MotoGP: Marc Márquez wins a BMW worth more than €120,000
- Published on 16/11/2025 12:31
- Modified on 16/11/2025 12:38
Marc Márquez, already the record holder of the BMW M Award, won his 8th “best qualifier” title of the MotoGP season in 2025.
The Spanish rider is phenomenal. Despite several seasons marked by injuries and doubts, he asserts himself more and more each day as the greatest MotoGP rider in history. Crowned 2025 world champion well before the end of the season, Marc Marquez has been absent for several months due to yet another shoulder injury. And yet, even missing part of the season, he remains the best — such was his dominant form in 2025.
The Ducati rider thus secured his eighth BMW M Award, which rewards the rider who qualified best over the 2025 season. The award was presented after the final qualifying in Valencia, where Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, and Axel Mittler, head of marketing at BMW M GmbH, handed him the keys to his prize: a BMW M2 CS, the latest flagship of the M division.
A return to the forefront
Márquez dominated 2025 like in the best days of his career. Crowned world champion as early as the Japanese Grand Prix — the 17th of the 22 rounds — he also topped the BMW M Award standings with eight pole positions and five additional front-row starts. His lead was such that he could no longer be caught, despite the shoulder injury that forced him to miss the last four races.
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In total, the eight-time world champion collected 351 points in the qualifying standings, finishing eight points ahead of his brother Álex Márquez. A tasty fraternal nod for Marc, who even promised his younger brother he could take the wheel of the freshly won M2 CS.
BMW M Award, a tradition turned institution
Awarded every year since 2003, the BMW M Award rewards the MotoGP rider who performs best in qualifying, using a points system similar to that of the races. The winner walks away with a high-performance BMW M car, a unique prize in the world of motorsport. This year, the M2 CS is a coupe with a starting price of €119,000 in France… before an ecological penalty of €70,000 (in 2025).
Over more than two decades, only a few riders have managed to impose themselves consistently. Before Márquez’s new display in 2025, Francesco Bagnaia had lined up three consecutive victories (2022–2024). Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo are also among the former winners of this singular trophy. The French have also left their mark thanks to Fabio Quartararo, winner in 2020, the year his qualifying performances caught the eye.
Marc Márquez’s dominance remains, however, unmatched: between 2013 and 2019 he had already claimed seven consecutive BMW M Awards, an absolute record in the history of the discipline.
The BMW M2 CS: a prize worthy of the champion
The 2025 trophy has an especially exclusive feel: the BMW M2 CS, the latest from BMW M’s high-performance special series. This compact coupe is a concentrate of sportiness:
• Inline six-cylinder engine delivering 530 hp
• 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds
• 8-speed M Steptronic gearbox
• Extensive use of carbon to reduce weight
A model designed for purists, perfectly reflecting Márquez’s aggressive and incisive qualifying style. Between his return to the world title, his eighth BMW M Award and a regained dominance in qualifying, Marc Márquez signs one of the most accomplished seasons of his career. Enough to already spark huge interest around 2026, when all eyes will be on his goal: to clinch a ninth world crown.
And, why not, at 32, a ninth BMW M Award.
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This page is translated from the original post "MotoGP : Marc Marquez remporte une BMW à plus de 120 000 €" in French.
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