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News.com.au
7 days ago
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- News.com.au
Alex Marquez capitalises on bros mistake
MotoGP: Alex Marquez won the first sprint event of the MotoGP season, pipping brother Marc to the line at Silverstone.
New Straits Times
7 days ago
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- New Straits Times
Alex Marquez beats brother Marc in British MotoGP sprint
SILVERSTONE: Alex Marquez took the family bragging rights over older brother Marc in the British MotoGP sprint race at Silverstone on Saturday. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duvati-VR46) took third at the seventh race weekend of the 2025 season with Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) in fourth. Alex Marquez, on a Ducati satellite Gresini bike, finally topped the podium after finishing second in all six previous Saturday sprints. It moved the Spaniard to within 19 points of Marc Marquez ahead of Sunday's main event. "We did everything in the best possible way, even if the start wasn't the best," said the winner of the 10-lap dash who set off from second on the grid. Marquez senior, who qualified in fourth and led the sprint early on, said: "I took risks on the first lap because from the second row on the grid, it was the right thing to do." "Then I made a mistake (on the second lap) which played into the hands of Alex," added the six-time elite class champion. Former two-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia (sixth on Saturday), the Ducati factory teammate of Marc Marquez, is placed third in the standings, 56 points off the lead. France's Fabio Quartararo, who had earlier taken his third successive pole with a new Silverstone lap record, had to settle for seventh on his Yamaha.
eNCA
24-05-2025
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- eNCA
Alex Marquez beats brother Marc in British MotoGP sprint
LONDON - Alex Marquez took the family bragging rights over older brother Marc in the British MotoGP sprint race at Silverstone on Saturday. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duvati-VR46) took third at the seventh race weekend of the 2025 season with Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) in fourth. Alex Marquez, on a Ducati satellite Gresini bike, finally topped the podium after finishing second in all six previous Saturday sprints. It moved the Spaniard to within 19 points of Marc Marquez ahead of Sunday's main event. "We did everything in the best possible way, even if the start wasn't the best," said the winner of the 10-lap dash who set off from second on the grid. Marquez senior, who qualified in fourth and led the sprint early on, said: "I took risks on the first lap because from the second row on the grid, it was the right thing to do". "Then I made a mistake (on the second lap) which played into the hands of Alex," added the six-time elite class champion. Former two-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia (sixth on Saturday), the Ducati factory teammate of Marc Marquez, is placed third in the standings, 56 points off the lead. France's Fabio Quartararo, who had earlier taken his third successive pole with a new Silverstone lap record, had to settle for seventh on his Yamaha.
New Straits Times
24-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Quartararo takes third successive MotoGP pole
SILVERSTONE: French rider Fabio Quartararo took his third successive pole after posting the fastest time in qualifying on his Yamaha for the British MotoGP on Saturday. The 26-year-old 2021 world champion, who also set a new fastest lap for the Silverstone circuit, will start from the front row of the grid for both the sprint race later on Saturday and Sunday's Grand Prix. "I am very happy," Quartararo told Canal+. "We are still way off Ducati (in terms of performance), but little by little we are closing the gap. "To perform well on one lap is one thing, to be consistent over 10 or 20, is another matter." "If I could finish on the podium in the sprint I would take that!" added Quartararo, who will hope on Sunday it is third time lucky in terms of converting pole into a race victory. Spain's Alex Marquez (Ducati-Gresini) and two-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) of Italy will be alongside him. Marquez's older brother and championship leader Marc Marquez will be on the second row, having finished fourth fastest on his Ducati. Marc Marquez, who has won three of the six races so far this season, has a 22-point lead over Alex Marquez, with Bagnaia 51 points off the pace. - AFP
CNA
24-05-2025
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- CNA
Alex Marquez wins British GP sprint to end brother Marc's winning streak
SILVERSTONE, England :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, 'Okay, 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." Fabio Quartararo had broken a lap record for the third straight MotoGP weekend when he claimed a hat-trick of poles and when the lights went out, the Frenchman had the perfect start off the line. But Marc made a bold move on the outside to overtake and gain two places to move up to second. By the end of the first lap, a clinical Marc found his way through to move into the lead. But Alex seized his chance when his elder brother went wide on a turn as he took the lead and did not look back. While Quartararo has dominated qualifying sessions this season, his Yamaha does not have the race pace as Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia also overtook him to move up to third while the Frenchman managed to keep Di Giannantonio at bay. Quartararo kept closing the door by braking late on turns but Di Giannantonio finally managed to win that battle to move up to fourth and set his sights on a fight with Bagnaia for the final podium spot. The two Italians traded positions three times on three corners before Di Giannantonio eventually moved up to third while Bagnaia had one eye on his compatriot and another on Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi behind him. Up front, Marc decided to back off from his brother with two laps to go as Alex extended his lead to more than a second before taking Gresini's first sprint victory of the season. Bagnaia lost places at the end of the sprint and finished sixth - behind Bezzecchi and French Grand prix winner Johann Zarco, a huge blow as it leaves him 56 points behind his team mate Marc in the standings.
