Three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo has hailed Marc Marquez’s incredible mental strength following his 2025 world title triumph with Ducati.
The 32-year-old Spaniard ended a six-year title drought after sealing his seventh premier class championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, completing a remarkable comeback from his career-threatening injury in 2020. His decision to leave a struggling Honda for a year-old Ducati with Gresini Racing in 2024 has proven to be a masterstroke.
Marquez has dominated this season with 11 grand prix victories and 14 sprint wins, joining an elite group of riders with seven or more MotoGP titles.
Lorenzo, who was one of Marquez’s fiercest rivals in the 2010s and battled him for the 2013 crown, praised his former competitor’s mindset in an interview with TNT Sport during the Indonesian Grand Prix.
“It’s unbelievable — the power in his mind,” Lorenzo said. “He’s incredibly strong mentally, physically, and technically. A rider who entered MotoGP in 2013 and won the title as a rookie clearly has extraordinary talent. He’s still the best at 32 years old and has the best bike — so it’s mathematics.”
Marquez, however, will miss the chance to surpass his 2014 record of 13 wins in a season after suffering a shoulder injury in a first-lap collision with Marco Bezzecchi at the Indonesian Grand Prix. Ducati confirmed he will miss the upcoming rounds in Australia and Malaysia, with test rider Michele Pirro stepping in for the Australian GP. The team has yet to name a replacement for the Sepang round.
