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MotoGP British GP: Alex Marquez wins sprint to end Marc's perfect record

Alex Marquez ended his brother Marc Marquez’s perfect record in 2025 MotoGP sprint races by claiming victory on his Gresini Ducati at the British Grand Prix on Saturday.

Marc had no answer to Alex after he gave away an early lead with a mistake, and settled for another solid points haul for second place. This ensures he maintains a healthy 19-point lead over Alex in the world championship heading into Sunday’s British GP.

Polesitter Fabio Quartararo was again unable to convert his remarkable one-lap pace into competitive speed in a race situation. Although he maintained the lead on the first lap, he lost it to a fast-starting Marc Marquez before it was over. The Ducati GP25’s substantial power advantage over the Yamaha was evident as the Spaniard simply blew past the Frenchman on the Hangar Straight.

While many would have expected Marc to dominate the race from that point, the eight-time world champion sprung a surprise by running wide at Village on the second lap. That handed the lead back to his brother, who had just passed Quartararo too.

The younger Marquez then proceeded to show Marc how to control a race. Though Marc remained close to Alex for most of the way, he never showed him a wheel and called off his challenge with a couple of laps to go.

Francesco Bagnaia was unable to make the most of his encouraging front-row starting position as the Italian was shuffled aside in the opening sequence of corners. While this cost him any chance of sticking with the Marquez boys, he was able to take Quartararo for third on lap three.

Fabio Di Giannantonio, VR46 Racing Team (Photo by: Media VR46)

Bagnaia’s factory GP25 looked settled in that spot until the closing stages, when he began to fade rapidly. He had no answer to Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati), who had shown good pace throughout the race after working his way up from seventh on the grid.

Di Giannantonio thus completed the podium, quickly slaying memories of his unhappy outing last time out at Le Mans.

While Quartararo slipped down the field almost in tune with Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and French GP winner Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) profited to take fourth and fifth respectively.

Bagnaia just managed to hold off Quartararo for sixth as he struggled to the finish line.

The final two points-paying positions on Saturday went to the KTM of Pedro Acosta and Jack Miller on the Pramac Yamaha.

MotoGP British Grand Prix sprint race results

   
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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Retirement Points
1 Spain A. Marquez Gresini Racing 73 Ducati 10

-

      12
2 Spain M. Marquez Ducati Team 93 Ducati 10

+3.511

3.511

3.511     9
3 Italy F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46 49 Ducati 10

+5.072

5.072

1.561     7
4 Italy M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team 72 Aprilia 10

+5.658

5.658

0.586     6
5 France J. Zarco Team LCR 5 Honda 10

+6.707

6.707

1.049     5
6 Italy F. Bagnaia Ducati Team 63 Ducati 10

+7.057

7.057

0.350     4
7 France F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing 20 Yamaha 10

+7.231

7.231

0.174     3
8 Spain P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 37 KTM 10

+9.186

9.186

1.955     2
9 Australia J. Miller Pramac Racing 43 Yamaha 10

+9.923

9.923

0.737     1
10 Italy L. Marini Honda HRC 10 Honda 10

+10.206

10.206

0.283      
11 Italy F. Morbidelli Team VR46 21 Ducati 10

+10.898

10.898

0.692      
12 Spain J. Mir Honda HRC 36 Honda 10

+11.405

11.405

0.507      
13 Spain M. Viñales Tech 3 12 KTM 10

+11.933

11.933

0.528      
14 Spain F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing 54 Ducati 10

+15.376

15.376

3.443      
15 Italy E. Bastianini Tech 3 23 KTM 10

+18.135

18.135

2.759      
16 Portugal M. Oliveira Pramac Racing 88 Yamaha 10

+19.213

19.213

1.078      
17 Spain A. Espargaro Honda HRC Test Team 41 Honda 10

+20.468

20.468

1.255      
18 Italy L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team 32 Aprilia 10

+20.968

20.968

0.500      
19 Spain R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team 25 Aprilia 10

+24.729

24.729

3.761      
20 Spain A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing 42 Yamaha 10

+26.919

26.919

2.190      
21 Thailand S. Chantra Team LCR 35 Honda 10

+32.532

32.532

5.613      
dnf South Africa B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33 KTM 1

9 laps

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Richard Asher
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