Alex Marquez wins British Grand Prix sprint to end brother Marc's winning streak
Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez ended his brother Marc's record streak of sprint victories when he capitalised on a mistake to win the British Grand Prix sprint on Saturday and close in on his sibling in the world championship.
Ducati's Marc had won six straight sprints in the first six rounds of the season while Alex had finished second in all sprints, but this time it was a role reversal as the younger brother gave Gresini the sprint win.
Marc lost the lead when he went wide early on, with the Spaniard shaking his head as he rejoined, allowing Alex to move into the lead and take the chequered flag while Fabio Di Giannantonio was third for VR46 Racing.
The sprint victory moved Alex to within 19 points of Marc in the riders' championship ahead of Sunday's race.
"Super happy ... We did everything perfectly," Alex said after he claimed his first gold medal of the season.
"When he [Marc] went a little bit wide, I said, 'OK, now I need to make my pace, I need to go until the end'. It was a really good feeling with the bike. So everything was nice, everything was perfect."
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