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Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin won the MotoAmerica Superbike race at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sunday. Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier was second, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante, Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly completing the top five.
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Hank Vossberg won the SC-Project Twins Cup race on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He was followed by Robem Engineering’s Levi Badie, Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher, RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin, and Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle.
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RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim topped the Mission King of The Baggers warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith, teammate Kyle Wyman, S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Tyler O’Hara and RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Rocco Landers completed the top five.
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OrangeCat Racing’s Andrew Lee led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ranked second. A wet-but-drying track meant that Lee put in only seven laps, Fong three, and they were the only two riders to record a time.
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Joseph LiMandri Jr was fastest in the MotoAmerica Motovation Supersport warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto w/ XPEL’s Kayla Yaakov, Horney Racing’s Kevin Horney, Mosites Motorsports/Ducati Pittsburgh’s Ryder Davis completed the top four. A damp-but-drying track meant that only four riders set times.
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Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Race Two Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.248 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third, 4.973 seconds behind race winner.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 8th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 14th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 523 points, 36 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 487 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 284 points.
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SUNDAY DOUBLE: Bulega makes it two from two after outfoxing Razgatlioglu, Bautista completes podium. A clever defensive move caught Razgatlioglu by surprise, allowing Bulega to build a gap over his rival.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made it two from two on Sunday at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as ‘Bulegas’ came out on top after another incredible fight between the #11 and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team). The Ducati star came out on top as they both got their elbows out for the third time at the Tissot Aragon Round.
Another fierce fight: Bulega comes out on top again
The opening lap started as the Tissot Superpole Race finished, with Razgatlioglu making a move at Turn 15 before Bulega responded at Turn 16. On Lap 2, ‘El Turco’ made a surprise move at Turn 14 as he claimed the lead, although Bulega responded at Turn 16. The pair traded positions again at Turn 16, before the #1 got ahead at Turn 1 on Lap 4, and then ‘Bulegas’ used Turn 16 to get ahead at the end of that lap. That allowed the Ducati rider to pull out a gap on his rival, but on Lap 6, Razgatlioglu brought it back down until the final sector. The lead changed again on Lap 7 at Turn 15, Razgatlioglu’s favourite overtaking spot, before Bulega re-passed at Turn 16. Turn 7 on Lap 8 was the next corner to feature a change of position, in Razgatlioglu’s favour, but Bulega responded on the run to Turn 12. Two corners later and the #1 was back in front, although the #11 led the field at Turn 16 once again. Turns 15 and 16 on Lap 9 had two changes of position as well, before the Championship leader claimed first at Turn 1 on Lap 10, and then another switch at Turn 16 on Lap 11 as Bulega moved into P1. At Turn 7, the #1 went wide with Bulega as he claimed the lead of the race, looking to build enough of a gap to defend down the back straight, which he was able to do, although a wider line at Turn 16 allowed the #11 through. Turn 7 was a key point on Lap 12, as Bulega went defensive and Razgatlioglu went wide which gave the Ducati rider a lead of around one second heading into the second half of the race. Bulega’s 10th win of the season means he matches Max Biaggi’s record for an Italian rider, as he took his 50th podium, while Razgatlioglu made it 21 podiums in a row – a personal record for ‘El Turco’.
Battling for the rostrum: P3 for Bautista as Rea makes progress through the field
The fight for the podium raged in the early stages of the race. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) got a poor start when lights went out, while Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) moved up the order into the top five. The #19 soon fought his way back into podium contention, getting ahead of Rea and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) in successive corners, with Rea slotting into P4. The #65 attempted to follow Bautista but eventually the Spaniard pulled out a gap over his rival to cement P3. Iannone was able to respond on Lap 14 through Turn 16 to get ahead of Rea to move into P4, leaving the Yamaha rider vulnerable to Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) behind. The #14 was pushing to challenge Rea but he fell at Turn 14 on the penultimate lap of the 18-lap race. That left Rea to challenge Iannone for P4, but ‘The Maniac’ had enough in hand to hold on, with Rea coming home in fifth; matching his best result of the season.
Completing the top ten: Alex Lowes in P6, Bassani puts two Bimotas in the top nine
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished in sixth place, 2.5 seconds away from his former teammate, but with a second in hand over Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was eighth, allowing Bautista to close the gap in the fight for third in Race 2. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was ninth with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) resisting Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Action) to round out the top ten.
