It was just a matter of time. We all knew that it was going to arrive and there is no more epic way to do so than in Grand Prix of Spain 2025, with the Jerez – Ángel Nieto circuit to burst. With these conditions, Álex Márquez won the first one we expect is a long list of races, and exploded with the public in the mythical area of Nieto-Teluqui. But you have to go back a few hours before that moment.
And since the beginning of the weekend, Álex Márquez had already given a notice to navigators that he was going to be a hard rival during the Spain Grand Prix 2025. On Friday it was the fastest, but on Saturday, in the qualifier it was Fabio Quartararo who took a stratospheric return out of the sleeve to end up taking pole, in what promised to be a great weekend for him and for Yamaha.
For his part, Marc Márquez, who was not right in his second round, stayed with the second position with Pecco Bagnaia third and Álex Márquez Cuarto. In the end, in spite of everything, the three pilots who are called to fight for the title were going to go out practically together at both races.
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Already in the Sprint Race it could be observed, although briefly, that Fabio Quartararo and his Yamaha went seriously and that they sought to give the bell in the Spain Grand Prix 2025. But the Frenchman went to the ground in the Dani Pedrosa curve after leaving a little long after being advanced by Marc Márquez, in the typical fall that occurs in curve 6 when he leaves quickly and leaves the line.
Without Fabio in Carre Marc had no rivals, he imposed his rhythm and only Álex could be close to his brother to end, as in all the Sprint Race this first and second season. This time Bagnaia did not fail and added a valuable third position. Then, the party unleashed in the Cadiz layout waiting for the Great Domingo de Carreras.
Marc lost the opportunity to fight for the victory in the 2025 Grand Prix, but not the victory because Álex was sublime
On Sunday Fabio shone again and took the command of the race during the first ten laps, without giving in that time to the pressure of Bangnaia first and an Álex Márquez later, which was cutting the small difference that the Frenchman had at the head of the test. And while all that happened, Marc Márquez went to the ground when losing the front train in curve eight.
The fall of Marc Márquez 😯
It was third, behind Quartararo and Bagnaia, and the house GP ended on the floor ❌
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However, on this occasion and although on Saturday he had won, the rhythm that Alex Márquez imposed when he went to the front was so high that it is not certain that Marc has lost a victory, although obviously the option of fighting for her. A second error in Sunday’s race that reminds us a little of Bagnaia’s failures in previous seasons, where being clearly faster he lost many points due to fall.
Moreover, Marc’s fall was the “typical Bagnaia fall” in the sense that was produced without prior notice although, analyzing the images it seems that the difference in Marc of speed in that curve and at that time was superior to that of a Bagnaia, which this year is being very consistent and is trying not to make mistakes.
With Marc out of the struggle for victory, but not of the race, because he began a comeback in which he rolled in times of head and in which he ended up climbing to the tenth second place, Álex Márquez was uploading the bet with a Fabio Quartarara that in turn knew how to manage the race to finish second after Álex.
In this way, in addition to the unusual of victory in the Gran Prize of Spain 2025 by Álex Marquez, we saw something unusual in 2024 and 2025 and it is Quartararo on the podium. Bagnaia, third, again added a great handful of points and the general classification is squeezed with Álex Márquez first, a point behind is Marc Ya twenty we find Bagnaia.
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But if something has made clear this weekend, it is that management and not making mistakes is as important as being fast. In addition, there is the doubt of knowing why the Yamaha with Quartarrao to the handlebar has been so competitive when it has not been on the rest of the tracks, or in Jerez in the hands of other pilots.
Likewise, the fourth position of Viñales is striking with a KTM that is presupposed not very competitive, but that already shone in Qatar with a second place that he lost to the pressures and has once again done in Jerez, being objectively more consistent than the rest of his companions.
The fifth place went to a Di Giannantonio who did not stand out throughout the weekend, but that without making noise continues to add points, with Binder and Sixth and Seventh Acosta respectively. Nor did the Aprilia and the show shine is that Ogura was the best, crossing a goal eighth to almost eleven seconds from Márquez. In a race with many falls, Bastianini and Marini were able to sneak into the top10.
