Race report

MotoGP Italian GP: Marc Marquez recovers from shocking start to take sprint victory

Marc Marquez has won all but one sprint race in the 2025 MotoGP campaign as he storms towards a seventh world title

Marc Marquez recovered from a shocking start to take a sprint victory from pole at the Italian Grand Prix to extend his MotoGP championship lead.

The factory Ducati rider initially dropped back towards the bottom of the top 10, having reached across his bike to his left handlebar, moments before the lights went out, causing him to lose positions heading into Turn 1 at Mugello.

But come the end of lap one, he’d recovered to third after the commotion caused by slight contact between his brother Alex and Maverick Vinales.

He carved his way back through the field, overtaking team-mate Francesco Bagnaia on lap two before taking the lead off Alex Marquez and then gaining 1.4s to win.

Alex was never a threat to his brother, as he was instead pressured by Bagnaia. He managed to resist the two-time MotoGP champion's efforts and took second.

Bagnaia could do nothing, even though he led after Marc's start. He didn't have the pace to stop the Marquez brothers coming past, so had to be content with the last spot on the podium, just managing to fend off Vinales' KTM.

Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing

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Tech3's Vinales took fourth, using a medium front tyre, unlike the factory team. MotoGP's rocketship bike gave Vinales a great advantage on the run to the first corner. Vinales managed to recover the lost ground after his first corner contact, blasting past Fabio Quartararo's Yamaha on lap five.

While Fabio Di Giannantonio took fifth, Marco Bezzecchi showed some great race pace to bring his Apillia home in sixth. Franco Morbidelli came across the line next with Raul Fernandez in eighth place after starting in 12th.

Fermin Aldeguer took the last point in ninth after an intense battle in the closing laps with Quartararo. The 2021 champion tried all he could with the Yamaha but to no avail. He finished in 10th after starting the race from fourth.

The factory KTM team suffered a disastrous sprint with Brad Binder coming together with Johann Zarco in Turn 1, retiring on the spot. By lap two the factory squad's day was over as Acosta went down at the last corner after sliding wide onto the marbles.

It leaves Marc Marquez at the top of the championship with 245 points, 35 clear of runner-up Alex with Bagnaia in third on 147 points. Next up is the grand prix on Sunday, with Marc again starting from pole.

MotoGP Italian GP sprint race results

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93	Ducati	11	-				12
2	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	11	+1.441 1.441	1.441			9
3	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	11	+2.561 2.561	1.120			7
4	M. Viñales Tech 3	12	KTM	11	+3.099 3.099	0.538			6
5	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	11	+4.139 4.139	1.040			5
6	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	11	+6.391 6.391	2.252			4
7	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	11	+7.631 7.631	1.240			3
8	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	11	+8.926 8.926	1.295			2
9	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	11	+10.361 10.361	1.435			1
10	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	11	+11.096 11.096	0.735
11	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	11	+11.870 11.870	0.774
12	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	11	+12.930 12.930	1.060
13	M. Oliveira Pramac Racing	88	Yamaha	11	+13.916 13.916	0.986
14	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	11	+15.460 15.460	1.544
15	T. Nakagami Honda HRC	30	Honda	11	+17.038 17.038	1.578
16	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	11	+20.031 20.031	2.993
17	L. Savadori Aprilia Racing Team	32	Aprilia	11	+20.729 20.729	0.698
18	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	11	+24.661 24.661	3.932
19	S. Chantra Team LCR	35	Honda	11	+31.539 31.539	6.878
dns	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	0	11 laps
dns	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	0	11 laps
dns	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	0	11 laps
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