Scoring points: Finishing in the top 15
Mackenzie was also having to resist a challenge from behind as he fended off Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who in turn was just 0.044s ahead of Dominique Aegerter. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was in the fight for P10, finishing just 0.004s behind Aegerter, despite running wide at Turn 8 in the early stages of the race. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) completed the points paying positions.
To note from race 2: Montella just misses out on points after penalty
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) recovered to P16 after taking a double Long Lap Penalty for causing the Turn 5 pile-up up in the Tissot Superpole Race, finishing ahead of Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), Tommy Bridewell (Honda HRC) and Sam Lowes after his Turn 14 crash. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) brought his Yamaha R1 into the pits and lost a couple of laps, but was classified in 20th.
Race 2 retirements: Three riders don’t see the flag
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) had a crash at Turn 12 on Lap 11 which ended his race early, with the Turk retiring from the race. Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) crashed out of the race at Turn 9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was another who crashed on the final lap with the Dutchman falling at Turn 16.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’48.459s
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +3.248s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +4.973s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +12.904s
5. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.521s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.102s
Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’48.427s
Championship Standings:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 523
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 487
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 284
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 254
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 253
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 184
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Jones Honda’s Bodie Paige led the MotoAmerica Parts Unlimited Talent Cup warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rossi Motorsports powered by 3:16’s Rossi Garcia, Team Roadracingworld.com’s Jake Paige, MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher, and Real Steel Honda’s Ian Fraley rounded out the top five.
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Dominic Doyle set the pace in the MotoAmerica SC-Project warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Doyle’s Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing entry led Avery Dreher of Bad Boys Racing, Logan Cunnison of Speeddemon Racing, Gabrielly Lewis of Team Brazil, and Matthew Paternoster of AK RaceFab.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. The Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the fiftheen-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Stefano Manzi was a close second on his Pata Ten Kate Yamaha YZF R9, and Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise got third on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 380 points, 60 ahead of Can Oncu who has 320 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 223 points.
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ONCU RESPONDS: The Turk lands a statement win with a dramatic photo-finish over Manzi to close Aragon. Oncu’s win breathes life into the 2025 Championship picture, cutting Manzi’s lead down to 60 points.
After Saturday’s Race 1 saw Valentin Debise earn his first win in the FIM Supersport World Championship, the WorldSSP field took to the track for the last time for the final race of their Tissot Aragon Round at Motorland Aragon. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon, winning his 6th race of the season and the 7th race of his career. Joining him on the podium were riders Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse), who enjoyed their 16th and 4th podium appearances of the season, respectively.
Title rivals go down to the wire: Oncu gets his nose in front to win his first race since Donington
Manzi leapt forward from P2, overtaking polesitter Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team,) who by T3 was back to P3. Oncu snapped off the line from P7 to take the race lead by the second sector. Manzi saw himself back in fifth by Lap 5, overtaken by Oettl, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse). Manzi, however, showcased his trademark composure and made a late climb back up to P1, battling with Oncu in the last five laps for the race lead as the pair had put roughly a quarter of a second between them and Debise in P3 by Lap 13. By the final lap, Debise closed the gap between the pair, and in the back straight, the trio went three wide as they sprinted towards the final loop. Oncu cut across the nose of Manzi in P2 from the inside towards the outside, leading the trio out of Turn 17 towards the finish line. The two Yamaha rivals opened up the throttle and pipped the title leader Manzi by 0.027s in P2 and Valentin Debise as top Ducati in P3.
Oettl back in podium fight: Back to back P4s at Aragon
Oettl’s return to the podium fight will put wind in the sails of the Feel Racing camp as they hope to close their season strong. The German finished in P4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) by Lap 3 had carved seven positions forward to P4 from his P11 start position, finishing just a position behind that as the Spanish rookie finished P5. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had a strong Race 2 to close out Aragon, tying his best result in the category of P6. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started back in P12, but with a strong race pace, he improved that to a P7 finish.
Surra’s recovery run: Climbs back into points from P20 start
After starting P3, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) suffered a slow jump off the line, which he positionally wasn’t able to recover from, logging a P8 finish. Having started back in P20, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had his work cut out for him, but after stacking up overtake after overtake to crack the top eight by Lap 8. The Italian finished P9 for his third top 10 in his four races so far in WorldSSP. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) closed off the top ten positions as he rode well to land in the points from his P18 grid start.
