Marc Marquez is a Mugello race winner again. 4040 days after his last Italian Grand Prix victory, the #93 returned to the top step in a gripping race that saw him fend off brother Alex and Pecco Bagnaia in the early stages of the race.
It marks his 93rd career win and his first on a factory Ducati on the team’s home soil.
A incredible first seven laps started when Francesco Bagnaia grabbed the lead into turn 2.
By lap 2, Marquez had already picked off Bagnaia into San Donato to take the lead. But the Ducati factory rider struck back, and the lead changed hands again in a frenzied first few laps.
A three-way scrap between Bagnaia and the Marquez brothers erupted, with contact between Pecco and teammate Marc Marquez at turn 5 briefly allowing Alex Marquez through.
The Gresini rider pulled out a half-a-second lead until the battle for 2nd settled in favour of his brother.
RUBBING SHOULDERS AND TYRES 💥
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) June 22, 2025
There was clear contact there between @PeccoBagnaia & @marcmarquez93 👀🔥#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/Yd2F5rLkeu
As the chaos subsided at the front, Maverick Viñales’ strong day ended in the gravel after contact with Morbidelli on lap 9.
The incident earned the Italian a long-lap penalty he later botched in his first attempt and had to repeat.
With his fight with Bagnaia coming to a close, Marc Marquez quickly reeled in brother Alex in front before seizing control of the race by lap 8 with an overtake into turn 1.
Behind the Spaniard, Fabio di Giannantonio charged up the order. Starting from the mid-pack, the VR46 rider made steady inroads and, in later stages of the race, closing in on Bagnaia.
With the factory Ducati rider’s bike all over the place come the last five laps, ‘Diggia’ pulled off a beautiful move into turn 3 to snatch third.
🚀 @FabioDiggia49 WENT FOR IT! @PeccoBagnaia bumped out of the podium 🔄#ItalianGP 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/oDFPcFaeup
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Bagnaia faded quickly once the overtake came and ended the race almost three seconds off the podium in 4th.
Marco Bezzecchi led the charge for Aprilia in 5th in what could have been a Ducati 1-2-3-4-5, had Morbidelli not been forced into the long lap loop two times.
The VR46 rider finished the day in P6 re-overtaking a superbly riding Raul Fernandez. The Trackhouse rider, barely missing out on a top six finish took home a season-best P7 ahead of the two factory KTM riders.
Rookie of the Year candidate Ai Ogura rounded out the top ten getting the better o Honda’s best Joan Mir in the final stages of the race.
Nearly taking out several riders at the start and falling back to the back of the grid, Fermin Aldeguer salvaged a P12 finish ahead of three Yamahas rounding out the points-scoring places.
Johann Zarco and Enea Bastianini crashed out of the race early on, while Jack Miller was forced to retire into the pits for following tech issues on his M1.
