Marco Bezzecchi
Marc Marquez beat his 2025 MotoGP title rival Alex Marquez to pole position for the Aragon Grand Prix by 0.260 seconds, marking his seventh pole at MotorLand Aragon.
The Ducati rider has once again shown that the Alcaniz track is simply a playground for Marc Marquez this weekend. He has dominated every session thus far for the Aragon GP, with the 32-year-old setting the pace every time the Spaniard hit the circuit by an average of 0.393s.
His pole position lead was also the second-biggest advantage that Marquez has held in any session so far at the 2025 Aragon GP. The only time he held a greater advantage came in the opening practice session on Friday, when Alex Marquez lapped 0.970s off his brother’s time.
Marc will now feel even more confident about building the Ducati star’s 24-point advantage over his Gresini ace brother in the riders’ championship, too. He is chasing a seventh Aragon GP win to date on the back of scoring his seventh pole position at the Alcaniz circuit, as well.
Alex Marquez told to ‘stop’ making ‘little errors’ after crashing before qualifying for the Aragon Grand Prix
Michael Laverty feels Alex Marquez also left himself and Gresini on the back foot going into qualifying for the Aragon GP on Saturday. The 29-year-old had to change over to his B-spec bike for Q2 after crashing and ruining his first-choice Ducati GP24 during free practice two.
The 2014 Moto3 and 2019 Moto2 champion lost the front of his bike turning in at Turn 7 as soon as Marquez tapped his brake while carrying an excessive lean angle with nine minutes left of FP2. But Laverty feels Alex cannot afford any ‘little error’ amid a title fight with Marc.
Laverty said on TNT Sports 2 (7/6, 10:37): “The fact he crashed, he just put the team on the back foot and he still almost stole the pole from Marc…
“I don’t think he’ll be too upset that Marc pinched the pole position, especially given the crash in the circumstances coming into the session. But he does need to stop those little errors. They are creeping in.
“That happens when you’re riding at 10 tenths every time. But he didn’t need to crash at the start of the free practice session. It just gave him a little bit of extra stress.”
Alex Marquez lost ground on Marc Marquez after his crashes at Le Mans, and almost at Silverstone
Even the Marquez brothers’ mum wants Alex to win the 2025 MotoGP title, but Marc will be the clear favourite to score the big points at the Aragon GP without either making a mistake. Alex will also breathe a sigh of slight relief that his crash was in FP2 and not Q2 on Saturday.
It would have been far more costly for the 29-year-old had he crashed in Q2 and not set the second-fastest time in qualifying, whilst Marc scored pole for the Aragon GP. Alex may even find some confidence after qualifying P2 for the Aragon GP, despite having to use his B-bike.
But only by taking points out of Marc’s championship lead at the Aragon GP will Alex rebuild his confidence that he can be the Marquez brother who wins the 2025 MotoGP title. He has now lost 23 points to Marc since Alex Marquez won his first MotoGP race at Jerez this April.
Alex Marquez crashed out of the French Grand Prix after also finishing second to Marc in the Sprint Race at Le Mans. Gresini even saw Alex Marquez crash at the start at Silverstone, but he earned a reprieve with the British Grand Prix then restarting before he would finish in P5.
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