Marquez continues unbeaten start after thrilling victory in MotoGP Americas GP sprint

Factory Ducati star Marc Marquez maintained his perfect 2025 record by converting pole position to victory in an absorbing Americas Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday. 

As in every sprint and grand prix this year so far, the six-time MotoGP champion was followed home by his brother Alex on the Gresini Ducati. But this race was more exciting than anything 2025 had delivered so far.

Francesco Bagnaia returned to podium form on the second factory Ducati, but made something of a statement by leading Marquez multiple times on a thrilling first lap at Circuit of the Americas.

The two-time champion made a terrific start from sixth on the grid by grabbing the lead into the tight Turn 1. That was the cue for easily the most entertaining lap of the 2025 campaign so far. Marquez muscled back past Bagnaia at Turn 2 before the Italian moved ahead again. 

Both factory Ducati riders subsequently battled back-and-forth, before Marquez made a big mistake towards the end of the lap and had to draw on one of his signature saves as Bagnaia and Alex Marquez fought to grab the advantage. 

But as on every previous occasion of that memorable opening lap, it was a matter of seconds before Marc reasserted his authority. He crossed the line to start lap two leading Alex – and was not headed again for the rest of the sprint.

Bagnaia then had a reality check, quickly losing touch with Alex. The order among the top three never looked likely to change from there, although Alex kept Marc honest as usual. In the end, the top three riders were covered by under two seconds.

The action behind the top three did not simmer down at all. An entertaining scrap for fourth between the VR46 duo of Fabio di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli, plus Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, took centre stage for the rest of the race. Quartararo had the position after a quick start, but after plenty of stubborn resistance he had to settle for sixth behind di Giannantonio and Morbidelli. 

Pedro Acosta (7th, KTM) and Luca Marini (8th, Honda) emerged as the winners of a midfield fight between their two manufacturers, which had also involved Maverick Vinales (KTM) and Joan Mir (Honda) before they fell victim to mechanical trouble and a crash respectively.

Ai Ogura (Pramac Yamaha) took advantage of those problems to grab the final point for ninth. 

MotoGP Americas Grand Prix sprint race results

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Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93		Ducati	10	-				12
2	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73		Ducati	10	+0.795 0.795	0.795			9
3	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63		Ducati	10	+1.918 1.918	1.123			7
4	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	10	+8.536 8.536	6.618			6
5	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21		Ducati	10	+9.685 9.685	1.149			5
6	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	10	+10.676 10.676	0.991			4
7	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37		KTM	10	+12.049 12.049	1.373			3
8	L. Marini Honda HRC	10		Honda	10	+13.588 13.588	1.539			2
9	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79		Aprilia	10	+13.752 13.752	0.164			1
10	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72		Aprilia	10	+14.584 14.584	0.832
11	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54		Ducati	10	+14.754 14.754	0.170
12	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	10	+14.908 14.908	0.154
13	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23		KTM	10	+16.009 16.009	1.101
14	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43		Yamaha	10	+16.182 16.182	0.173
15	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42		Yamaha	10	+18.181 18.181	1.999
16	J. Zarco Team LCR	5		Honda	10	+18.625 18.625	0.444
17	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	10	+21.666 21.666	3.041
18	A. Fernandez Pramac Racing	7		Yamaha	10	+29.061 29.061	7.395
19	S. Chantra Team LCR	35		Honda	10	+33.622 33.622	4.561
20	L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team	32		Aprilia	10	+37.989 37.989	4.367
dnf	M. Viñales Tech 3	12		KTM	7	3 laps			Retirement
dnf	J. Mir Honda HRC	36		Honda	5	5 laps			Retirement
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