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Alex Marquez breaks brother’s MotoGP stranglehold

Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez has finally ended brother Marc’s streak, taking victory at Catalunya from pole position.

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7 Sep 2025
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Alex Marquez breaks brother’s MotoGP stranglehold
Alex Marquez on the #73 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Image: Gold & Goose

It’s Alex’s first MotoGP win since Jerez in April, a whopping 10 grands prix ago. It’s also just his second grand prix win this year.

Riding the #73 Ducati Desmosedici, Alex finished 1.7s clear of Marc on the #93 GP25. The result keeps Alex’s faint title hopes alive and means Marc cannot clinch the crown at San Marino next weekend.

Enea Bastianini completed the podium for Tech on the #23 KTM RC16.

From third place, Marc took the lead away from Alex into Turn 3 and led the first few laps.

There was drama on Lap 2 when Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi fell trying to pass VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli into Turn 1. As Bezzecchi fell, Morbidello’s teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio crashed in sympathy but was able to remount his Ducati.

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On Lap 4, Alex retook the lead from Marc into Turn 4 and held station at the front of the field. He never relinquished the lead thereafter.

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Behind the leaders, second place starter Fabio Quartararo on the factory Yamaha YZR-M1 dropped to fifth behind factory KTM rider Pedro Acosta and Enea Bastianini on the KTM satellite for Tech3.

Domino effect 😱

📺 Watch the #CatalanGP on ch. 505 or via @kayosports https://t.co/rXET2U5XYU#MotoGP pic.twitter.com/iLiAv8Hxf1

— Fox Motorsport (@Fox_Motorsport) September 7, 2025

Brad Binder was 10th when he crashed on Lap 7 and sent his RC16 rolling through the gravel trap at the sweeping, up-hill Turn 7 left-hander.

Not long after dispatching Quartararo for fifth, Honda’s Johann Zarco crashed his RC213V at Turn 10.

Acosta was the only rider to start on the soft rear tyre and soon began to suffer the consequences, losing third to Bastianini

Yamaha’s Alex Rins crashed on Lap 15, suffering his first DNF of the season.

As Bastianini began to fade, Marquez brothers were left to their own devices and walked away from the field.

Aprilia rider Lorenzo Savadori crashed with four laps to go in the grand prix from 19th and moments later Morbidelli fell from 13th.

At the head of the field, Alex kept Marc at bay and with three laps to go edged his lead out to just shy of one second.

ALEX MARQUEZ WINS THE CATALAN GP

📺 Watch the #CatalanGP on ch. 505 or via @kayosports https://t.co/rXET2U5XYU#MotoGP #AM73 pic.twitter.com/55Mi5wnk6J

— Fox Motorsport (@Fox_Motorsport) September 7, 2025

That blew out to 1.7s at the chequered flag in what proved to be a dominant win. Bastianini completed he podium.

Acosta was fourth ahead of Quartararo while the top 10 was completed by Ai Ogura, Francesco Bagnaia, Luca Marini, Miguel Oliveira, and Jorge Martin.

MotoGP moves to San Marino on September 12-14.

Results: MotoGP Grand Prix of Catalonia, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Pos Num Rider Team Bike Laps/Diff Gap
1 73 Alex Marquez BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 24 laps
2 93 Marc Marquez Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 1.740 1.740
3 23 Enea Bastianini Red Bull Tech3 KTM KTM 5.562 3.822
4 37 Pedro Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Team KTM 13.373 7.811
5 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha 14.409 1.036
6 79 Ai Ogura Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 15.055 0.646
7 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 16.048 0.993
8 10 Luca Marini Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16.372 0.324
9 88 Miguel Olivera Pramac Yamaha Racing MotoGP Yamaha 16.937 0.565
10 1 Jorge Martin Aprilia Racing Aprilia 18.492 1.555
11 25 Raul Fernandez Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 19.489 0.997
12 36 Joan Mir Honda HRC Castrol Honda 20.159 0.67
13 12 Maverick Vinales Red Bull Tech3 KTM KTM 22.792 2.633
14 43 Jack Miller Pramac Yamaha Racing MotoGP Yamaha 24.351 1.559
15 54 Fermin Aldegeur BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 24.592 0.241
16 35 Somkiat Chantra Idemitsu Honda LCR Honda 37.393 12.801
17 41 Aleix Espargaro Honda HRC Test Team Honda 43.302 5.809
DNF 21 Franco Morbidelli Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Lap 19
DNF 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Aprilia Lap 14
DNF 42 Alex Rins Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha Lap 12
DNF 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Lap 12
DNF 5 Johann Zarco Castrol Honda LCR Honda Lap 10
DNF 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Team KTM Lap 6
DNF 72 Marco Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Aprilia Lap 1


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