2025 Qatar MotoGP: Marc Marquez wins sprint as Pecco Bagnaia struggles
Marc Marquez retakes MotoGP points leaꦫd with Qatar GP sprint win
Marc Marquez has retaken t👍he lead in the 2025 MotoGP st♌andings after dominating the Qatar Grand Prix sprint, as Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia struggled to eighth.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez felt like his pole lap in qualifying earlier on Saturday was a “surprise” as he expected 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia to be faster than him this weekend.
But, aside from a brief swapping of places with Gresini’s𒈔 Alex M༒arquez, Marc Marquez was in total control of the 11-lap sprint at Lusail.
He took the chequered flag෴ over 1.5s clear of Alex Marquez to retake the championship lead by two points, while Franco Morbidelli completed the podium for VR46 Ducati💧.
Having come into Saturday looking strong, Bagnaia’s charge has cꦇome right off the rails, with a crash in Q2 l🔯eaving him 11th on the grid.
And from there, Bagnaia had no pace on his factory Ducati in the sprint, with the double world champion only able to get to♛ eighth at the chequered flag - 10.334s 🐻off the win.
Bagnaia ha✤s now slid 21 points behind Marc Marquez in the championship going into Sunday’s 22-lap grand prix.
From pole, Marc Marquez grabbed the holeshot from Alex Marquez and third-place starter Fabio Quartara🐭ro on the factory Yamaha.
Bagnaia behind made small progress to ninth on the opening lap, but quickly found himself dumped out of th⛦e points and was even passed by returning reigning champion Jorge Martin at one point.
Alex Marquez launched a raid on the lead on the run into Turn 1 at the start of lap two, throwing𝄹 his Gresini Ducati up the inside of Marc Marquez - though ultimately having to concede the place immediatꦓely.
That proved to be the only time M꧙arc Marquez didn’t lead the sprint, with the factory Ducati rider beginning tꦑo stretch away on the fifth tour.
By 👍the start of lap six, the lead had stretched to around 0.7s, with Marc Marquez eventually getting his lead up to over 1.5s through to the chequered fl♈ag.
Alex Marquez was comf♏ortably second to maintain his 100% runner-up spot record in 2025, while VR46’s Morbidelli took the last podium place.
Morbidelli movജed ahead of Quartararo for third at the start of lap two, though the Yamaha rider rallied late on and put his former team-mate under pressure.
The pair also h꧒ad Gresini rookie Fermin Aldeguer to contend with on the final lap.
Morbidelli held third o💛n the way into the last corner, while a mistake on the br🅷akes for Quartararo forced him out wide and dropped him to fifth behind Aldeguer.
Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the top six on the sister VR46 Ducati, while Trackhouse rookie Ai Ogura fought through to 💝seventh ꦕon his Aprilia.
Bagnaia recovered to a distant eighth, while Marco Bezzecchi took the final po�🍰�int in ninth for the factory Aprilia team.
This came at the expense of KTM pair M🎐averick Vinales and Pedro Acosta, whose soft tyre ch⛦oice saw them fade right out of the points come the chequered flag.
Jorge Martin ran just outside of the top 10 in the early stages of his first race start since last November, but ultimately dropped to 16th on the sister factor✨y Aprilia.
LCR Honda’s Johann Zaꦉrco was the only retirement, as he pulled out on lap nine with rear tyre pꦏroblems.
Factory Honda rider Joan Mir didn’t take the start due to illn🧸ess. His physical condition will be assessed on Sunday before a decision is made on his participation in the grand prix.
