ROUND 2 / MARCH 14-16, 2025
TERMAS DE RIO HONDO / SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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it didn't go as planned, and we
know we gave our best. Four
second-place finishes in the first
four races are easier said than
done, and never in my wildest
dreams I would have imagined
that."
On the final lap, Fabio Di Gi
-
annantonio (Pertamina Enduro
VR46
Racing Team) snatched
fifth from an impressive Zarco.
Brad Binder recovered from his
Sprint crash to take seventh.
Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP
Team) initially finished eighth
after charging from 15th, but
post-race disqualification for an
unapproved software version
on his Aprilia RS-GP promoted
Pedro Acosta eighth.
both able to lap in the low 1:38s,
and we really made the different.
It wasn't easy to overtake him,
as the only spot was at turn five.
The first time I tried, I ended up
wide, but then I was able to make
it stick at the second attempt as
I was a lot closer to him."
"It was another great Sunday,
maybe the first one in which I
thought I could win," Alex said.
"It didn't happen, but still, it's
a historical day, another one.
I knew where I was faster and
where I was losing to Marc, but
Alex couldn't respond, and
with four laps to go, Marc
extended his lead to seven-
tenths of a second. By lap 22,
he stretched it past a second.
Meanwhile, Bagnaia closed
in on Morbidelli for third but
couldn't make a move.
Marc Marquez thus secured
his fourth straight victory in
2025, winning both Sprints and
Grands Prix so far. Alex Marquez
finished second again, while
Morbidelli claimed his first po
-
dium since the 2021 Spanish GP,
holding
off Bagnaia in fourth.
"The race pace was incred
-
ible and I had a few moments in
the final laps,"
Marc said. "Alex
pushed me to the limit: we were
Ai Ogura was once again on for a
top 10 but was disqualified after the
team uploaded the wrong software
to his bike, a first time that's been
the cause of someone being DQ'd.
