Marc Marquez Rules The Ring Yet Again

Relentless pace, total control, and another family one-two as Marc takes fourth consecutive double victory

Marc Marquez extended his dominant run with another commanding victory at a track he’s made his own throughout his career.

As the lights went out Marc got the holeshot and, this time, made it stick. Bezzecchi slotted into second while Fabio Di Giannantonio pulled off a daring move around the outside of Turn 1 to grab third. Just behind, it was Alex Marquez in fourth ahead of Zarco, with Acosta, Bagnaia, and Quartararo in pursuit.

By the second lap, Marc was already beginning to stretch his lead. Di Giannantonio, seeing him edge away, made his move on Bezzecchi into Turn 12 to take second. On the next lap, Alex Marquez attacked Bezzecchi into Turn 1, but the Aprilia rider held firm, though a train of riders was beginning to form behind him.

As the laps clicked on, Di Giannantonio dropped his lap times to match Marc up front—it looked like he might be the only one capable of going with the runaway leader. On lap 4, Acosta lost the front into Turn 3 in what would become a trend throughout the race. That left just one KTM in the race – Binder, after Vinales and Bastianini were both unable to start the race.

Miller was a man on the move by lap 5, climbing to seventh ahead of Quartararo and doing his 2026 contract negotiations no harm at all. Di Giannantonio was holding steady about a second behind Marc, and although Marc set the fastest lap of the race, Diggia showed he wasn’t the lap record holder by accident, refusing to let him go.

By lap 7 though, Diggia began to lose touch slightly, with Marc the only rider able to consistently hold 1:20s pace. Miller had reeled in Zarco but the Frenchman responded by gapping Miller again on lap 8, while Quartararo began to close in from behind. Things behind the leader started to settle: Diggia was easing away from Bez, Alex seemed to have the Aprilia man under control, and attention turned to whether Bagnaia could reel Alex in.

On lap 11, Diggia brought the gap down to 1.5 seconds, but the very next lap Marquez resumed his electric pace, gapping Diggia by multiple tenths through the fast lefts in Sector 3. Miller had been passed by Quartararo and then came under pressure from Aldeguer, who sliced past him effortlessly down the hill exiting Turn 11.

By lap 15, Marc had extended his lead to 3 seconds. Bez began to claw back a few tenths from Diggia, closing the gap to 0.7s, while Bagnaia, true to his 2025 form, started losing touch again.

Then came the chaos. On lap 18, Diggia crashed out at Turn 1, losing the front. Zarco followed only seconds later in a separate incident—further proof of how close to the edge you have to ride in MotoGP. That promoted Alex Marquez into the podium spots, a phenomenal effort given his injury. Just days earlier, nobody knew if he’d even be fit to race.

Marc led by a dominant 4.5 seconds, heading into the final third of the race with utter control. On lap 21, the Turn 1 curse struck again—this time it was Bezzecchi who went down, making it three riders to lose the front there. Marc now led Alex by 6 seconds, while Bagnaia still had the Gresini rider in sight.

It didn’t stop there. Ogura and Mir both crashed at Turn 1 on the next lap, and incredibly, so did Savadori—all falling victim to tyre wear and treacherous braking conditions into the opening corner. From a full grid, only 10 riders were still circulating by lap 23.

With a comfortable lead, there was no reason for Marc to take any chances with such a big lead, but he continued grinding his opponents into the Sachsenring dust, opening the gap out to nearly 6 seconds. Further back, positions were still being fought for. Marini, Binder, and Fernandez all closed in on Miller for sixth as the laps wound down.

On lap 27, Marini made a brave move on Miller into Turn 12, an outstanding effort for a rider still recovering from injury. Then Binder outbraked Miller into Turn 1, demoting the Aussie to eighth.

Marc Marquez crossed the line going the “Aura Farm” dance with a gap of over six seconds in his 200th GP start, having comfortably led every inch of the race. Behind him, Alex Marquez claimed second in his 100th GP, a fairytale result for the brothers. Bagnaia rounded out the podium—not a bad outcome considering his grid position, but as usual he simply had no answer for the Marquez duo, and his podium was also aided by fallers in front of him.

Rarely have we seen such utter domination in a GP season, this marking Marc’s fourth straight double win weekend. When he’s off-form, he wins—when he’s confident, he wins by the length of the straight. Already second on the all-time premier class victory table, he now heads into the second half of the season as the overwhelming favourite to equal Rossi’s championship tally. And if he keeps up this form, even the Doctor’s once unassailable premier class win total could be within reach.

With 344 points, Marquez increases his advantage at the top, now well clear of nearest rival Alex Marquez on 261, who also extends his lead over by Bagnaia who sits on 197 points.

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