Alex Marquez (Gresini) started from the third row – and still won
Just over a week ago, Gresini rider Alex Márquez endured a miserable MotoGP weekend with a wreck, a bad mood and zero points. The MotoGP vice-world champion mastered the races on Lombok.
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Alex Marquez (7.) vor Fabio Di Giannantonio
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Alex Marquez (7.) vor Fabio Di Giannantonio
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Despite wonderful memories of Motegi – where the ultimate Ducati World Championship party took place in 2025 with the Marquez brothers and Pecco Bagnaia – things went far from well there. Despite a good starting position in fifth on the grid, the runner-up in the world championship faced accusations of ‘amateurish behaviour’ following his aggressive move against Pedro Acosta and (his future team-mate) Fabio Di Giannantonio. Alex Márquez served his penalty – and crashed again at the Japanese Grand Prix. So a fresh start was on the cards for Mandalika.
It was a success, at least as far as the races were concerned. When it came to top speed and thus grid positions, Marquez, unlike last year, found himself on only the third row. Unlike his brother and Diggia, “AM73” failed to set any top times. “Qualifying wasn’t exactly great – but at least there was no crash,” said the Spaniard.
At least it was enough, albeit just barely, to make it straight into Q2. There, it was the same story: no mistakes, but not enough confidence to set a time good enough for one of the first two rows. The runner-up in the championship found himself in 8th place alongside Pedro Acosta. In the sprint, Alex Márquez didn’t make up any places under his own steam, but benefited from the Aprilia debacle and a long lap by Pedro Acosta – finishing in 5th place. To everyone’s surprise, this meant three Ducatis were in the top five.
At the Indonesian Grand Prix, the younger Marquez employed the same survival strategy. The Gresini rider reported: “I knew right from the start how tough the 27-lap GP would be. We did everything we could to prevent a major collapse and to survive this weekend. Most of the time, we were focused on managing the medium tyre so that I could get through the race without losing grip. But that only worked to a certain extent. It went well for a long time, but in the end it caught up with me. It was pretty much the same as in the race at Silverstone.”
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Fabio Di Giannantonio fared even worse, having been pipped by Alex Márquez even before the latter’s actual problems in the main race. The gruelling battle in the heat ended with 7th place, just six seconds behind sprint winner Marc. Whilst that may not sound spectacular, it was a success on every front. With an unassuming start from the third row, Alex Márquez moved up to eighth place – partly because Pecco Bagnaia crashed out of the crucial GP race this time. The same misfortune befell his team-mate and last year’s winner, Fermin Aldeguer.
Willkommen zum Rennen in Mandalika
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Pedro Acosta
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Alex Márquez
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Marco Bezzecchi
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Marc Márquez
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Start des Rennens
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Jorge Martin
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Ai Ogura und Pedro Acosta
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Luca Marini
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Raúl Fernández
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Marco Bezzecchi
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Quartararo und Binder
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Ai Ogura und Marc Márquez
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Enea Bastianini
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Alex Márquez und Fabio Di Giannantonio
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Marc Márquez und Pedro Acosta
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Marco Bezzecchi gewinnt das Rennen
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Sieger Marco Bezzecchi
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Fernández, Bezzecchi, Martin
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Sieger Marco Bezzecchi
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Willkommen zum Rennen in Mandalika
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