{"id":1127,"date":"2025-11-17T04:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:10:53","slug":"motogp-world-champion-marquez-takes-home-bmw-m2-cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/motogp-world-champion-marquez-takes-home-bmw-m2-cs\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP world champion Marquez takes home BMW M2 CS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Marquez capped off his successful 2025 MotoGP season by securing his record-extending eighth BMW M Award.<\/p>\n<p>The prestigious honour, awarded to the rider with the most qualifying points across the season, was the seven-time world champion\u2019s first since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing the final four races through injury, Marquez still topped the standings with 351 points, powered by eight pole positions and five additional front-row starts, earning him a brand-new BMW M2 CS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRIJ6JID9b_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV Malaysia (@spotvmy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took a few years, but I\u2019m really happy to see my name back on the list of BMW M Award winners,\u201d said the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This season has been a dream for me, even though I obviously didn\u2019t imagine it ending with a shoulder injury that made me miss the final races.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For us, it\u2019s always something special when our performances on the track are recognised in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquez also spared a thought for his brother Alex, who finished eight points behind him in the final standings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My brother didn\u2019t manage the result he needed in the penultimate qualifying in Portimao to keep the contest open, but I promised him he\u2019ll get to drive the car too!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Marquez capped off his successful 2025 MotoGP season by securing his record-extending eighth BMW M Award. The prestigious honour, awarded to the rider with the most qualifying points across the season, was the seven-time world champion\u2019s first since 2019. Despite missing the final four races through injury, Marquez still topped the standings with 351 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/motogp-world-champion-marquez-takes-home-bmw-m2-cs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MotoGP world champion Marquez takes home BMW M2 CS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[96,94,171],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motogp","tag-motorsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1129,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}