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'The title would be the cherry on top of success' - Marquez discusses his return to title contention

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After five years of no Championship success, Marc Marquez could win his seventh MotoGP title in 2025.

After 11 seasons and six MotoGP Championships, Marc Marquez left Honda ahead of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship.

The Spaniard ended his historic time with the Japanese manufacturer to join a Ducati satellite team. Marquez spent a year on a Ducati GP23 inside the Gresini Racing MotoGP garage, a decision which he claims 'resurrected' his career.

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“I have given up eight thousand things to extend my sporting life, because if I didn't, I would leave it,” he told Motosan.

“That was the priority, to look for that tickle, to talk about a title again, to win again… Obviously all the riders on the grid are trying, and I'm going to try.

“But for me, it would not be failure or success whether I get the title or not, for me I already have success. I have that second youth.

“It seemed like I was dead and bang, I'm resurrected. The title would be the cherry on top of success.”

'The Marquez of 2019 had much more confidence.'

Marquez's final years at Honda were plagued by severe injuries. The Spaniard had a series of arm surgeries and recurring cases of diplopia. Both sets of injuries almost forced Marquez to retire from racing altogether.

The last time Marquez won a MotoGP World title was in 2019 when he dominated the Championship with Repsol Honda.

“The Marquez of 2019, I would say, has much more confidence,” he said.

“In Thailand, the 2019 Marc arrived with almost 100 points difference compared to the rest, physically better too, but less mature.”

'I am at a similar level to 2019 because I am neither better nor worse.'

Marquez has put himself in the best possible position to win the 2025 MotoGP World Championship. The #93 will join factory Ducati for the 2025 season and ride arguably the best bike on the grid.

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“I look good, but how you look is very relative,” he said.

“It's just that you change a rider's bike and set-up and say 'now I feel very good', and sometimes you arrive at a circuit and the riding doesn't work out for you.

“It is very relative, I think I am at a similar level to 2019 because I am neither better nor worse; but with different strengths. In 2019 it was pure speed, now I have much more experience.

“I won't tell you race strategy anymore, because you can be the smartest in the class, but if you don't have speed you become the dumbest.

“Having speed, then suddenly you are the most strategic, the most consistent… that is because you have that point.”

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