The official crash statistics for the 2025 MotoGP season at its midway point underscore Marc Marquez’s impressive adaptation to the factory Ducati, while raising concerns for Honda as its riders top the crash charts.
After 12 rounds, Marquez has claimed eight grand prix victories and 11 sprint race wins, building a commanding 120-point lead in the championship. On track to potentially secure his eighth world title early, Marquez is also poised to challenge his personal best of 13 race wins in a single season.
One of the most telling indicators of Marquez’s current form is his crash record. So far in 2025, he has only crashed eight times in all sessions combined — half as many as he had at the same point last season when he was riding the GP23 with Gresini.
By comparison, he recorded 16 crashes by the midpoint of 2024 and ended the season with 24. His 2023 campaign on the Honda ended with 29 falls. Even in 2019, his most dominant year, Marquez crashed 14 times.
Riding the GP25, Marquez has found a bike that allows him to operate within his comfort zone. While he’s had to slightly modify his riding style, he hasn’t faced the same braking issues that have troubled his teammate Pecco Bagnaia. This balance has enabled Marquez to avoid pushing the absolute limit, contributing to his significantly reduced crash count.
In stark contrast, Honda riders Johann Zarco and Joan Mir lead the 2025 crash tally with 15 each. For Zarco, the figure equals his total from all of 2024. Despite improvements to the RC213V — which helped Zarco win the rain-soaked French GP and finish runner-up at Silverstone — Honda’s underpowered engine has forced its riders to take more risks under braking, resulting in more crashes.
Mir’s total has also been inflated by a run of bad luck, often getting caught up in incidents not of his own making.
At the other end of the spectrum, three riders share the lowest crash count among full-time competitors. Fabio Di Giannantonio of VR46 Ducati and Yamaha’s Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira have each gone down just three times. Di Giannantonio’s figure is particularly noteworthy given his strong form, including podium finishes.
For Yamaha’s Rins and Oliveira, the low crash rate appears to be more a product of lacking pace rather than exceptional control.
Le Mans, the site of the French GP, tops the list for most crashes this year with 70 incidents, driven by poor weather. Assen follows closely with 64 crashes. At the bottom are Aragon and Lusail, each with just 27.
