Marc Marquez bounced back from a botched start to claim a dominant sprint victory at Mugello, leading home his brother Alex Marquez for yet another family 1–2.
Pecco Bagnaia completed the podium but only just, fending off a late-charging Maverick Viñales.
The race started in chaos. Pecco Bagnaia nailed the launch, taking the holeshot into San Donato while Marc Marquez blew his start after his launch control disengaged just milliseconds before the start.
He dropped places off the line, but it didn’t take long for the factory Ducati rider to recover.
By lap 4 and a three-wide battle with his titel rivals later, he had reeled in Alex Marquez and used a textbook slipstream to take the lead into Turn 1.
🚨 @alexmarquez73 LEADS
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And the @ducaticorse duo finally lock horns 🔥⚔️⚔️⚔️#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/qemEt9kOA1
Behind them, the scrap for third was building. Bagnaia initially looked settled in P3, even pulling back time on Alex Marquez midway through the sprint.
But with three laps to go, the Italian’s pace fell off. Viñales, having breezed past Quartararo for fourth, began closing rapidly but, in the end, did not have the pace to ride a real attack on the Italian.
Behind the two podium contenders Fabio di Giannantonio led the charge for VR46 ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Franco Morbidelli.
Raul Fernandez had a positive showing on his Trackhouse Aprilia. The Italian GP being the first weekend the Spaniard has a full 2025-spec RS-GP available, he managed to bring home a solid P8 finish.
Further back, it was a brutal day for Yamaha. Having started fourth on the grid, Fabio Quartararo looked set for a top five finish early on, but faded as the sprint went on even dropping out of the points altogether when Fermin Aldeguer passed him on the final tour, leaving the Frenchman to finish 10th.
Contact and @JohannZarco1 & @BradBinder_33 are out of contention ❌#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/DoUsl7TUeV
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Crashes disrupted the early laps. Fabio di Giannantonio and Brad Binder tangled at Turn 1 on the opening lap, resulting in the South African losing the front, crashing out and taking Johann Zarco with him.
A lap later Pedro Acosta ended a disastrous sprint for KTM in the gravel trap having lost the front a lap later.
