Marc Marquez admits 2025 season 'impossible to repeat' as seven-time world champion outlines return from shoulder injury
Updated 31/12/2025 at 08:38 GMT
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez believes it is "almost impossible" to replicate his 2025 success. The Ducati rider was dominant across the season, capturing 11 Grand Prix titles en route to his seventh title. He was injured for the final four rounds of the championship, and gave an update on his return from a shoulder issue after a crash in Indonesia.
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Marc Marquez is tempering expectations for his 2026 season after he captured his seventh MotoGP title, calling a repeat of his 2025 season "almost impossible."
The Spaniard was one of the favourites to win the 2025 title, but reached unexpected levels of dominance as he captured 11 Grand Prix victories.
Marquez finished second in the Grand Prix of Japan in September to win the MotoGP World Championship, moving him level with Italian great Valentino Rossi on seven world titles.
The Ducati rider missed the final four rounds after suffering a collarbone injury in a crash with Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap of the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Marquez was hoping to return for the final two rounds in Portugal and Valencia but opted not to rush back from the complicated injury.
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"No, I never imagined such a great year," the 32-year-old told Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico.
"I hoped that was the goal, I even said so, that I could try to fight for the world championship. But, not like this, clinching the title with five races to go.
"Right now, I think it’s almost impossible to repeat, because between the sprints and the races, there are so many points up for grabs every weekend, it’s not easy.
"We’ve had a very solid year, with a few mistakes, but winning a lot of races."
Marquez was diagnosed with a coracoid fracture and ligament damage and had hoped to avoid surgery, but underwent a successful operation in Madrid in October.
Marquez had hoped to avoid surgery. However, when the shoulder failed to stabilise naturally, the Spaniard was forced to go under the knife.
Marquez is no stranger to incredible comeback stories, having returned from a devastating arm injury in 2020 to once again become a contender for the title.
The 2026 season kicks off in Thailand, three weeks after the opening test in Sepang in early February.
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"Physically, we’re improving, which is the important thing," Marquez said about his recovery.
"We had four or five weeks of immobilisation, and naturally, the arm loses a lot of strength, but now we’re gradually improving, with check-ups every two weeks to make sure everything is going well and is in order.
"The bone needs to heal properly. We have to wait, and the ligament also needs to heal as well as possible.
"Hopefully, we can move on to a slightly more intensive rehabilitation soon. But, for now, it’s many hours on the treatment table, physiotherapy, hyperbaric chamber therapy - anything that helps is a bonus."
The 2026 MotoGP season will be live on TNT Sports and discovery+
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