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Qatar Tribune
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Marquez takes sprint spoils at Silverstone
MotoGP Silverstone Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) pulled the pin to perfection in the Tissot Sprint at Silverstone on Saturday, flying to victory by over three seconds after out-pacing Championship leader Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team). The battle for the podium was a gloves-off throwdown behind, with Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Team) coming out on top in a five-rider scrap. Quartararo took the holeshot from pole as the Ducati trio behind scuffled over second, with Alex Marquez able to grab it back despite a lunge round the outside from Marc Marquez, the #93 having launched from fourth and sending it. So El Diablo led Alex, Marc and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), but by the end of the Wellington Straight on Lap 1 the #93 was up into second. By the end of the Hangar Straight, Marc Marquez was through into the lead. It seemed ominous with six Sprint wins in a row behind him but there was time left on the clock yet this time round, and Alex Marquez was soon on his tail after himself dispatching Quartararo over the line. Not long after, Marc Marquez was wide at Turn 3 and the #73 needed no invitation, taking over in the lead and the duo then starting to build a gap, leaving Quartararo vs Bagnaia vs Diggia as the battle for third. Bagnaia was past the Yamaha not long after and the #49 was able to follow suit, but there was a spectacular Fabio-on-Fabio duel for it. As Diggia closed in on Bagnaia, Quartararo suddenly seemed to surge closer to them again too – but by then Johann Zarco (CastrolHonda LCR) was on the way to get involved. And even more so, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), as the #72 put on a serious charge after having dropped well outside the top ten off the line.
The Star
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Motorcycling - Alex Marquez wins British GP sprint to end brother Marc's winning streak
BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP team's Spanish MotoGP rider Alex Marquez celebrates winning the sprint race of the MotoGP British Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, central England, on Saturday, May 24, 2025. -- Photo by Adrian Dennis/ AFP SILVERSTONE, England, May 24 (Reuters): 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. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Clare Fallon) - Reuters
The Star
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Motorcycling-Marc Marquez remains unbeaten in sprints with victory at French GP
MotoGP - French Grand Prix - Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France - May 10, 2025 Ducati Lenovo Team's Marc Marquez, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP's Alex Marquez during the sprint race REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Otago Daily Times
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Marquez the younger wins at home, leads championship
BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP's Alex Marquez celebrates on the podium after winning the race. PHOTO: REUTERS Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez claimed his first MotoGP race victory at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday to snatch the championship lead from his elder brother, Marc, who crashed early in the race and finished 12th. After seven second-place finishes in sprints and races this season, Alex claimed a dream race win on home turf in front of over 100,000 fans, with the Spaniard imploring them to increase the volume even when he had a few corners left on the final lap. Fabio Quartararo finished second to give Yamaha their first podium since the 2023 Indonesian Grand Prix, while Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia came in third. Marc squeezed his way through the crowd to embrace Alex in the winner's circle as the two Spaniards became the first brothers to win in MotoGP. But the day belonged to the Gresini rider, who leads his elder sibling by one point in the standings after taking the chequered flag, which was waved by Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz. "The best birthday present, amazing. The first one in Jerez is something amazing," said Alex, who celebrated his 29th birthday earlier this week. "I cannot ask for more. It was a race where I was really clever in all the movements." — A frustrating crash forced Southland rider Cormac Buchanan to settle for 19th overall at round five of the Moto3 World Championship in Spain. The 18-year-old's form was strong in the early stages of the race, and he moved into 11th place before his points aspirations ended in the gravel trap after losing grip on his front wheel. After remounting, Buchanan managed to record impressive lap times despite considerable damage to his KTM machine. — Reuters/APL
The Star
27-04-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Motorcycling-Alex Marquez claims first MotoGP win in Spain after brother Marc crashes
MotoGP - Spanish Grand Prix - Circuito de Jerez, Jerez, Spain - April 27, 2025 BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP's Alex Marquez celebrates winning the race REUTERS/Jon Nazca
