Marquez Makes it Six Straight in Spielberg

Marc fends off late challenge from Aldeguer to extend dominant streak

On a slightly gloomy afternoon at the Red Bull Ring, Marc Marquez delivered yet another statement victory, outlasting Marco Bezzecchi and holding off a late, electrifying charge from rookie Fermin Aldeguer to claim his sixth consecutive Grand Prix win.

Bagnaia nailed the launch this time as the lights went out, but Bezzecchi swept across him into Turn 1 to seize the lead as Marc Marquez muscled past brother Alex for third. Marc was aggressive from the off, lunging at Bagnaia into Turn 3 but running it a fraction wide, gifting Pecco the drive to defend into Turn 4. Behind, Pedro Acosta carved by Alex for fourth only for the Gresini rider to repay the favour at the final corner.

That early squabble let Bezzecchi skip clear, and Marc, sensing the danger, attacked Bagnaia again at Turn 3—this time making it stick with trademark front-end conviction on the Ducati. Enea Bastianini surged to fifth before running wide at Turn 1 and ceding hard-earned ground. Marc immediately broke free of Bagnaia and began the chase, clocking the fastest lap before Bezzecchi answered in kind to keep about three-quarters of a second in hand. Alex Marquez took a long-lap penalty that dropped him to 11th, while Brad Binder moved into the top five with all the KTMs looking strong.

Further back, a scrappy fight for fifth ignited when Raul Fernandez slid past Binder at the final turn, running both wide, and opening the door for Fermin Aldeguer to zip by the pair. The four Yamahas languished in 16th through 19th, bleeding roughly a second a lap to the leaders in a horror show for the Iwata factory.

At mid-distance Marquez latched onto Bezzecchi’s rear tyre, but the Aprilia’s punch off the slow corners kept the door closed into Turn 3. Bezzecchi then eked out another 0.75 seconds as Marc bided his time. Jorge Martin’s GP ended in the gravel with a Turn 7 low-side, while Bastianini literally slid his KTM up the inside of Raul Fernandez with a spectacular braking pass into Turn 1.

The podium fight exploded as Acosta and Aldeguer devoured Bagnaia, a forceful move from Acosta pushing Pecco wide and gifting Aldeguer the drive to jump them both – before the rookie Spaniard dispatched Acosta through the second half of the chicane. Up front Marc was now crawling all over Bezzecchi’s rear tyre, finally employing a wider line into turn 3 to blast by forcefully on the exit.

Bezzecchi fired straight back into Turn 6, only for Marc to hit back into Turn 1 on the next lap and sprint out of the chicane with superior drive. Behind them Aldeguer was flying, already well clear of Acosta in third and reeling in Bezzecchi rapidly. Bagnaia’s ignominious slide down the order continued, running wide at Turn 4 to invite Bastianini through, and looking completely defenceless into the heavy braking zones when Mir and Binder also caught him.

With five laps to go Aldeguer bullied by Bezzecchi into Turn 3 and set off after Marc, the gap at a neat one second. For a heartbeat it looked like Spielberg might deny Marquez yet again, but the #93 had an answer. Marquez stamped his authority on the last lap to take the flag – waved by Agostini – one second clear of a magnificent Aldeguer, with Bezzecchi two seconds further back after leading a hefty chunk of the race. Acosta held fourth from a surging Bastianini, Mir delivered an excellent sixth for Honda – his best result since 2023, Binder bagged seventh ahead of a despondent Bagnaia, and Raul Fernandez and Alex Marquez rounded out the top ten.

It’s six Grand Prix wins on the bounce for Marc Marquez, the longest streak since he himself reeled off 10 in a row in 2014. He now leads the championship by a massive 142 points over brother Alex – 418 to 276, with Bagnaia sitting on 221 and looking nervously over his shoulder at the in-form Bezzecchi on 178. For Bez, that’s three podiums in the last four Grands Prix – and plenty of laps led. Marquez is in imperious form though, and with nine rounds to go one starts to wonder just how early he could wrap up a record-equalling seventh premier-class title.

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