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The Star
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Star
Motorcycling-Aprilia's Bezzecchi wins British Grand Prix after Quartararo heartbreak
MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi celebrates with his team after winning the MotoGP race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) -Marco Bezzecchi won a chaotic British Grand Prix on Sunday for Aprilia's first victory of the season in a race that was initially red flagged for an oil spill and riders crashed or retired while in the lead. The victory was a first for Aprilia since the Grand Prix of the Americas last year. LCR Honda's Johann Zarco came second and Ducati's Marc Marquez pipped Franco Morbidelli to finish third and extend his lead in the world championship. Both Alex Marquez and his brother Marc crashed while leading before the race was restarted for an oil spill while polesitter Fabio Quartararo took the lead at the second time of asking before being forced to retire due to an issue with his bike. Bezzecchi's victory was his first since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix and the Italian also became the 11th different winner at Silverstone in the last 11 races. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
Straits Times
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Straits Times
Aprilia's Bezzecchi wins British Grand Prix after Quartararo heartbreak
MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo in action during the race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers REUTERS MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo in action during the race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers REUTERS MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo in action during the race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers REUTERS MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo in action with riders during warm up ahead of the race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers REUTERS MotoGP - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - May 25, 2025 Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi celebrates with his team after winning the MotoGP race Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers REUTERS SILVERSTONE, England - Marco Bezzecchi won a chaotic British Grand Prix on Sunday for Aprilia's first victory of the season in a race that was initially red flagged for an oil spill and riders crashed or retired while in the lead. The victory was a first for Aprilia since the Grand Prix of the Americas last year. LCR Honda's Johann Zarco came second and Ducati's Marc Marquez pipped Franco Morbidelli to finish third and extend his lead in the world championship. Both Alex Marquez and his brother Marc crashed while leading before the race was restarted for an oil spill while polesitter Fabio Quartararo took the lead at the second time of asking before being forced to retire due to an issue with his bike. Bezzecchi's victory was his first since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix and the Italian also became the 11th different winner at Silverstone in the last 11 races. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
TimesLIVE
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Bezzecchi wins British GP after Quartararo heartbreak
Marco Bezzecchi won a chaotic British Grand Prix on Sunday for Aprilia's first victory of the season in a race that was initially red flagged for an oil spill and riders crashed or retired while in the lead. The victory was a first for Aprilia since the Grand Prix of the Americas last year. LCR Honda's Johann Zarco came second and Ducati's Marc Marquez pipped Franco Morbidelli to finish third and extend his lead in the world championship. Both Alex Marquez and his brother Marc crashed while leading before the race was restarted for an oil spill while pole sitter Fabio Quartararo took the lead at the second time of asking before being forced to retire due to an issue with his bike. Bezzecchi's victory was his first since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix and the Italian also became the 11th different winner at Silverstone in the last 11 races. South Africa's Brad Binder finished 15th.
Eyewitness News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Eyewitness News
Rampaging Marquez hungry for more as MotoGP heads to Spain
PARIS - Marc Marquez is determined to continue his blistering start to the MotoGP season as the riders gear up this weekend for their first visit to Spain. The six-time world champion looks back to his dominating best after making the switch to the factory Ducati team, winning three of the opening four races and sweeping the sprints. The Spaniard has not put a foot wrong this season, aside from his crash while leading the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas last month. His form is reminiscent of his peak between 2013 and 2019, when he won the world title six times, before a decline brought on by injuries. Marquez, who leads the standings by 17 points ahead of younger brother Alex, is a three-time winner in Jerez - in 2014, 2018 and 2019, but Bagnaia has triumphed in each of the last three years. "It's one of the most special GPs, I think for every rider, but especially for Spanish riders. I have very good memories from there, some bad memories," said Marquez, who also broke his arm at Jerez in 2020. He missed an entire year as a result and had struggled to hit the same heights - until his "perfect start of the season". The 32-year-old will be supported by tens of thousands of home fans in Andalusia, where he finished second a year ago behind current team-mate and double world champion Bagnaia. "The main goal is try to be on the podium... and if we have the chance, and the level, we will try to win," said Marquez, who has taken pole at every race this season. "We cannot forget Pecco (Bagnaia) won the last three years there and Alex (Marquez) is in very good form." Bagnaia won in the US after Marquez's error, but the Italian is already 26 points off the pace in third overall. "I would like to say Alex is the main rival but thinking about the long season, Pecco will be the main rival because he has the same tools as me," said Marquez. "Alex is performing in a very good way... and I know the talent of my brother." MARTIN DISCHARGED FROM QATAR HOSPITAL Bagnaia worked his way up from 11th on the grid to finish second at the Qatar Grand Prix to prevent Marquez from taking an ever bigger championship lead. "In Qatar we straightened out a weekend that, after qualifying, seemed really complicated. Another important podium and increasingly better riding sensations," said Bagnaia. "In the last three years I have achieved a lot in Jerez and I am happy to return for the GP," he added. "We have always been very fast and we have achieved the maximum result in the last seasons." Reigning world champion Jorge Martin will again be missing after a brutal crash in Qatar, his first race of the campaign after injuries ruled him out of the start of the season. The 27-year-old suffered broken ribs and was left with blood and air in the space around his lungs in his latest fall. He has since been discharged from a Doha hospital but has yet to travel back to Europe and is not expected to resume racing before the summer. Italian Lorenzo Savadori is set to take Martin's place in the Aprilia team in Spain, which will also host races in June and September as well as the season finale on 16 November.
France 24
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- France 24
Bruised Alex Marquez sets course to top Jerez practise times
The younger Marquez brother set a time of 1min 35.991sec on a Ducati Gresini, 0.103sec ahead of Italy's Francesco Bagnaia on a factory Ducati and 0.036 inside the course record the Italian set last year. Italian Franco Morbidelli was third on a VR46 Ducati. Championship leader Marc Marquez was fourth on a factory Ducati. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, displaying the rediscovered competitiveness of his Yamaha, was fifth and the top non-Ducati. The session had been halted after nine minutes when Alex Marquez slid out as high speed on turn five. His bike rocketed across the gravel and through an air fence, forcing stewards to wave red flags while the barrier was repaired. After picking himself up, Marquez was ferried back on a scooter nursing his right hand. Alex Marquez had also crashed in the morning session but still set the fastest time. He repeated the trick in the afternoon. He returned for the final minutes of the session and quickly jumped to third before catapulting to a new record, as stewards repeatedly waved yellow warning flags. Quartararo, Jack Miller, Ai Ogura, Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir, were among riders who crashed during the session. Fermin Aldeguer, on the second Gresini bike, Johann Zarco on a Honda, KTM's Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio on a VR46 and Joan Mir on a Honda completed the top 10 who advance directly to the 12-rider final qualifying session on Saturday. That will determine the first four rows of the grid for the evening's 12-lap sprint and Sunday's 25-lap main race. The other 13 riders must ride in an earlier session with two places in Q2 at stake. Marc Marquez, the six-time world champion, has dominated so far this season, taking all four poles, all four sprints and only missing out on a sweep when he fell while leading the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas last month. He appeared to complete the afternoon session on one set of tyres, conserving his options for later in the weekend. Marquez, who leads the standings by 17 points ahead of younger brother Alex, is a three-time winner in Jerez -- in 2014, 2018 and 2019, but Bagnaia has triumphed in each of the last three years. Bagnaia won in the US after Marquez's error, but the Italian is already 26 points off the pace in third overall.
