Alex Marquez wins sprint to end Marc’s perfect record

Alex Marquez ended his brother Marc Marquez’s perfect record in 2025 MotoGP sprint races by claiming victory on his Gresini Ducati at the British Grand Prix on Saturday.

Marc had no answer to Alex after he gave away an early lead with a mistake, and settled for another solid points haul for second place. This ensures he maintains a healthy 19-point lead over Alex in the world championship heading into Sunday’s British GP.

Polesitter Fabio Quartararo was again unable to convert his remarkable one-lap pace into competitive speed in a race situation. Although he maintained the lead on the first lap, he lost it to a fast-starting Marc Marquez before it was over. The Ducati GP25’s substantial power advantage over the Yamaha was evident as the Spaniard simply blew past the Frenchman on the Hangar Straight.

While many would have expected Marc to dominate the race from that point, the eight-time world champion sprung a surprise by running wide at Village on the second lap. That handed the lead back to his brother, who had just passed Quartararo too.

The younger Marquez then proceeded to show Marc how to control a race. Though Marc remained close to Alex for most of the way, he never showed him a wheel and called off his challenge with a couple of laps to go.

Francesco Bagnaia was unable to make the most of his encouraging front-row starting position as the Italian was shuffled aside in the opening sequence of corners. While this cost him any chance of sticking with the Marquez boys, he was able to take Quartararo for third on lap three.

Bagnaia’s factory GP25 looked settled in that spot until the closing stages, when he began to fade rapidly. He had no answer to Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati), who had shown good pace throughout the race after working his way up from seventh on the grid.

Di Giannantonio thus completed the podium, quickly slaying memories of his unhappy outing last time out at Le Mans.

While Quartararo slipped down the field almost in tune with Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and French GP winner Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) profited to take fourth and fifth respectively.

Bagnaia just managed to hold off Quartararo for sixth as he struggled to the finish line.

The final two points-paying positions on Saturday went to the KTM of Pedro Acosta and Jack Miller on the Pramac Yamaha.

MotoGP British Grand Prix sprint race results