Race report

MotoGP Catalan GP: Marc Marquez inherits sprint win as Alex crashes out of lead

Ducati seals the manufacturers’ title after Marc Marquez's victory, while Francesco Bagnaia endures another disastrous sprint on the other side of the garage

Marc Marquez continued his winning streak in MotoGP after his brother Alex Marquez crashed out of the lead of the Catalan Grand Prix sprint with four laps to go.

Alex Marquez had been leading the race comfortably from pole position and was on course for his second sprint win of the year when he tucked the front of his Gresini Ducati at Turn 10.

The incident allowed factory Ducati rider Marquez to claim his 15th consecutive victory of 2025 and inch closer to his seventh premier-class title.

At the start of the race, Alex Marquez got the holeshot from pole position on the Gresini Ducati, with Fabio Quartararo repassing Marc Marquez for second after initially dropping behind with a slower getaway.

Quartararo and Marc Marquez continued to battle for the remainder of the lap and even traded paint at Turn 8, allowing KTM’s Pedro Acosta to move up to third ahead of the Ducati.

However, the championship leader quickly fought back, passing both Acosta and Quartararo on the run down to Turn 1 on the following lap to reclaim second.

At this point, the gap between the two Marquez brothers was about half a second, with the championship leader poised to unleash his usual second-half speed and take the lead.

However, the Gresini rider remained firm at the front and gradually increased his advantage to 1.2s on lap 8 of 12, seemingly putting him on course for a first sprint win since the British Grand Prix in May.

Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing, Marc Marquez, Ducati Team

Photo by: Josep Lago / AFP via Getty Images

But the 29-year-old threw it all away on lap 9 when he crashed his GP24 in Turn 10, gifting his elder brother an easy victory.

Marc Marquez eventually took the chequered flag with a comfortable margin of over a second, with Quartararo finishing a solid second on the factory Yamaha.

Completing the podium spots was the sole-surviving VR46 Ducati of Fabio di Giannantonio, who passed Pedro Acosta on lap six to grab third.

Acosta later prevailed in an all-KTM battle with team-mate Brad Binder and Tech3’s Enea Bastianini to secure fourth, with Bastianini edging out Binder for fifth.

LCR’s Johann Zarco was the top Honda finisher in seventh, beating the factory bike of Luca Marini, despite running wide and nearly wiping out Acosta early in the race.

Ai Ogura took the final point in ninth for Trackhouse, while 10th place went to Pramac rider Miguel Oliveira.

Neither factory Aprilia made it to the finish, with reigning champion Jorge Martin being taken out by Franco Morbidelli on lap 7 and Marco Bezzecchi sent to the ground by an out-of-control Fermin Aldeguer.

Two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia made little progress after qualifying in 21st, as he finished a long way outside the points in 14th.

However, there were still reasons for celebration in the factory Ducati garage, as the Borgo Panigale marque wrapped up the manufacturers’ championship with seven rounds remaining.

Catalan 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	12	19'58.946		167.7		12
2	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	12	+1.299 20'00.245	1.299	167.6		9
3	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	12	+3.653 20'02.599	2.354	167.2		7
4	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	12	+5.868 20'04.814	2.215	166.9		6
5	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	12	+5.913 20'04.859	0.045	166.9		5
6	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	12	+5.943 20'04.889	0.030	166.9		4
7	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	12	+7.017 20'05.963	1.074	166.8		3
8	L. Marini Honda HRC	10	Honda	12	+7.346 20'06.292	0.329	166.7		2
9	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	12	+8.488 20'07.434	1.142	166.6		1
10	M. Oliveira Pramac Racing	88	Yamaha	12	+8.578 20'07.524	0.090	166.6
11	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	12	+9.788 20'08.734	1.210	166.4
12	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	12	+10.165 20'09.111	0.377	166.3
13	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	12	+11.593 20'10.539	1.428	166.1
14	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	12	+14.463 20'13.409	2.870	165.7
15	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	12	+15.936 20'14.882	1.473	165.5
16	A. Espargaro Honda HRC Test Team	41	Honda	12	+16.909 20'15.855	0.973	165.4
17	M. Viñales Tech 3	12	KTM	12	+17.040 20'15.986	0.131	165.4
18	S. Chantra Team LCR	35	Honda	12	+22.439 20'21.385	5.399	164.7
dnf	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	8	+4 Laps 13'15.619	4 Laps	168.5	Accident
dnf	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	7	+5 Laps 11'42.848	1 Lap	166.9	Accident
dnf	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	7	+5 Laps 11'43.175	0.327	166.8	Accident
dnf	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	1	Aprilia	6	+6 Laps 10'06.617	1 Lap	165.8	Accident
dnf	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	6	+6 Laps 10'06.818	0.201	165.7	Accident
dnf	L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team	32	Aprilia	6	+6 Laps 10'10.447	3.629	164.7	Mechanical
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