MotoGP returned from its summer break to the Red Bull Ring in Austria, where Marc Marquez took his first-ever victory aboard the factory Ducati after years of being beaten by the Bolognese machinery. This was MotoGP’s 1000th race since the Championship’s inception and Marc’s sixth victory on the trot – a feat he managed way back in 2014 previously.
- Marc Marquez wins 1000th MotoGP race
- Aldeguer on podium after electric late race pace
- Joan Mir gives Honda a top-six finish
The fight at the front
Marquez streaks away at the front, Aldeguer makes late podium charge
Unusually for him, Marc Marquez wasn’t on the front row at the 2025 Austrian GP and started in fourth place after a late crash in qualifying. The first few laps at the Red Bull Ring saw Marquez and his teammate, Francesco Bagnaia, duke it out in a closely matched fashion for second place. Ultimately, Marquez prevailed over Bagnaia and then started to hunt down the polesitter, Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi.
The gap between Marquez and Bezzecchi was the better part of a second, but the Ducati man managed to narrow his lead to the leader’s Aprilia in a matter of a few laps. However, right as Marquez was on Bezzecchi’s tail, he surprisingly backed off, and the gap between the pair again grew to nearly a second. It hasn’t been confirmed, but this was likely done by Marc to cool down his front tyre and thereby bring his tyre pressure back down within the permissible range so as to avoid a post-race penalty.
Despite falling back, a couple of laps later, Marquez was again hot on Bezzecchi’s heels, and this time around, he did manage to make the move stick. Having taken the lead, Marquez streaked off into the distance, as he usually does. But that wasn’t the last time Bezzecchi would be passed in this race.
Rookie Fermin Aldeguer has been enjoying successive podium finishes of late, and his late race pace was electric as he first passed Pedro Acosta and then even overtook Marco Bezzecchi for second place. Such was his pace that he was actually even narrowing down the gap to Marc Marquez for a few laps, but ultimately, the factory Ducati rider regained control of the race and ultimately took the win.
Honda finishes inside the top six, weekend to forget for Yamaha
Joan Mir finished ahead of Bagnaia, all Yamahas at the tail end of the pack
Honda has been showing glimpses of upward progress recently, with Zarco’s surprise win on home soil and consistent top ten finishes as well. The Austrian GP confirmed Big Red’s upward trajectory with factory rider Joan Mir finishing sixth – his season best result.
Yamaha, on the other hand, had a weekend to forget, scoring a solitary point amongst its four riders. Of the 19 riders that finished the race, Yamaha’s quartet made up the last four places, with Fabio Quartararo scoring the final available point with a fifteenth-place finish.
2025 MotoGP standings
Marc now over 140 points clear of his brother Alex
In the pre-race press conference, Marquez said the Championship was ‘his to lose.’ However, with his seemingly never-ending streak of back-to-back wins, Marc is now 142 points clear of Alex Marquez, who is second in the standings.
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