2024 has been a great year for Marc Marquez. After overcoming several seasons of injuries, he has been able to compete without them. His right arm will never be the same again, but at least it has not been an impediment to deploying his riding again.
And he has done it incredibly again, getting the most out of a Ducati GP23 that was far behind its older sister, the GP24 that his rivals were riding.
You only have to look at the fact that the other riders riding a Ducati GP23 finished more than twice as many points behind him in the final standings.
We will never know what would have happened if, instead of going to Gresini for 2024, he had gone to Pramac as Jorge Martin's teammate and had ridden the bike that Morbidelli has not been able to take advantage of.
But we can only look forward. 2024 has been the year to rediscover himself, to regain his sensations, to prove that he still has speed despite everything he has suffered and to win again.
Three victories like three suns, in Motorland, Misano and Phillip Island, which together with his consistency have made him finish in third position, behind the untouchable Martin and Bagnaia, who not only had the best bike, but have also demonstrated an excellent level.
2025 seems like the ideal time for him, at 32 years old, to fight for the MotoGP crown again. To find the path to record-breaking that that damned injury in Jerez in 2020 has interrupted for so many seasons.
He is physically fit and has the best bike on the grid, the Ducati GP25. However, next to the box he will have a fearsome rival, the two-time MotoGP champion, Pecco Bagnaia. It promises to be a spectacular duel.
If Marc Marquez plays Marc Marquez, he will start to add pole positions, fastest laps, podiums, victories... and who knows, maybe the title at the end of the year.
So the records, where he is already very well positioned, can start to fall after several seasons of lapse.
As far as pole positions are concerned, there is little to say, he is already the best rider in history over one lap, with the most pole positions both in MotoGP and in Grand Prix. He could only increase his record to make it even more difficult to break.
On the podiums, we start talking about interesting names. In MotoGP, Marc Marquez has already accumulated 111 podiums, being the 4th with the most in history.
Closely ahead of him are Dani Pedrosa with 112 and Jorge Lorenzo with 114. In the first races of the year, he could already be second, after the currently unreachable Valentino Rossi with 199.
In Grand Prix, Marc has a total of 150, ahead of Lorenzo (152), Pedrosa (153) and Giacomo Agostini (159). If he were to equal this year's figures, he would surpass them all, finishing second behind Valentino Rossi, who has 235.
It would not be at all surprising if, by the end of 2025, he surpassed them all, except for the Italian legend, Il Dottore.
In terms of fastest laps, Marc Marquez has 63 in MotoGP, already the third best in history. Ahead of him is Agostini, with 69, and Rossi with 76.
It is a figure that he could reach and surpass over the next two seasons when he will be riding the Ducati GP25. We will have to see how he develops, but there is the data.
We come to victories, the second most important thing a rider can achieve after the championship title. In MotoGP, Marc Marquez has 62 victories, six away from equalling the second most, Agostini, who has 68.
He could possibly catch up in 2025 and stay behind Rossi, who has 89. As far as Grand Prix victories are concerned, Marc Marquez already has 88, just two away from the legendary 90 of the maestro Ángel Nieto. Once he surpasses him, he would be third in history, after Rossi (115) and Agostini (122).
Finally, we come to the most important thing, what “Pacman” Marc Marquez dreams of achieving in the next two seasons. Marc Marquez has 6 titles in MotoGP. If he were to win in 2025, he would equal Valentino Rossi’s 7 premier class titles.
And if he were to extend his success to 2026, also counting on an official Ducati, he would equal the premier class titles of the most successful of all time, Giacomo Agostini, who has 8. How far can Marc go? Not to be missed.
