Alex Marquez delivered a commanding performance at Sepang to win the 2025 Malaysian Grand Prix for Gresini Racing.
The Spaniard controlled the race from Lap 2 onward, holding off Pedro Acosta and Joan Mir.
The race began with Francesco Bagnaia taking the holeshot into Turn 1, but Marquez wasted no time, slicing through at Turn 4 on Lap 2.
From there, he steadily built a lead, managing his soft rear tyre to perfection.
Acosta shadowed Bagnaia through the early laps, but by Lap 13 the KTM rider made a decisive move for second at Turn 9 as the Ducati man’s pace suddenly collapsed.
Moments later, a crash by Fermin Aldeguer from seventh brought out the yellow flags, shortly before Raul Fernandez joined the list of fallers as well.
Disaster struck for Bagnaia on Lap 18 when he was hit by what looked like a rear tyre puncture.
(UPDATE: Ducati has confirmed that it was a rear tyre puncture that took Pecco Bagnaia out of the Malaysian Grand Prix. According to Ducati’s data, the rear started leaking on lap 13 of the race. The Italian called it a day after trying to manage the issue for five more laps.)
Saturday’s sprint winner limped back to the pits, promoting Joan Mir into the final podium spot.
A technical issue for @PeccoBagnaia? @JoanMirOfficial inherits 3rd! #MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/fflLQRznhv
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 26, 2025
It was another strong showing from the Honda man, who had earlier fought through Quartararo and Morbidelli in a determined mid-race charge.
At the front, Alex Marquez remained untouchable. The gap to Acosta stretched past two seconds by Lap 14 and remained stable to the finish line.
Behind the podium trio, Franco Morbidelli secured fourth for VR46, ahead of Fabio Quartararo, who once again led the charge for Yamaha.
Di Giannantonio, Bastianini, and Marini rounded out the top eight, with Binder and Ogura completing the top ten.
Marco Bezzecchi did not manage to recover from his poor qualifying the way he did in Saturday’s sprint, finishing 11th.
Crashes by Pol Espargaro and Miguel Oliveira – the Portuguese rejoining the race for 19th – brought out the yellow flags in the early stages of the race.