Tough breaks for Casadei and Mahias: The pair suffered crashes which hampered their Race 2 hopes
Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) looked like he would tie his season’s best result of P7 as the race wound down; however, a crash in the last lap saw him record a DNF instead. Lucas Mahias’s (GMT94-YAMAHA) bike slid out from under him early in the contest in Turn 1, a spill he recovered from, but it cost him valuable Championship points as he finished P20. Joining them in the gravel were Wildcard rider Kadir Erbay (I+Dent Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), who each returned to the garages early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1 Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’53.310s
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.027s
3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.146s
4. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +0.499s
5. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.846s
6. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +3.731s
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Introducing: Marc Marquez, the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. From record-setting rookie to record-breaking comeback, come with us for a ride through 2013 to 2025.
After his incredible form this season, it’s been a matter of when, not if, for some time – but it’s official: Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. Following his second place result at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, the famous #93 takes his seventh crown in MotoGP – 2184 days after he last won the title. So who is the #93 and how did he win six titles in seven seasons before needing another six years to return to the throne in 2025?
From Cervera to Champion: early career and MotoGP glory
From Cervera, Spain, Marquez was born in 1993 – hence the number he’s taken to the top of the world. His early career set him apart as a MotoGP star of the future, and he took the 125cc World Championship in 2010 and Moto2™ World Championship in 2012. There was plenty of expectation around Marquez on his MotoGP debut with the Repsol Honda Team in 2013, but the #93 still outpaced it.
A podium first time out became a first win second time out, and he went on to become the youngest rider to clinch the MotoGP crown. He was also the first rookie to achieve the feat in 35 years. But 2013 was only a taste of what was to come as the #93 made his mark – bringing the “elbow down” riding style to MotoGP.
The dominant years: 2014–2019
In 2014 he won the first 10 Grands Prix and took his second MotoGP crown. 2015 began well, before some mistakes and hurdles saw Marquez lose the title for the first time since moving up to MotoGP.
The end of the season was highly dramatic too, as Marquez and Valentino Rossi clashed in Sepang, taking the sport’s biggest rivalry into another dimension. The tense finale in Valencia saw Jorge Lorenzo, then Rossi’s teammate, emerge victorious in the Championship.
In 2016 Marquez got back on top. 2017 was a rockier start but the fight went to the wire as Marquez vs Dovizioso created some of the greatest duels in MotoGP history. Marquez came out on top for title number four in MotoGP.
2018 resulted in more glory but there were more hurdles too, including a hotly debated Argentina race that saw the number 93 get three penalties, a resurgent Lorenzo, and more last corner lunges on Dovizioso. Then came 2019, which will go down as one of Marquez’s finest seasons. 12 wins out of 19, 18 podiums out of 19, and a points total of 420 even before the Tissot Spint era. On top of the world and redefining MotoGP – and then came 2020.
Injury hell: 2020–2023
At the season opener, held in Jerez due to the calendar changes obliged by Covid, Marquez ran off early on and faced a fight back through the field. The laptimes were almost beyond the mortal realm as the #93 put the hammer down to make it back to the front at his home GP – but then he found the limit and crossed it. He crashed out at Turn 3 and in a flash, his career path changed.
A fractured right humerus was the result. He first tried to make his comeback a week later but that was too soon. That one crash then became the beginning of a four-season nightmare that included four surgeries on the same arm, three of which were in 2020 when the plate from the first surgery broke, resulting in a second operation – before a third was required after the bone became infected and wouldn’t heal.
After a winter of rehabilitation, Marquez made his initial injury comeback in 2021. He even won three of the 14 Grands Prix he competed in. But then he withdrew from the final two rounds after a training crash led to a diagnosis with diplopia – a double vision problem that he first suffered after a crash near the end of the 2011 Moto2 season.
The crucial fourth surgery
Back from that, 2022 started positively with a P5 but a huge highside at Round 2 saw Marquez miss the remainder of the event, and following the crash, the diplopia returned. He underwent more surgery and returned to action fairly swiftly a few weeks later in Austin. However, after the Italian GP, Marquez confirmed he’d be heading off for a fourth surgery on his arm – and this time it was make or break for his career. All in to fix it back to 100%, which it never had been after that 2020 crash.
He travelled to the Mayo Clinic in the US for the pivotal operation, which included re-breaking and rotating his arm by roughly 30 degrees externally, before stabilising it with a new plate and screws. Marquez missed six rounds and made his highly anticipated return in Aragon.
Getting back in the groove, he earned a P2 in Australia to end another difficult year on a slightly higher note. But with an arm that was now on the way to being truly 100%.
