Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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He did it eventually! Now not can Alex Marquez be known as Mr Second Place. And make no mistake, this was a totally deserved success regardless that his brother and nemesis Marc dropped his GP25 into the gravel on Sunday.
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The youthful Marquez already confirmed indicators that he was taking his problem up a notch by topping each classes on Friday. The truth that he fell twice on the day solely made the feat extra spectacular.
The misplaced observe time did put Alex on the again foot heading into Saturday, which presumably explains his pretty passive second place behind his brother within the dash. However his GP24 was clearly prepared by the point the Spanish GP got here spherical.
Alex was solely third when Marc fell; there have been nonetheless two world champions to go on a observe not recognized for overtaking. However he calmly disbursed with each ’s manufacturing facility GP25 and Quartararo’s Yamaha to actually earn his maiden grand prix win.
Marc Marquez, Ducati Workforce
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It’s a measure of Marc’s lofty requirements {that a} weekend on which he received a race goes down as a failure. However the truth is that he wasn’t fairly on music at Jerez. There was already a touch of that on Friday – the primary time Marc went by means of an entire apply day in 2025 with out topping a minimum of one session.
He additionally didn’t take his customary pole place, regardless of setting what appeared a stellar benchmark early in qualifying. When Quartararo went sooner, Marc had no reply. Certain, Marquez obtained a splash of revenge within the dash, however Sunday was most likely his most psychologically damaging day of the season to this point.
Firstly, Marquez had an unusually poor begin. Secondly, he misplaced out in an early cube along with his team-mate Bagnaia – a telling reversal from their first-lap duel in Austin. Thirdly, he crashed out of the race on lap three. And at last, he couldn’t even supply a proof for the accident.
On high of all that, Marc misplaced the championship result in Alex, simply as he did in Texas. It’s solely a degree and it’s unlikely to matter come yr’s finish… however the one celebrating Marc shall be doing post-Jerez shall be for and along with his little brother.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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If it’s even potential for Quartararo’s respect and popularity within the paddock to take one other leap, then it has actually achieved so within the wake of the Spanish GP.
Fabio declared final outing in Qatar that he’d had sufficient of tinkering with (and doubtless additionally complaining about) his Yamaha M1. He was going to get on with driving it as finest he might and see what occurred.
After qualifying on the entrance row in Doha, the 2021 world champion had each motive to stay to his new technique in Spain. And the Frenchman promptly put the bike on pole place – the primary time a non-Ducati rider has achieved that for the reason that Japanese GP in October.
Quartararo led the dash for a lap and a half earlier than falling in a doomed try to duke it out with Marc Marquez. However he was smiling that night, thrilled to have led a race once more.
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Then on Sunday, it was Marc who fell – and Fabio caught round to take benefit. He held off Bagnaia regardless of what Pecco was completely satisfied to confess was “a slower bike” to take second place – the primary Yamaha grand prix podium since Indonesia in 2023.
Alex Rins, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Spare a thought for the man on the opposite manufacturing facility Yamaha. Whereas Quartararo was celebrating pole place, Alex Rins was propping up the grid.
The five-time grand prix winner has been unable to maintain up with the 2021 world champion all yr, however this was only a nightmare past the norm. Rins wasn’t having fun with Saturday morning’s newest experiment on his M1 and crashed at excessive pace in Free Observe 2. The next go to to the medical centre delayed him to the purpose that he nearly couldn’t do a qualifying lap in any respect. And the one he did register was solely ok for final.
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From there his weekend was fairly doomed, though he did end each races. After a modest fifteenth place within the dash, Rins noticed the chequered flag on Sunday proper within the wheel tracks of Marc Marquez… a person who had, considerably demoralizingly, squeezed a crash into his afternoon earlier than surging previous the Yamaha.
Winner: Maverick VinalesMaverick Vinales, Purple Bull KTM Tech 3
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Ever for the reason that Americas Grand Prix, Vinales has been muscling in on ’s territory as de facto chief of the KTM quartet. Some thought his on-the-road second place in Qatar was a flash within the pan, however Jerez steered that Maverick has emerged as a constant frontrunner.
