Marc Márquez Takes Historic Fifth Consecutive Sprint Victory

Jerez heartbreak for Quartararo as Marquez brothers deliver yet another Ducati 1–2

Marc Márquez delivered an imperious performance to win the Sprint Race and create history by claiming his fifth consecutive Saturday victory, thrilling the home crowd in a dramatic 12-lap dash.

Starting from second position, Márquez rocketed off the line, only to see Fabio Quartararo dive up the inside at Turn 1 to steal the early lead. The Yamaha rider held sway ahead of a fleet of Ducatis, but his race would soon unravel. On Lap 2, Márquez pounced at Turn 6, forcing Quartararo into an error that sent the Frenchman crashing out.

With Quartararo down, it became a familiar Márquez brothers battle at the front, Marc leading Alex Márquez, while Francesco Bagnaia slotted into third.

Márquez quickly stamped his authority on the race, setting the fastest lap on Lap 3 and edging out a gap to more than one second. Behind him, Bagnaia briefly closed in on Alex, before the younger Marquez responded and stretched the gap to third place back out to about one second.

Meanwhile, Maverick Viñales was the only non-Ducati rider able to challenge the Italian armada aboard his KTM, running a competitive seventh place early on. It was a grim day elsewhere for Yamaha, with Jack Miller sliding out at Turn 6 and Alex Rins circulating at the back of the pack. It wasn’t all rosey for Honda either, with Johann Zarco also going down mid-race.

Despite a brief wide moment at Turn 6 on Lap 7, Marc Márquez was never truly threatened. Behind him, Alex pulled clear of Bagnaia, who could do little but consolidate third position.

As the laps wound down, Viñales put on a spirited charge but couldn’t close down Diggia in 6th, while rookie sensation Fermin Aldeguer impressed with a mature ride to fifth. Marco Bezzecchi was the top Aprilia runner in eighth.

Pedro Acosta managed to fend off Brad Binder for 10th, though that won’t bring him much satisfaction given he’s once again been outpaced by Vinales. Ogura was charging hard mid race but, not for the first time this year, found getting around Binder’s extremely wide KTM very difficult.

Ultimately, Marc Márquez controlled the race perfectly, crossing the line 1.3 seconds ahead of Alex Márquez and sending the packed grandstands into raptures. With five Sprint wins in a row under his belt, Márquez is carving a new chapter of MotoGP supremacy one Saturday at a time. Marc now leads the championship by 20 points from his younger brother with 135 points to 115, while Bagnaia slips further back with 104 points. If Bagnaia was hoping that a return to his favoured European circuits might give his title bid a boost, today’s results show he still has a lot of work to do if he hopes to stop Marquez taking the 2025 MotoGP crown.

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