MotoGP Dutch GP: Marc Marquez beats brother to latest…

Marc Marquez racked up yet another 2025 MotoGP sprint race win as he led home his brother Alex at the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on Saturday.

Pole position rider Fabio Quartararo held onto the lead from the start, but was quickly demoted to fourth place and later crashed out of the race.

The Yamaha rider was able to see off a strong challenge at the first corner from Marc, who had rocketed from fourth on the grid. The pair, whom many consider the finest two riders on the current MotoGP grid, even touched on their way through the right-hander.

Quartararo won the battle at the first corner Haarbocht, it quickly became clear that he wasn’t going to win the war against Ducati and the Marquez brothers.

Marc took the lead as the field entered the chicane at the end of the lap, with Alex’s Gresini Ducati following the factory bike past the M1 one corner later.

Quartararo’s misery was not yet complete: Marco Bezzecchi slipped his Aprilia past at the chicane at the end of the second lap.

Bezzecchi and Quartararo then proceeded to keep Marc and Alex in sight as a largely processional race unfolded at the front following the flurry of early moves.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Marc Marquez, Ducati Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography / LAT Images / via Getty Images)

But while British GP winner Bezzecchi was able to scoop a sprint medal for Aprilia, Quartararo went down at Turn 10, Mandeveen, on lap 10.

Up at the front, there were times when Alex looked faster than Marc. He did not appear to give up hope of passing his brother at any point, and on one lap he very nearly showed him a front wheel at the ultra-fast Turn 12 Meeuwenmeer corner.

But, as has been the case in every sprint this year bar Silverstone, Alex ultimately had no answer for Marc. This was despite Marquez having suffered two heavy falls on Friday and being in sub-optimal physical condition.

Francesco Bagnaia faded from his position on the front row following an average start. He was stationed behind Quartararo on lap six, but that’s when he lost his position to Fabio di Giannantonio on the VR46 Ducati.

Di Giannantonio then held station to come home fourth ahead of Bagnaia. Sixth was Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM), with Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) seventh following a long lap penalty for track limits.

Franco Morbidelli (VR46) was eighth, with Pedro Acosta picking up the final point in ninth. The Spanish KTM rider crossed the line ahead of Aldeguer and Morbidelli, but was demoted by a late time penalty for track limits infractions of his own.

Marc Marquez now holds a 43-point lead over second-placed Alex in the championship ahead of Sunday’s grand prix.

MotoGP Dutch GP - Sprint race results

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93	Ducati	13	20'02.150		176.8		12
2	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	13	+0.351 20'02.501	0.351	176.7		9
3	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	13	+1.247 20'03.397	0.896	176.6		7
4	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	13	+2.269 20'04.419	1.022	176.4		6
5	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	13	+2.686 20'04.836	0.417	176.4		5
6	M. Viñales Tech 3	12	KTM	13	+4.074 20'06.224	1.388	176.2		4
7	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	13	+9.064 20'11.214	4.990	175.4		3
8	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	13	+9.159 20'11.309	0.095	175.4		2
9	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	13	+11.069 20'13.219	1.910	175.6		1
10	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	13	+11.143 20'13.293	0.074	175.1
11	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	13	+11.327 20'13.477	0.184	175.1
12	M. Oliveira Pramac Racing	88	Yamaha	13	+12.147 20'14.297	0.820	175.0
13	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	13	+15.290 20'17.440	3.143	174.6
14	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	13	+15.899 20'18.049	0.609	174.5
15	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	13	+15.990 20'18.140	0.091	174.5
16	L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team	32	Aprilia	13	+16.707 20'18.857	0.717	174.3
17	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	13	+17.554 20'19.704	0.847	174.2
18	A. Espargaro Honda HRC	41	Honda	13	+27.287 20'29.437	9.733	172.8
19	S. Chantra Team LCR	35	Honda	13	+32.441 20'34.591	5.154	172.1
dnf	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	9	+4 Laps 13'54.806	4 Laps	176.2	Accident
dnf	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	1	+12 Laps 2'04.551	8 Laps	131.2	Retirement
dnf	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	0	13 laps			Accident
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