Double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner says Marc Marquez’s dominant 2025 season was surprising and “his most spectacular.”
After the twelfth spherical of the 2025 marketing campaign, the manufacturing facility Ducati riders gained eight Grand Prix and 11 sprints to guide the championship 120 factors forward of the Austrian Grand Prix.
It is a Honda machine that’s not aggressive, returning to the form that comes 5 years after the intense arm harm that plagued Mark Marquez just a few seasons later.
Stoner, who retired from MotoGP in 2012 and retired from Mark Marquez’s Honda, mentioned the Spaniard’s uncertainty about health led to questions on his preseason potential.
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“No, I did not assume Mark could be that quick, particularly firstly of the 12 months,” he informed Sky Italia.
“After turning to Ducati with Gresini final 12 months, I noticed him really feel extra assured once more.
“And I nonetheless did not know the way his arms had been and the way he was recovering from this.
“So it may be fascinating firstly of the season.
“It is true, I did not count on him to have the ability to do that consequence.
“However clearly final 12 months he had a powerful confidence. His arms have to be near 100% once more and now he can do issues that different individuals cannot.
“So he was actually spectacular this 12 months. We have all the time seen one thing spectacular from Marquez, however I feel that is in all probability his most spectacular season.”
Earlier than the summer season holidays, Marquez competed with 2007 and 2011 champion Stoner because the identify of his digital dream grid.
Stoner was Ducati’s first world champion, spending 4 years on the Italian Mark earlier than becoming a member of Honda in 2011.
The Australian returned to Ducati within the mid-2010s as a check rider of straightforward spells.
Stoner will probably be attending the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend and will probably be collaborating within the Legends parade within the Pink Bull Ring on a Honda RC213V-S.
