risks, so I decided to wait, as
the race was a really long one.
As soon as I noticed the first
drop in terms of grip, I overtook
him and pulled a gap and then
controlled the race. To be hon
-
est, the feeling with the bike was
superb, even
better than the one
I had at the Sachsenring. I was
riding smoothly and had some
margin to go even quicker."
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM)
inherited eighth after Fermin
Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) was
hit with a time penalty for an
just ahead of Fabio Quartararo
in sixth. Jorge Martin made an
impressive return from injury
with a solid ride to seventh.
But no one could catch
Marquez, whose win made
him the first Ducati rider to win
five successive premier-class
races since the brand joined the
championship in 2003.
"I felt good on the bike, just
like in yesterday's Sprint," Mar
-
quez said. "I saw that in the ear-
ly laps, Marco [Bezzecchi] was
pushing
hard and taking some
strong late-race push.
Alex Marquez's title challenge
took a serious hit after he lost
the front and clattered into, you
guessed it, the hapless Joan Mir
(HRC Castrol Honda) on lap two,
earning the former a long-lap
penalty next time out in Austria.
Bastianini looked strong early,
moving into contention before
crashing out at turn three on lap
five. Raul Fernandez took fifth,
equaling his best MotoGP result
at a time when he really needs
it to keep his seat for next year,
ROUND 12 / JULY 18-20, 2025
AUTODROMO BRNO / OSTROVACICE, CZECH REPUBLIC
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Fabio Quartararo (20) left Brno with a fifth and a
sixth place, but Raul Fernandez (25) was impressive,
reversing Quartararo's results with a sixth in the
Sprint and a career-best fifth in the Sunday GP.
The real Pedro Acosta (37)
finally stood up at Brno
with a double podium
in front of the new
KTM CEO, Gottfried
Neumeister,
who was in
attendance.
