MotoGP - Japanese Grand Prix - Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi, Japan - September 28, 2025 Ducati Lenovo Team's Marc Marquez celebrates on the podium after winning the 2025 MotoGP World Championship REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
(Reuters) -Marc Marquez's gamble to leave Honda in 2023 has paid off spectacularly this year, with the Spaniard claiming a seventh MotoGP championship with Ducati that he concedes vindicated the "most difficult decision" of his career.
The 32-year-old's emotional title win, sealed with five rounds to spare, came after a remarkable journey from injury hell and the brink of retirement to equalling the title haul of MotoGP great Valentino Rossi.
