Marco Bezzecchi
Gresini rider Alex Marquez won the Silverstone Sprint Race at the British Grand Prix to break his brother Marc Marquez’s dominant run since he joined Ducati this Saturday.
Sprint Races have seen Marc Marquez dictate in the 2025 MotoGP season as the 32-year-old set a new all-time record with six straight victories in the shortened race. Yet his run met its end at the British GP, as Alex Marquez held off the six-time champion and won by 3.511s.
The Gresini star made his move to seal the lead of the Silverstone Sprint on Lap 2 of 10 after his Ducati racer sibling ran deep into Village. Marc Marquez knew he would crash if he tried to force his GP25 into Turn 3 when the rear-end stepped out, and was never able to recover.
Alex Marquez blows Neil Hodgson away with his advantage over Marc Marquez in right-hand corners at the British Grand Prix
Marc Marquez predicted Alex would beat him at Silverstone before the premier class made its trip to Northamptonshire for the British GP. Those fears came true in the Sprint and Neil Hodgson even felt Alex Marquez was punishing the one true ‘weak point’ in Marc’s skillset.
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The 2014 Moto3 and 2019 Moto2 world champion astounded Hodgson from the off in the Silverstone Sprint on Saturday with how Alex Marquez pulled away from Marc in the high-speed right-hand corners. His pace through Turns 8 and 9 especially left a huge impression.
Hodgson said on TNT Sports 2 (24/05, 16:08): “I’ll tell you what, Alex Marquez through Woodcote is something special. And through Copse. He pulls yards on Marc.
“And what do we know? What’s Marc’s weak point? He actually has one. Fast right-hand corners. He loses time through fast right-hand corners.”
Marc Marquez destroyed his front Michelin tyre trying to stay with Alex Marquez in the Silverstone Sprint
Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo beat Alex Marquez to pole position at the British Grand Prix, but the Frenchman only secured seventh in the Silverstone Sprint as he paid the price for his M1’s lack of straight-line speed against the dominant Ducatis around a power-hungry circuit.
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Yet it was not a power deficit that separated Alex and Marc Marquez at the front of the field in the Silverstone Sprint. The difference that the Gresini rider could make over his Ducati ace sibling in the run from Luffield through Copse left the six-time champion chasing his shadow.
Marc Marquez even destroyed his front tyre just trying to stay with his younger brother. The side of the Spaniard’s Michelin tyre was ruined after doing 10 laps of Silverstone, but he still had just enough to boast a 1.561s lead over VR46 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio in third place.
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