2025 French MotoGP: Marc Marquez takes historic sprint win, Pecco Bagnaia crashes
100% sprint record maintained for Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez became the first MotoGP rider to win six successive sprints after easing to victory ꦑon Saturday at the French Grand Prix as team-mate Pecco Bagnaia crashed.
Factory Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez was denied pole by home hero 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo earlier on Saturday, but brushed this🦩 aside in the s༺print.
Taking the lead on l▨ap six o♐f 13, Marc Marquez eased away to maintain his 100% sprint record in 2025 and retake the lead in the championship by two points.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez was second, while his rookie Gresini Ducati team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fermin Aldeguer scored a maiden sprint podium in third.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia looked like he would be a big threat for the podium in the early stages of🌞 the sprint, beforeꩵ crashing out on lap two.
He is now 31 points off the championship lead.
Polesitter Fabio Quartararo managed to hold onto his lead into Turn 3 on the opening lap having been brie꧟𒁏fly passed by Marc Marquez through the first two corners.
The 2021 world champion was around 0.7s clear at 🌳the end of the opening lap, but soon had his advantage eaten into by the chasing Marc Marquez.
By the start of lap six, Marquez was within striki🔥ng distance and made his first attempt on the lead at the Turn 3/4 ꦗchicane.
He got up the inside of Quartararo, but raဣn wide and allowed the Yamaha back thr꧑ough on the exit.
But at🐼 Turn 8, the factory Ducati rider lined up a clean move on Quartararo and eᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚased into a lead he would not lose to the chequered flag.
Quartararo lost second to Alex Marquez on lap eight, before dropping into the clutches of ♋Aldeguer as his soft tyre began to fade.
Aldeguer went for a move at Turn 3, but ran wide and gave Quartararo a run into Turn 6, which resulted in small contact betwee๊▨n the pair.
Quartararo briefly held thir🌌d, but was barged out of the way at Turn 🔥7.
Marc 🅘Marquez eased off on the final lap to take the chequered flag, with Alex Marquez 0.5ꦇ30s behind him.
ಞAldeguer held onto third, while Quartararo was fourth.
Maverick Vinales was fifth on the top KTM after stabꦦlemate Pedro Acosta crashed while ahead of him at the penultimate corner on the final lap.
Johann Zarco was sixth for LCR Honda, while VR🌄𒈔46 Ducati’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, Yamaha’s Alex Rins and factory Honda rider Joan Mir took the final points.
Pecco Bagnaia made a good start to 🦩the sprint from sixth on the grid, getting to fourth in the first few corners and making a bid for the podium.
But hi🎉s race ended on lap two when he lost the front end of his Ducati going into Turn 3.
KTM’s Brad Binder also crashed early on.
