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Marquez poised to seal seventh MotoGP title in Japan
Gulf Today
|September 26, 2025
Marc Marquez can clinch his seventh MotoGP world championship in Japan at the weekend to underline a season of dominance and match the record of motorcycle great Valentino Rossi.
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The Spanish Ducati rider is on a whopping 512 points and needs just three points more than his brother Alex Marquez to win the title with five weekends to spare of the 22-race season.
Sealing a first championship since 2019 at Motegi would crown a comeback from an injury nightmare which began when Marquez broke his right arm in 2020.
The 32-year-old has been in unstoppable form this year and his points total is already a single-season record for a MotoGP rider.
The last of his three Japanese MotoGP wins came in 2019, but such is his brilliance that Marquez's victory in San Marino two weeks ago was his Ilth in 16 races this campaign. He has also won 14 of the ló sprints.
"We'll approach Motegi the same way, maintaining the same performance level we've shown in all these races," Marquez said.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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