Marco Bezzecchi
Marc Marquez produced one of his best performances of the 2025 season so far to win the Grand Prix of Germany Sprint on Saturday. Marquez passed Marco Bezzecchi on the final lap to grab victory.
The Ducati rider started on pole position but dropped to fifth at the start after going deep into the first corner. Bezzecchi stormed into the lead from third, while Fabio Quartararo and the VR46 duo also got ahead.
Marquez’s progress was steady at first, and Bezzecchi was building a commanding lead at the front. But after Franco Morbidelli went down, he picked off Fabio di Giannantonio and Fabio Quartararo to set up a late charge.
Despite insisting he’d ride with the championship in mind, Marquez aggressively hunted the Aprilia rider and executed a hard-fought move at the start of lap 15. He pulled away before the chequered flag on a circuit where many regard him as borderline unbeatable.
Dani Pedrosa thanks Marc Marquez for putting on a show at the German Grand Prix
Speaking on MotoGP’s world feed immediately after the race, Marquez admitted that he’d abandoned all caution. It made for thrilling viewing, whereas many of the Saturday Sprints have been relatively pedestrian.
Indeed, the runaway championship leader has now taken 10 out of 11 victories in the shorter format, but former Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa could only thank him for putting on a show at the Sachsenring.
DAZN’s X page shared a clip of the ‘special moment’ on their broadcast as Pedrosa, who partnered Marquez from 2013 to 2018, saluted his old colleague.
He said: “Congratulations on this race and, above all, thank you for giving us this exciting finale, because it was a race where, until the very end, we thought you could do it. It was nice to see it.”
Pedrosa shared a garage with Marquez as he celebrated his first five world championships, and though the former never won a premier-class title himself, he did score 31 Grand Prix victories.
Marco Bezzecchi’s ‘cool’ admission about battling Marc Marquez
While Bezzecchi suffered late heartbreak as he chased a rare win for Aprilia, he admitted in an interview with the same outlet that he’d enjoyed the scrap.
“Battling with Marc is cool,” he said. He’s got something extra.”
Marquez had ignored Luigi Dall’Igna’s advice by taking risks during German Grand Prix qualifying, and he maintained that approach for the Sprint. He’s avoided any major incidents since his race-ruining fall at Jerez in April.
The 32-year-old will make his 200th MotoGP start on Sunday. 68 of the first 199 races have ended with victory.
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