The Decision: Honda exit to join Gresini Ducati
In 2023, Marquez experienced more injury woes, but this time it wasn’t his arm. A crash at the season opener meant Marquez picked up a broken bone in his hand and he missed three races due to that. Then, in June, a bruising weekend at the Sachsenring saw him crash five times.
The result was not racing on Sunday in Germany – a track he’s won at nine times in MotoGP – and a withdrawal from the Dutch GP the following weekend. He even flipped the bike off as the situation seemed to hit boiling point between man and machine.
Rumours abounded about his future with Honda, with whom he’d raced since Day 1 in MotoGP, as the project struggled to find the same race-winning form that has made HRC the most successful factory in MotoGP history. Ultimately, Marquez decided it was time for a change – and he announced it in an emotional press conference in Indonesia. He was to move to the Gresini team to race a year-old spec Ducati, reportedly almost for free, walking away from tens of millions in Honda contract for a bike he believed he could win with. He did.
2024, his first on a Ducati, saw him win three races and finish the year third overall, behind only the duo who fought for the title on the latest spec machine: Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia. By mid-season the other big story was about his future once again – who would pair Bagnaia in the factory Ducati team in 2025? Martin? Enea Bastianini? Or Marc Marquez? Martin decided he was done waiting for an answer and created one himself, announcing a move to Aprilia. Ducati signed Marquez to race in red and more history was set in motion.
The Greatest Comeback
From almost retiring in the nightmare of four seasons of suffering, Marquez has put together one of the most dominant MotoGP seasons of all time. Having redefined a lot of what it means to win in MotoGP when he made his debut as a rookie, the #93 has done it again in 2025, throwing down the gauntlet for the grid. 2184 days, multiple surgeries, three teams, two factories, yet more records and a seventh MotoGP crown later, he stands on top of the world – having made the greatest comeback in the history of sport.
Name us a better one – we’ll wait.
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Marc Marquez: his comeback in numbers. The #93 is celebrating more than a number – but they tell their own story too.
Marc Marquez has taken his seventh MotoGP World Championship, 2184 days since he last became MotoGP World Champion in 2019. Winning the title in Japan at Round 17 of 22 makes it the third earliest a rider has ever secured the MotoGP crown in the modern era.
He has competed for three different teams and two different manufacturers since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
He’s undergone five surgeries on his right arm and shoulder since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019 – during which time he has missed 30 races.
He has crashed 108 times since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
There were 581 days between his last win in 2019 and his first win back from injury in Germany in 2021, and then another 1043 days until he won again in Aragon 2024 after two more injuries, multiple surgeries, and his change of team and factory.
He is now the rider with the longest wait between MotoGP World Championships: six years. The previous longest gap was for Casey Stoner, who had four years between his titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).
He has the second most MotoGP wins of any rider – 73 and counting. Valentino Rossi has the most, with 89 victories.
His 2025 points total of 541 has already surpassed the previous totals in the Sprint era (since 2023) with five GPs remaining. He has the most doubles in a single season – 10 – taking the record from Francesco Bagnaia, who took five in 2024.
Marc Marquez is the sixth rider in history to win MotoGP World Championships with different factories (Honda and Ducati), along with Casey Stoner (Ducati and Honda), Valentino Rossi (Honda and Yamaha), Eddie Lawson (Yamaha and Honda), Geoff Duke (Norton and Gilera) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta and Yamaha).
Marquez is the fourth different rider who has taken a MotoGP World Championship with Ducati along with Casey Stoner (2007)., Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Jorge Martin (2024). In 2025, he became the second Ducati rider to win on their debut with the factory team, after Casey Stoner.
He has set the record as the rider with most MotoGP wins in a row with Ducati – seven from Aragon to Hungary this year. He is also the first rider to score seven doubles (Sprint and GP wins) in a row, also from Aragon to Hungary. He took his 14th win with Ducati in Misano, equalling Andrea Dovizioso in third on the list of the most successful Ducati riders in MotoGP, behind Francesco Bagnaia (30 wins) and Casey Stoner (23).
His seventh MotoGP World Championship sees him equal Valentino Rossi’s number of MotoGP titles. Only one rider has more – Giacomo Agostini on eight.
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Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati’s Josh Herrin won the MotoAmerica Superbike race at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sunday. Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Cameron Beaubier was second, with Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Richie Escalante, Real Steel Honda’s Hayden Gillim and Vision Wheel M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly completing the top five.
