Belated honour: Marc Márquez (Ducati) is Spain’s Sportsman of the Year 2025

In 2025, Marc Márquez clinched his ninth world championship title – his seventh in the MotoGP class. He dominated the previous season on his Ducati Desmosedici, securing eleven Grand Prix victories and winning 14 sprint races. He secured the title ahead of schedule last year in Japan.

Almost a year after his great triumph, Marquez has now been named Sportsman of the Year 2025 in Spain. This was recently announced by the country’s Supreme Sports Council.

In 2025, Márquez staged one of the most impressive comebacks in sporting history. In 2020, he had broken his right upper arm in a crash at the Jerez Grand Prix. This was followed by numerous operations, a long period of suffering and years without success. On top of that, Honda had fallen behind in MotoGP with the RC213V. In 2024, MM93 moved to Gresini Ducati. With the Italian team, he secured three Grand Prix victories. A year later, he clinched the title with the Ducati factory team.

This year, Marquez is once again in contention for the title. With five race weekends remaining, the 33-year-old sits in second place in the overall standings, two points behind championship leader Jorge Martin (Aprilia).

Marc Marquez was previously named Spain’s Sportsman of the Year in 2014

It was not the first time that Marc Marquez had received the Sportsman of the Year award in Spain. In 2014, when he secured his second MotoGP World Championship title, he also won this award.

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Nor was Marquez the first motorbike racer to be named Spain’s best sportsman. In 1987, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez received this honour, and in 2010 it was Jorge Lorenzo.