Marc Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Thai Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Marc Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Thai Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Thai MotoGP, Buriram: Race as it happened

Recap the race at the season-opening 2025 Thai MotoGP round at Buriram.

The 2025 Thai MotoGP is set to get underwꦚay𒊎 at 15:00 local time. 

Marc Marquez starts from pole position, which he converte𝄹d to victory in yesterday's ꧟Sprint.

Alex Marquez and Francesco B﷽agnaia start alongside him on the frontꦛ row.

10:26
Casey Stoner record has fallen

READ HERE  - Ominous Casey Stoner 18-year record matched at 2025 Thailand MotoGP

Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner
10:07
Marc Marquez explains problem

READ HERE - Marc Marquez explains problem in Thai MotoGP - three laps from “disaster"

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Thai MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Thai MotoGP
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09:50
09:41
09:32
Report from Buriram

READ HERE - 2025 Thai MotoGP: Marc Marquez overcomes early scare to win opening round

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Thai MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Thai MotoGP
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09:22

Pecco Bagnaia just admitted: "Marc was playing with us today..💯."

09:22

Marc Marquez opted not🉐 to clarify the route of his brief problem, afterwards in parc fe🐷rme.

08:59
Casey Stoner comparison

Marc Marq♔uez is the first♒ factory Ducati debutant to win a grand prix since Casey Stoner.

Stoner did it in the💖 year that he won a championship with Ducati.

08:59

World feed commentary saying that Marco Rigamonti ha🍨s confirmed Marquez slowing on lap seven was about front tyre pressure.

08:59
Ominous?

Marc Marquez has been brilliant at the🔥 first round of the season.

Many more wins to come?

Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
08:43

It's a repeat top five in the G⛄P from the Sprint, with M. Marquez ahead of A. Mar🌊quez, Bagnaia, Morbidelli, and Ogura.

Bezz🍰ecchi takes 6th, ahead of Zarco, Binder, Bastianini, and Di Giannantonio who complete ♑the top 10.

08:41
Marc Marquez wins the Thai Grand Prix

It's victory for Marc Marquez in Thailand. He wins in Buriram comfort✨ably ahead of his brother, Alex Marquez, who hangs onto second ahead of Bagnaia in third.

Far from a classic, but that won't matter toဣ the 8x champ, who is now only one GP win shy of Angel Nieto 𒅌on the all-time list.

08:40
Lap 25/26

1.5s lead for Marc Marquez with one lap to go, and half-a-sec🌠ond between second and third.

08:39
Lap 24/26

Marc has cle🦹ared off within a lap, 0.9s clear as we go to 2 to go.

Alex Marquez has 0.5s back to Bagnaia, but every time the Italian gets closeꦑr he drops ba𓄧ck again.

08:37
Lap 23/26

Three to go now, and f🌸inally Marc makes his move back to the front at the f🐬inal corner.

08:36
Lap 22/26

Alex Marquez really struggling for grip now, it seems, and it's bringing B🅺agnaia back into it. 0.ꩵ5s away now.

08:35
Lap 21/26

Five laps to go and a slide from Alex Marquez out of turn 11 shows perfectly what Marc Marquez is doing. If he wanted to pass, he could've then, but instead he roll💃ed the throttle.

08:33
Lap 20/26

Still 73 from 93 at the front. Bagnaia continues to yoyo between 0.6s 💮and 0.8s behi🐭nd his teammate. Possibly also a tyre pressure/temperature thing.

08:31
Lap 19/26

No change at the front, but Morbidelli affirmativ💞ely falling away now. 1.4s is now the gap ahead of him to Bagnaia.

08:30
Lap 18/26

Still Alex Marquez leads by essentially nothing from Marc Marquez. Bagnaia just floating between 0.6s and 0.8s adrift of his teammate, and now almost a s❀econd between the Italian and his compatriot, Morbidelli.

08:28
Bezzecchi to 6th

Bezzecchi has made his way up to 6th, passing Mi✤ller at turn three.

On the one hand, he's a long way behind Ogura, on the other, he's been able to cut his way throug🐷h the group he was stuck in from the start.

08:27
Lap 17/26

It would be really interesting to know what is going thro🤪ugh the head of Alex Marquez at the minute. How do you make a plan to try and win this race when you were handed the lead and💧 the guy who gave it to you hasn't been more than 0.2s behind for the 10 laps since?

08:26
Mir out

Joan Mir has crashed out at the final cor💟ner. He's fine enough to be fu💎ming about it.