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Hank Vossberg won the SC-Project Twins Cup race on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He was followed by Robem Engineering’s Levi Badie, Bad Boys Racing’s Avery Dreher, RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki’s Matthew Chapin, and Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing’s Dominic Doyle.
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RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Hayden Gillim topped the Mission King of The Baggers warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Racing’s Bradley Smith, teammate Kyle Wyman, S&S/Indian Motorcycle’s Tyler O’Hara and RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson’s Rocco Landers completed the top five.
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OrangeCat Racing’s Andrew Lee led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ranked second. A wet-but-drying track meant that Lee put in only seven laps, Fong three, and they were the only two riders to record a time.
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Joseph LiMandri Jr was fastest in the MotoAmerica Motovation Supersport warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto w/ XPEL’s Kayla Yaakov, Horney Racing’s Kevin Horney, Mosites Motorsports/Ducati Pittsburgh’s Ryder Davis completed the top four. A damp-but-drying track meant that only four riders set times.
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Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Race Two Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.248 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third, 4.973 seconds behind race winner.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 8th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 14th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 523 points, 36 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 487 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 284 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
SUNDAY DOUBLE: Bulega makes it two from two after outfoxing Razgatlioglu, Bautista completes podium. A clever defensive move caught Razgatlioglu by surprise, allowing Bulega to build a gap over his rival.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made it two from two on Sunday at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as ‘Bulegas’ came out on top after another incredible fight between the #11 and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team). The Ducati star came out on top as they both got their elbows out for the third time at the Tissot Aragon Round.
Another fierce fight: Bulega comes out on top again
The opening lap started as the Tissot Superpole Race finished, with Razgatlioglu making a move at Turn 15 before Bulega responded at Turn 16. On Lap 2, ‘El Turco’ made a surprise move at Turn 14 as he claimed the lead, although Bulega responded at Turn 16. The pair traded positions again at Turn 16, before the #1 got ahead at Turn 1 on Lap 4, and then ‘Bulegas’ used Turn 16 to get ahead at the end of that lap. That allowed the Ducati rider to pull out a gap on his rival, but on Lap 6, Razgatlioglu brought it back down until the final sector. The lead changed again on Lap 7 at Turn 15, Razgatlioglu’s favourite overtaking spot, before Bulega re-passed at Turn 16. Turn 7 on Lap 8 was the next corner to feature a change of position, in Razgatlioglu’s favour, but Bulega responded on the run to Turn 12. Two corners later and the #1 was back in front, although the #11 led the field at Turn 16 once again. Turns 15 and 16 on Lap 9 had two changes of position as well, before the Championship leader claimed first at Turn 1 on Lap 10, and then another switch at Turn 16 on Lap 11 as Bulega moved into P1. At Turn 7, the #1 went wide with Bulega as he claimed the lead of the race, looking to build enough of a gap to defend down the back straight, which he was able to do, although a wider line at Turn 16 allowed the #11 through. Turn 7 was a key point on Lap 12, as Bulega went defensive and Razgatlioglu went wide which gave the Ducati rider a lead of around one second heading into the second half of the race. Bulega’s 10th win of the season means he matches Max Biaggi’s record for an Italian rider, as he took his 50th podium, while Razgatlioglu made it 21 podiums in a row – a personal record for ‘El Turco’.
Battling for the rostrum: P3 for Bautista as Rea makes progress through the field
The fight for the podium raged in the early stages of the race. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) got a poor start when lights went out, while Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) moved up the order into the top five. The #19 soon fought his way back into podium contention, getting ahead of Rea and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) in successive corners, with Rea slotting into P4. The #65 attempted to follow Bautista but eventually the Spaniard pulled out a gap over his rival to cement P3. Iannone was able to respond on Lap 14 through Turn 16 to get ahead of Rea to move into P4, leaving the Yamaha rider vulnerable to Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) behind. The #14 was pushing to challenge Rea but he fell at Turn 14 on the penultimate lap of the 18-lap race. That left Rea to challenge Iannone for P4, but ‘The Maniac’ had enough in hand to hold on, with Rea coming home in fifth; matching his best result of the season.
Completing the top ten: Alex Lowes in P6, Bassani puts two Bimotas in the top nine
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished in sixth place, 2.5 seconds away from his former teammate, but with a second in hand over Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was eighth, allowing Bautista to close the gap in the fight for third in Race 2. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was ninth with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) resisting Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Action) to round out the top ten.