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In Spain he as soon as once more put the hyped Acosta into the shade in each qualifying and racing. He didn’t stand on the rostrum this time, however he was inside touching distance of it as he adopted Bagnaia’s manufacturing facility Ducati dwelling in fourth. And this time, he was even allowed to maintain his factors.
Vinales appears to develop extra relaxed and assured by the week – and he brazenly admits as a lot. Historically a person to divide opinion, he’s starting to attract reward from even essentially the most reluctant quarters. Watch this house.
Joan Mir, Honda HRC
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Even essentially the most affected person of Joan Mir followers have to be dropping their rag by now. Mir has now fallen six instances in 5 weekends. Solely has crashed extra. However Mir’s tumbles have are available races – on Sundays specifically – costing factors in obvious trend. He has completed solely one of many season’s grands prix.
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The Spaniard’s newest grand prix accident was his most wretched of the yr to this point, as a result of Mir was working in a sixth place that might have introduced loads of cheer to the HRC storage. He’d obtained that prime partly as a result of the likes of Marc Marquez and had crashed forward of him. Was that not warning sufficient to take excellent care?
The crash wasn’t even a case of pushing the boundaries. Mir mentioned he had been drawn into the accident by ’s mistake forward of him. Make of that what you’ll, however it’s getting more and more tough to summon up the picture of the person who received the 2020 world title on the again of consistency and a powerful ending document.
But so long as Mir stays bouncy and optimistic in regards to the Honda’s potential – and freely admits that ending is the largest difficulty he must work on – there needs to be hope.
Ai Ogura, Trackhouse Racing
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The Trackhouse rookie has been Aprilia’s solely shining mild in its powerful begin to the 2025 marketing campaign. Even his much less spectacular weekends since his top-five show on the Thai opener have proven a level of progress if nothing else. In Spain, nonetheless, he simply by no means appeared to get going.
Ogura certified fifteenth and sounded unusually defeated in his Saturday media briefing. After he began the season so sensationally, the present dip shall be an actual check of his psychological resolve as he discovers MotoGP isn’t at all times going to be a breeze. The overall malaise at Aprilia will add to that examination of character.
However a minimum of he has stored up his excellent ending document. So simply as in Texas, he was round to vacuum up some good factors in an attritional race on Sunday. And he leaves Jerez one level forward of battling manufacturing facility rider .
Loser: Pedro AcostaPedro Acosta, Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing
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Acosta’s bright-burning star has obtained fairly the dousing since qualifying within the USA. The revelation of 2024 has began a slide that’s alarming by his requirements.
If there was one factor you could possibly rely on Acosta for till final weekend in Qatar, it was a minimum of a decent lap in qualifying. He didn’t begin decrease than seventh on the primary three weekends. However in Doha, the place he switched again to the 2024 bike, he abruptly began propping up the Q2 discipline. He repeated the identical trick at Jerez, having taken a tumble in Free Observe 2 shortly earlier than the qualifying session.
Acosta shouldn’t be accustomed to beginning or ending in double-digit positions. But he limped to tenth within the dash. His seventh on Sunday was respectable contemplating how he struggled within the opening laps, however attrition performed its half. Plus, it wasn’t simply Vinales who beat the 20-year-old. Acosta’s manufacturing facility team-mate got here dwelling one spot forward of him.
With Vinales seemingly decided to make a mockery of the notion that the KTM is a hopeless machine, the world is maintaining a detailed watch on Acosta to see if he has a response to what’s, for the second, nonetheless only a mini-slump.
Images from Spanish GP – RaceAlex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Johann Zarco, Workforce LCR Honda
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Maverick Vinales, Purple Bull KTM Tech 3
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Workforce, Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing, Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing, Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Marc Marquez, Ducati Workforce
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Valentino Rossi, VR46 Racing Workforce Proprietor
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Marc Marquez, Ducati Workforce
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing, Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Marc Marquez, Ducati Workforce
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Workforce
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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