The Jerez sprint turned into a Ducati celebration — and another Marc Marquez masterclass — as the eight-time world champion powered to his fifth sprint victory in as many weekends in 2025.
It all kicked off with Fabio Quartararo grabbing the holeshot into Turn 1, sparking early hopes of a Yamaha upset. But the dream quickly unraveled.
After intense early pressure from Marc Marquez, Quartararo folded under the attack and crashed out on lap two, bringing his sprint to a premature end.
From there, it was all about the Marquez brothers. Marc stretched his advantage at the front, clocking an outrageous fastest lap just a second off Fabio Quartararo’s pole time.
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Behind him, Alex Marquez slotted comfortably into second, setting up yet another family affair at the sharp end.
Francesco Bagnaia, who started from the front row, held on for third after surviving a scrappy first lap.
He couldn’t match the Marquez pace up front but still salvaged a valuable podium finish for Ducati.
Further back, the race settled into a stretched-out procession. By halfway, Jerez’s reputation as “the Monaco of MotoGP” — a label pinned on it by a team manager earlier this weekend — felt painfully accurate. Overtakes were rare, mistakes even rarer.
Franco Morbidelli put in a quietly impressive ride to snatch fourth, narrowly beating out MotoGP rookie sensation Fermin Aldeguer, who once again showed flashes of brilliance for Gresini.
Fabio di Giannantonio completed the top six, securing yet another Ducati 1-2-3-4-5-6.
Maverick Viñales flew the non-Ducati flag highest in seventh, just edging out Marco Bezzecchi and Joan Mir, who were locked in a tense scrap for eighth and ninth respectively.
Pedro Acosta rounded out the top 10, despite late pressure from Brad Binder and Ai Ogura — a battle that promised more action than it ultimately delivered.
Further down the field, Alex Rins produced a gritty comeback after starting 23rd, clawing his way up to 15th for Yamaha in what’s been a bruising weekend for the Iwata factory.
Jack Miller, meanwhile, added to Yamaha’s woes by crashing out mid-sprint and joining Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo in the gravel trap.