Scoring points: Finishing in the top 15
Mackenzie was also having to resist a challenge from behind as he fended off Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who in turn was just 0.044s ahead of Dominique Aegerter. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was in the fight for P10, finishing just 0.004s behind Aegerter, despite running wide at Turn 8 in the early stages of the race. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) completed the points paying positions.
To note from race 2: Montella just misses out on points after penalty
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) recovered to P16 after taking a double Long Lap Penalty for causing the Turn 5 pile-up up in the Tissot Superpole Race, finishing ahead of Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), Tommy Bridewell (Honda HRC) and Sam Lowes after his Turn 14 crash. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) brought his Yamaha R1 into the pits and lost a couple of laps, but was classified in 20th.
Race 2 retirements: Three riders don’t see the flag
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) had a crash at Turn 12 on Lap 11 which ended his race early, with the Turk retiring from the race. Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) crashed out of the race at Turn 9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was another who crashed on the final lap with the Dutchman falling at Turn 16.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’48.459s
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +3.248s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +4.973s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +12.904s
5. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.521s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.102s
Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’48.427s
Championship Standings:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 523
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 487
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 284
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 254
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 253
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 184
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Jones Honda’s Bodie Paige led the MotoAmerica Parts Unlimited Talent Cup warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rossi Motorsports powered by 3:16’s Rossi Garcia, Team Roadracingworld.com’s Jake Paige, MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher, and Real Steel Honda’s Ian Fraley rounded out the top five.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Dominic Doyle set the pace in the MotoAmerica SC-Project warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Doyle’s Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing entry led Avery Dreher of Bad Boys Racing, Logan Cunnison of Speeddemon Racing, Gabrielly Lewis of Team Brazil, and Matthew Paternoster of AK RaceFab.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. The Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the fiftheen-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Stefano Manzi was a close second on his Pata Ten Kate Yamaha YZF R9, and Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise got third on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 380 points, 60 ahead of Can Oncu who has 320 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 223 points.
Results WSSP RACE 2
ChampionshipStandings WSSP RACE 2
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
ONCU RESPONDS: The Turk lands a statement win with a dramatic photo-finish over Manzi to close Aragon. Oncu’s win breathes life into the 2025 Championship picture, cutting Manzi’s lead down to 60 points.
After Saturday’s Race 1 saw Valentin Debise earn his first win in the FIM Supersport World Championship, the WorldSSP field took to the track for the last time for the final race of their Tissot Aragon Round at Motorland Aragon. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon, winning his 6th race of the season and the 7th race of his career. Joining him on the podium were riders Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse), who enjoyed their 16th and 4th podium appearances of the season, respectively.
Title rivals go down to the wire: Oncu gets his nose in front to win his first race since Donington
Manzi leapt forward from P2, overtaking polesitter Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team,) who by T3 was back to P3. Oncu snapped off the line from P7 to take the race lead by the second sector. Manzi saw himself back in fifth by Lap 5, overtaken by Oettl, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse). Manzi, however, showcased his trademark composure and made a late climb back up to P1, battling with Oncu in the last five laps for the race lead as the pair had put roughly a quarter of a second between them and Debise in P3 by Lap 13. By the final lap, Debise closed the gap between the pair, and in the back straight, the trio went three wide as they sprinted towards the final loop. Oncu cut across the nose of Manzi in P2 from the inside towards the outside, leading the trio out of Turn 17 towards the finish line. The two Yamaha rivals opened up the throttle and pipped the title leader Manzi by 0.027s in P2 and Valentin Debise as top Ducati in P3.
Oettl back in podium fight: Back to back P4s at Aragon
Oettl’s return to the podium fight will put wind in the sails of the Feel Racing camp as they hope to close their season strong. The German finished in P4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) by Lap 3 had carved seven positions forward to P4 from his P11 start position, finishing just a position behind that as the Spanish rookie finished P5. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had a strong Race 2 to close out Aragon, tying his best result in the category of P6. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started back in P12, but with a strong race pace, he improved that to a P7 finish.
Surra’s recovery run: Climbs back into points from P20 start
After starting P3, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) suffered a slow jump off the line, which he positionally wasn’t able to recover from, logging a P8 finish. Having started back in P20, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had his work cut out for him, but after stacking up overtake after overtake to crack the top eight by Lap 8. The Italian finished P9 for his third top 10 in his four races so far in WorldSSP. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) closed off the top ten positions as he rode well to land in the points from his P18 grid start.
