The usual Moto3 bar brawl
had Jose Antonio Rueda
(Red
Bull KTM Ajo) clearing
off for a seven-second win—an
absolute age in Moto3 terms—
after surviving a banzai attack
from the menace of Moto3,
David Munoz (Liqui Moly Intact
Dynavolt), who, after collisions
with multiple riders throughout
the race, went flying over the
handlebars after yet another
move gone wrong.
MOTOGP
SPRINT RACE
Marquez launched from pole to
take the holeshot, with Ducati
Lenovo teammate Francesco
Bagnaia settling into second be-
fore Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini
Racing
MotoGP) reclaimed
the spot at turn three. Current
Moto2 World Champion and
2025 MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura
(Trackhouse MotoGP Aprilia)
incredibly surged into fourth,
while Pramac Yamaha's Jack
Miller held fifth.
By lap three, Marc led his
brother Alex by six-tenths of
a second, with Bagnaia one
second behind and Ogura keep-
ing him in check in what was
becoming a stellar ride
from the
Japanese. A lap later, the status
quo remained, but Pecco was
losing touch with the front two.
Meanwhile, Marco Bezzecchi
(Aprilia Racing Team), after a di-
sastrous start, climbed to 14th.
Aprilia's
focus, however, was on
Ogura, still shadowing Bagnaia.
With seven laps to go, drama
struck as Miller crashed out of
sixth at turn eight, promoting Fa-
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"A good first test for the physical and
mental side; we can be satisfied with
how this weekend has gone," Marini
said on Sunday. "We were able to
improve our pace over the weekend.
Today's race was not as physically
demanding as the Sprint, you ride
these long races in a different way,
and there were some clouds around
today. More will come; we have been
able to make a really good step since
we were last here just a few months
ago."
MYOWNRACE
bio Quartararo (Monster Energy
Yamaha) to top Yamaha in sixth.
However, a small mistake soon
allowed Pedro Acosta (Red Bull
KTM) to pass Quartararo.
At the front, Marc Marquez
extended his lead to 1.1 sec-
onds over Alex, while Bagnaia,
now the fastest on
track, trailed
by 1.2 seconds. Ogura remained
five-tenths of a second behind
the Italian, with Franco Mor-
bidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46
Racing
Team) in a distant fifth.
With three laps to go, the top
three positions remained un-
changed. Ogura's podium hopes
faded as he
fell eight-tenths of a
second behind Pecco, though he
had a 1.8-second cushion over
Morbidelli.
The Marquez
brothers made it
a one-two in the
Sprint and backed
it up in the Sunday
GP, a first in the
75-year history
of MotoGP.
