Marc Marquez won a third-successive sprint in MotoGP 2025 ജat the Americas Grand Prix despite a thrilling opening lap battle with Pecco Bagnaia that almost saไw him crash.

After qualifying on pole for a record eighth time at COTA on Saturday, championship leader Marque💜z was not expected to be challenged in the 10-lap sprint.

But a stunning launch from sixth from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:factory Ducati team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia saw the double worl༺d champion briefly lead, with the pair th꧒en engaging in a thrilling duel over the first half of the first lap.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez nearly crashed while l💃eading at Turn 17, which dropped him briefly to third, be🐽fore he rallied to retake first place.

Pushed hard by younger brother 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez for most of the remainder of the sprint, Marc Marquez ultimately held firm to claim his fifth win of th🐻e 🐈2025 season to extend his championship lead.

Bagnaia completed the podium having been the fifth fastest of the six Ducatis in🍌 qualifying.

Off the line, Bagnaia carved up the inside of the field from sixth to take the lead from poleman Marc Marquez on the brak✨es into Tu✃rn 1.

Marquez came back through at Turn 2, but Bagnaia jammed his GP25 up the inside of his team-mate at Turn 3 before t꧃hey swapped places again at Turn 7.

Leading still as they entered the stadium section, Marquez’s race almost came to an end when the rear of his b🐻ike let go rounding the Turn 17 right-hander.

This threw him out wide, allowing Alex Marquez on the Gresini-run GP2﷽4 Ducati and Bagnaia to overtake the championship leader.

But Marc Marquez went from third to the lead into the final corner and wouldn’t be topped ♔again for the remaining nine laps.

For much of it he h🌜ad Alex Marquez around half a second adrift, though that gap swelled to over a second during the penultimate tour.

Marquez’s lead came down to around seven tenths on the final lap as he backed off slightly to avoid any risk, with the eight-time world champion 0.795s clear of his younger brother at ♏the chequered flag.

In the championship standings, Marc Marquez is now 19 point𝔉s clear of Alex Marquez, while Bagnaia is 36 adrift.

After his stellar start, Bagnaia quickly faded away from🌱 the leading two just as he has at the previous two sprints.

At one stage Bagnaia had Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo hounding hi♋m for third, before the Frenchman almost lost the front of his M1 under braki☂ng for Turn 15 on the fourth tour.

Bagnaia was able to scamper away eventually to cement third, though he wa🍌s 1.123s behind Alex Marquez at the chequered flag.

Fabio Di Giannantonio battled through to fourth after a ꦺsc♊rappy start to his sprint from second, while VR46 team-mate Franco Morbidelli fended off a hard-charging Quartararo for fifth.

Pedro Acosta was seventh for KTM, with Luca Marini (Honda) and Ai Ogura (Trackhouse༺ Aprili🦩a) taking the final points down to ninth.

Tech3’s Maverick Vinales was denied a points 💜finish when he was forced to retired with a bike issue on lapౠ eight.

Honda’s Joan Mir was also on course for points before crashing at Turn 15 on lap 🃏five.

Full 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix sprint results