Tough breaks for Casadei and Mahias: The pair suffered crashes which hampered their Race 2 hopes
Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) looked like he would tie his season’s best result of P7 as the race wound down; however, a crash in the last lap saw him record a DNF instead. Lucas Mahias’s (GMT94-YAMAHA) bike slid out from under him early in the contest in Turn 1, a spill he recovered from, but it cost him valuable Championship points as he finished P20. Joining them in the gravel were Wildcard rider Kadir Erbay (I+Dent Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), who each returned to the garages early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1 Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’53.310s
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.027s
3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.146s
4. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +0.499s
5. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.846s
6. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +3.731s
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Introducing: Marc Marquez, the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. From record-setting rookie to record-breaking comeback, come with us for a ride through 2013 to 2025.
After his incredible form this season, it’s been a matter of when, not if, for some time – but it’s official: Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. Following his second place result at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, the famous #93 takes his seventh crown in MotoGP – 2184 days after he last won the title. So who is the #93 and how did he win six titles in seven seasons before needing another six years to return to the throne in 2025?
From Cervera to Champion: early career and MotoGP glory
From Cervera, Spain, Marquez was born in 1993 – hence the number he’s taken to the top of the world. His early career set him apart as a MotoGP star of the future, and he took the 125cc World Championship in 2010 and Moto2™ World Championship in 2012. There was plenty of expectation around Marquez on his MotoGP debut with the Repsol Honda Team in 2013, but the #93 still outpaced it.
A podium first time out became a first win second time out, and he went on to become the youngest rider to clinch the MotoGP crown. He was also the first rookie to achieve the feat in 35 years. But 2013 was only a taste of what was to come as the #93 made his mark – bringing the “elbow down” riding style to MotoGP.
The dominant years: 2014–2019
In 2014 he won the first 10 Grands Prix and took his second MotoGP crown. 2015 began well, before some mistakes and hurdles saw Marquez lose the title for the first time since moving up to MotoGP.
The end of the season was highly dramatic too, as Marquez and Valentino Rossi clashed in Sepang, taking the sport’s biggest rivalry into another dimension. The tense finale in Valencia saw Jorge Lorenzo, then Rossi’s teammate, emerge victorious in the Championship.
In 2016 Marquez got back on top. 2017 was a rockier start but the fight went to the wire as Marquez vs Dovizioso created some of the greatest duels in MotoGP history. Marquez came out on top for title number four in MotoGP.
2018 resulted in more glory but there were more hurdles too, including a hotly debated Argentina race that saw the number 93 get three penalties, a resurgent Lorenzo, and more last corner lunges on Dovizioso. Then came 2019, which will go down as one of Marquez’s finest seasons. 12 wins out of 19, 18 podiums out of 19, and a points total of 420 even before the Tissot Spint era. On top of the world and redefining MotoGP – and then came 2020.
Injury hell: 2020–2023
At the season opener, held in Jerez due to the calendar changes obliged by Covid, Marquez ran off early on and faced a fight back through the field. The laptimes were almost beyond the mortal realm as the #93 put the hammer down to make it back to the front at his home GP – but then he found the limit and crossed it. He crashed out at Turn 3 and in a flash, his career path changed.
A fractured right humerus was the result. He first tried to make his comeback a week later but that was too soon. That one crash then became the beginning of a four-season nightmare that included four surgeries on the same arm, three of which were in 2020 when the plate from the first surgery broke, resulting in a second operation – before a third was required after the bone became infected and wouldn’t heal.
After a winter of rehabilitation, Marquez made his initial injury comeback in 2021. He even won three of the 14 Grands Prix he competed in. But then he withdrew from the final two rounds after a training crash led to a diagnosis with diplopia – a double vision problem that he first suffered after a crash near the end of the 2011 Moto2 season.
The crucial fourth surgery
Back from that, 2022 started positively with a P5 but a huge highside at Round 2 saw Marquez miss the remainder of the event, and following the crash, the diplopia returned. He underwent more surgery and returned to action fairly swiftly a few weeks later in Austin. However, after the Italian GP, Marquez confirmed he’d be heading off for a fourth surgery on his arm – and this time it was make or break for his career. All in to fix it back to 100%, which it never had been after that 2020 crash.
He travelled to the Mayo Clinic in the US for the pivotal operation, which included re-breaking and rotating his arm by roughly 30 degrees externally, before stabilising it with a new plate and screws. Marquez missed six rounds and made his highly anticipated return in Aragon.
