16 dominant rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season so far, Marc Marquez has clinched his seventh premier class title. He needed to outscore his brother Alex by just 3 points going into this round and after finishing second, the number 93 sealed the deal for his first MotoGP crown with Ducati.

  1. Marquez wins the world title with five rounds to spare
  2. This is his first title with Ducati

Marc Marquez equals Valentino Rossi in terms of World Titles

Both Marquez and Rossi now have nine titles to their name.

Between his MotoGP debut in 2012 and his final title with Honda in 2019, Marc Marquez won six premier-class titles with HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) in a dominant fashion. But, after a horrific injury in the pandemic-marred 2020 MotoGP season, Marc Marquez went through a long and arduous recovery process (both mentally and physically) and eventually swapped out a long-time partnership with Big Red for the Bologna Bullet (Ducati).

The season he returned (2024) aboard a satellite Ducati – with the Gresini team – saw him take impressive wins and fight at the front on year-old machinery without factory support, prompting Ducati to sign him for the 2025 season over 2024 World Champion Jorge Martin – a move that has emphatically paid off!

With this seventh World Championship title, Marc Marquez has now equalled the record set by Valentino Rossi and this now paves the way for Marquez to potentially eclipse Rossi if he wins one more title in the coming years – something that could very well happen given his current electric form.

2025 F1: Verstappen wins Azerbaijan GP as Piastri crashes out

Russell finishes P2, Sainz secures first podium finish with Williams in P3
3 min read21 Sep '25
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2025 F1 Azerbaijan GP winner Max Verstappen

Navi Mumbai Street Circuit in the works for Indian Racing Festival

3.753km-long circuit proposed to host Round 5 of the 2025 Indian Racing League and F4 India this December.
2 min read20 Sep '25
Unnatee GidithuriUnnatee Gidithuri
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Navi Mumbai Street Circuit
Devendra Fadnavis Navi Mumbai Street Circuit

2025 F1 Azerbaijan GP schedule, India timings

Baku to host Formula 1 and Formula 2 this weekend (September 19-21).
2 min read19 Sep '25
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2025 F1 Azerbaijan GP schedule

Italian GT Championship: Raghunathan secures podium finish at Mugello

This hands the Indian racer second place in the overall GT3 Pro-Am championship standings.
2 min read18 Sep '25
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Mahaveer Raghunathan Ferrari

2025 Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2W calendar revealed

2025 INRSC 2W rounds to be held in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Indore and Pune.
2 min read17 Sep '25
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Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2W

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