Up front, Vinales was flying.
The KTM rider passed both
Bagnaia and Marquez, then took
the lead from Morbidelli with 12
laps to go. But with seven laps
remaining, Vinales began to run
into tire troubles, particularly on
the left side, where he seemed
unable to keep the same corner
speed he could on the right-hand
-
ers. He ran wide at turn six with
seven
laps to go, and Marquez
pounced—retaking the lead and
never looking back. He extended
the gap with multiple fastest laps
and eventually crossed the line
1.5 seconds clear.
Vinales initially finished
second, but his post-race tire-
pressure penalty dropped him to
14th. That bumped Bagnaia to
second and Morbidelli onto the
holeshot but turn one saw con
-
tact as Alex tagged the back of
Marc's
Ducati, sending a piece
of Marc's rear aero bodywork
flying. Morbidelli capitalized to
take an early lead, the first time
he's led a grand prix in an incred
-
ible five seasons, with Vinales
pushing
hard to make the break
with the top five.
Bagnaia, too, made up ground
quickly after his lackluster
Saturday, climbing to sixth early
on. But more drama unfolded
at turn 12 as Alex Marquez
rammed into the rear of Fabio Di
Giannantonio, forcing both wide
and sending the Italian plum
-
meting down the order into 21st.
Alex received
a long-lap penalty
for his part in the incident, drop
-
ping him to 12th.
under threat from
both Quar-
tararo and a flying Aldeguer. On
the final
lap, Quartararo made
a small error at the last corner,
allowing Aldeguer to snatch
fourth. Morbidelli held firm to
secure his first Sprint podium of
the season.
Further back, Quartararo
settled for fifth, Di Giannantonio
claimed sixth, and Ogura led the
Aprilia charge in seventh. Bag
-
naia finished eighth—disappoint-
ing given his title hopes. Bez-
zecchi took ninth, while Vinales
slipped to
10th after his soft-tire
gamble failed.
Sunday
MotoGP Race
The Sunday race kicked off
with Marc Marquez nailing the
ROUND 4 / APRIL 11-13, 2025
LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P100
Jack Miller (43)
had a horror
weekend with food
poisoning to go
with crashing out
of the Sunday GP.