Getting back in the groove, he earned a P2 in Australia to end another difficult year on a slightly higher note. But with an arm that was now on the way to being truly 100%.
The Decision: Honda exit to join Gresini Ducati
In 2023, Marquez experienced more injury woes, but this time it wasn’t his arm. A crash at the season opener meant Marquez picked up a broken bone in his hand and he missed three races due to that. Then, in June, a bruising weekend at the Sachsenring saw him crash five times.
The result was not racing on Sunday in Germany – a track he’s won at nine times in MotoGP – and a withdrawal from the Dutch GP the following weekend. He even flipped the bike off as the situation seemed to hit boiling point between man and machine.
Rumours abounded about his future with Honda, with whom he’d raced since Day 1 in MotoGP, as the project struggled to find the same race-winning form that has made HRC the most successful factory in MotoGP history. Ultimately, Marquez decided it was time for a change – and he announced it in an emotional press conference in Indonesia. He was to move to the Gresini team to race a year-old spec Ducati, reportedly almost for free, walking away from tens of millions in Honda contract for a bike he believed he could win with. He did.
2024, his first on a Ducati, saw him win three races and finish the year third overall, behind only the duo who fought for the title on the latest spec machine: Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia. By mid-season the other big story was about his future once again – who would pair Bagnaia in the factory Ducati team in 2025? Martin? Enea Bastianini? Or Marc Marquez? Martin decided he was done waiting for an answer and created one himself, announcing a move to Aprilia. Ducati signed Marquez to race in red and more history was set in motion.
The Greatest Comeback
From almost retiring in the nightmare of four seasons of suffering, Marquez has put together one of the most dominant MotoGP seasons of all time. Having redefined a lot of what it means to win in MotoGP when he made his debut as a rookie, the #93 has done it again in 2025, throwing down the gauntlet for the grid. 2184 days, multiple surgeries, three teams, two factories, yet more records and a seventh MotoGP crown later, he stands on top of the world – having made the greatest comeback in the history of sport.
Name us a better one – we’ll wait.
More from another press release issued by Dorna:
Marc Marquez: his comeback in numbers. The #93 is celebrating more than a number – but they tell their own story too.
Marc Marquez has taken his seventh MotoGP World Championship, 2184 days since he last became MotoGP World Champion in 2019. Winning the title in Japan at Round 17 of 22 makes it the third earliest a rider has ever secured the MotoGP crown in the modern era.
He has competed for three different teams and two different manufacturers since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
He’s undergone five surgeries on his right arm and shoulder since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019 – during which time he has missed 30 races.
He has crashed 108 times since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
There were 581 days between his last win in 2019 and his first win back from injury in Germany in 2021, and then another 1043 days until he won again in Aragon 2024 after two more injuries, multiple surgeries, and his change of team and factory.
He is now the rider with the longest wait between MotoGP World Championships: six years. The previous longest gap was for Casey Stoner, who had four years between his titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).
He has the second most MotoGP wins of any rider – 73 and counting. Valentino Rossi has the most, with 89 victories.
His 2025 points total of 541 has already surpassed the previous totals in the Sprint era (since 2023) with five GPs remaining. He has the most doubles in a single season – 10 – taking the record from Francesco Bagnaia, who took five in 2024.
Marc Marquez is the sixth rider in history to win MotoGP World Championships with different factories (Honda and Ducati), along with Casey Stoner (Ducati and Honda), Valentino Rossi (Honda and Yamaha), Eddie Lawson (Yamaha and Honda), Geoff Duke (Norton and Gilera) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta and Yamaha).
Marquez is the fourth different rider who has taken a MotoGP World Championship with Ducati along with Casey Stoner (2007)., Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Jorge Martin (2024). In 2025, he became the second Ducati rider to win on their debut with the factory team, after Casey Stoner.
He has set the record as the rider with most MotoGP wins in a row with Ducati – seven from Aragon to Hungary this year. He is also the first rider to score seven doubles (Sprint and GP wins) in a row, also from Aragon to Hungary. He took his 14th win with Ducati in Misano, equalling Andrea Dovizioso in third on the list of the most successful Ducati riders in MotoGP, behind Francesco Bagnaia (30 wins) and Casey Stoner (23).
His seventh MotoGP World Championship sees him equal Valentino Rossi’s number of MotoGP titles. Only one rider has more – Giacomo Agostini on eight.
