Ducati rider Marc Marquez’s life outside of MotoGP from net worth to girlfriend

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Marc Marquez is the greatest motorcycle racer of all time for many MotoGP fans owing to his array of championship titles, so here is everything you need to know about him.

The Grand Prix paddock has often been just a playground for Marquez since his debut in the 125cc class in 2008. He swept up a staggering eight world championships in just 10 seasons between securing the 2010 125cc crown and Marquez’s sixth MotoGP title in the 2019 term.

Few riders through the 500cc or the MotoGP eras can rival what Marquez has achieved, and even fewer would challenge his status without the Spaniard’s horrific injury suffered at Jerez in 2020. Marquez broke his right humerus rolling through the Turn 3 gravel after a highside.

Marquez claimed his seventh MotoGP title at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix after a dominant performance from the Spaniard. Marquez has matched Valentino Rossi’s premier class championships after taking his latest title.

Marc Marquez considered retiring from MotoGP after breaking his arm at Jerez in 2020

Marquez would need four surgeries to repair his right arm following his violent crash in the 2020 season-opening Grand Prix of Spain. The fourth of those operations saw Marquez get the bone rebroken and set back to its original position as it had twisted by over 30 degrees.

His injury and later struggling for form as Honda also faded from being a front-running team as Ducati became dominant would also tempt Marquez to consider retiring from MotoGP. In the end, cancelling his contract for Honda to ride a Ducati at Gresini saved Marquez’s career.

Riding a year-old Ducati Desmosedici GP23 for Gresini in the 2024 MotoGP season also led to a promotion to the factory team in 2025 to replace Enea Bastianini, with Marquez getting the nod over Pramac rival Jorge Martin – who would be the eventual 2024 riders’ champion.

Joining Ducati after winning three Grand Prix on a year-old bike with Gresini further justified Marquez paying Honda a reported £4m to cancel his contract early. It took him four races to take to a podium in P2 at the Grand of Spain, and his first win arrived at Aragon in round 12.

Marc Marquez dominated MotoGP with Honda to claim six premier class riders’ titles

Leaving Honda was a major decision for Marquez, having spent his entire MotoGP career at the Japanese brand since debuting with a podium with P3 in the 2013 Grand Prix of Qatar. It was even a dominant relationship which yielded Marquez’s six premier class championships.

Marquez also secured his first MotoGP riders’ championship as a rookie after Honda moved the Spaniard straight into their factory line-up in 2013. It even only took Marquez two races to justify getting the call-up by winning his first race at the 2013 Grand Prix of the Americas.

The Circuit of the Americas would go on to become one of Marquez’s many dominant tracks aboard a Honda machine in MotoGP. He achieved seven victories in Austin, Texas for Honda, including Marquez taking six wins in a row in the United States of America from 2013-2018.

Honda even saw Marquez secure eight wins at the Grand Prix of Germany aboard their bikes in the MotoGP class from 2013-2021, including his first race victory after breaking his arm at Jerez in 2020. Marquez was unbeatable at the Sachsenring with Honda between 2013-2019.

Taking the MotoGP title as a rookie further saw Marquez become the youngest rider to win a premier class title at 20 years and 266 days old. He then set further MotoGP benchmarks as the youngest rider to claim two, three, four, five and six world titles in the premier class.

Signs of Marquez’s impending dominance were also clear during his 125cc and Moto2 days. He sealed the lightweight class title in 2010 with 10 wins from 17 races, alongside taking 12 pole positions, before lifting the intermediate class crown in 2012 with nine wins out of 17.

So, with that in mind, MotoGP News has taken a deep dive into everything that you need to know about Marquez and what the current Ducati rider’s life outside of the paddock is like…

Who is Ducati rider Marc Marquez?

Marc Marquez is one of the most successful motorcycle racers in history, with multiple titles in MotoGP plus world championships in the 125cc and Moto2 classes. He currently rides for the factory Ducati team after Marquez left Gresini from the 2025 season on a two-year deal.

Ducati signed Marquez in June 2024 to replace Enea Bastianini beside Francesco Bagnaia over promoting Pramac rider Jorge Martin, who would win the MotoGP championship. The move justified Marquez’s decision to buy himself out of a factory Honda contract after 2023.

Marquez is also a passionate FC Barcelona fan and he admires Formula 1 drivers’ champion, Max Verstappen. The Spaniard is also a dedicated man of routine as Marquez schedules his day-to-day life even with time for relaxing, cooking, walking his dog or playing video games.

Video games like Call of Duty and holding a BBQ at his home on Sundays without a MotoGP race are key ways that Marquez likes to disconnect and socialise outside of competition. He also sees cycling on trails around Spain and running as key training aspects to be at the top.

How old is Marc Marquez? When was he born?

Marc Marquez was born on 17 February in 1993 – making him 32 years old. He is the older brother of fellow MotoGP rider Alex Marquez, who debuted in the premier class for Honda in 2020 as Marc’s teammate. Marc later followed Alex to Gresini for the 2024 season, too.

Where was Marc Marquez born? What is his nationality?

Marc Marquez is the most successful motorcycle racer from Spain to date to compete in the premier class in the 500cc or MotoGP eras. He was born in Cervera, which is in the province of Lleida within the autonomous community of Catalonia and has a population of just 9,335.

How tall is Marc Marquez and how much does he weigh?

Marc Marquez is one of the shortest riders on the MotoGP grid, measuring 1.69 meters tall, or 5ft 5in. Only Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin are shorter at 1.68 meters tall.

The Spaniard is an average weight for this year’s grid, weighing in at 64kg, or 10st 1lbs. There are seven riders that have the same weight as Marquez, with a further six weighing less.

Why is Marc Marquez’s nickname the Ant of Cervera?

Marc Marquez started to adopt the nickname of the Ant of Cervera at the age of 15, around the time that he became the youngest Spanish rider to take a podium in the 125cc class. He earned the nickname due to Marquez’s ability to control heavy bikes despite his small build.

Why Marc Marquez chose 93 as his permanent MotoGP race number

Marc Marquez has always chosen 93 as his permanent race number in MotoGP simply down to the fact that he was born in 1993 and loves seeing that on his plate. He also ran the No93 plate over No1 as the reigning MotoGP champion as well as in the 125cc class and in Moto2.

How good is Marc Marquez? Who has praised the MotoGP champion?

Many consider Marc Marquez to be one of if not the greatest to race in the premier class in the 500cc and MotoGP eras. Only Giacomo Agostini, with eight titles from 1966 to 1975, has more titles than Marquez, who has matched Valentino Rossi’s seven titles between 2001 and 2009.

Records have tumbled throughout Marquez’s MotoGP career, as well, including scoring the most race wins in a season with 13 from 18 in 2014. He also scored the most pole positions in a season with 13 from 18 in 2014, plus the most podiums in a season with 18/19 in 2019.

Marquez further sets himself aside from the rest of the MotoGP field in Flag to Flag races as the Spaniard can find grip in damp and wet conditions better than most. He is also the rider who knows when to pit to swap bikes for wet or dry tyres the best for a massive advantage.

Even rivals like the 2021 MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo, who grew up as a huge Rossi supporter, have called Marquez the greatest rider in MotoGP since its rebrand in 2002.

“My idol was always Valentino,” Quartararo said in July 2024. “My relationship with him was in stages. When I was seven years old, I had my photo taken. Later, when I was 15, he invited me to his ranch and in 2021, we swapped places [in MotoGP for Yamaha and Petronas SRT].”

Quartararo added: “I always liked Valentino but Marc is the best ever – even if he has won fewer titles. In 2014, he won the first 10 races of the year and I thought, ‘Who is this guy?’

“On top of it all is that you put him in wet races, dry races, windy races, in good conditions or the worst and he is always very fast.

“For me he is the example that best describes what he is like as a rider. He is very aggressive and when you see him riding, it looks like he is a second and a half faster than you.”

Marquez’s racecraft also astounds Sylvain Guintoli, the 2014 Superbike world champion. He told TNT Sports after the Spaniard overtook Francesco Bagnaia for P2 in the 2024 Grand Prix of France: “From 13th on the grid, normally you have no chance. It’s impossible.

“Even if you have a good start, you make inroads and you make no mistakes, you are going to get tangled in battles that you don’t want to be involved in. You are going to lose time. He was able to make passes stick. He capitalised on a mistake by Maverick Vinales.

“Every opportunity for Marc, he managed to stick his front wheel in and make it stick. To not lose time, it is so hard to do when you start from that far back.

“The battle with Fabio Di Giannantonio was super-clean up the inside. Di Giannantonio twice tried to respond. On the final lap, the pass on Bagnaia, how far back was he when he launched the attack? Unbelievable how he managed to stop that and make it stick.”

Meet Marc Marquez’s girlfriend, Gemma Pinto

Marc Marquez does not have a wife but has been dating his girlfriend, Gemma Pinto, since May 2023. Pinto, like Marquez, is Spanish and was born in Barcelona. He credits the model and influencer with ‘saving me’ after missing five of the first eight rounds in 2023 via injury.

Marquez said in July 2023: “On a professional level it is one of my hardest moments. But the personal level is compensating for it, which is one of my best moments.

“I am calmer, happier [and] supported by my family, my brother, my partner, my manager and the entire team that surrounds me. It is there where the balance is being offset a bit and that will surely give me the strength to keep pushing and to return to Silverstone.

“I give myself the summer to rest, to reflect and to clear my mind too, which will be good. To start the second half of the season with the same commitment. But it helps a lot that I am in one of my best moments on a personal level and that is what is saving me.”

Marc Marquez’s net worth

Marc Marquez has built a seismic net worth as one of the richest Spanish athletes thanks to his vast success in MotoGP and personal sponsorship deals. Marquez’s net worth is believed to be £66.5m, although he is still far from ranking amongst the 100 richest people in Spain.

Marc Marquez’s Grand Prix career racing stats

As of the end of the 2024 campaign, Marc Marquez had won eight world championship titles, including six premier class MotoGP titles, one intermediate class Moto2 title and one title in the lightweight class now known as Moto3 whilst it was still called the 125cc championship.