Sunday, September 7, 2025, 13:50
Marc’s streak is over, but not the Márquez. After fifteen consecutive victories from Marc, his brother Álex took over, who achieved the second victory of his life in MotoGP. And what two victories! The first, at the Spain Grand Prix at the Jerez Circuit, and this Sunday, at the Grand Prix of Catalonia in Montmeló. «Difficult to compare… so I stay with both. Jerez has something else for the fans and for that Nieto-Peuqui curve that is magical. But here it is even more special for how I have managed the race, for having Marc behind so many laps and being able to remove my thorn from yesterday, ”explained the little one of the Márquez, satisfied for having fulfilled his work and having overcome a painful fall on Saturday.
Because the most difficult thing was that, getting up as Cervera did after his sprint error. And more when his brother Marc stole his wallet at the exit and put himself in the lead. Álex did not get nervous, aware that he had something else in a rhythm. Nor for the pressure that Pedro Acosta put behind him, who had opted for an aggressive starting strategy with soft rubber.
At the end of the third round, Álex hooked the red Ducati wheel in the last sector of the circuit, a succession of three right -wing curves where the little brother had made the difference all weekend. With the rebuild the line he put himself in parallel and in the braking of the first curve he got inside to snatch the first position. Marc fought it, but remained at the Álex site and there were no more changes ahead. He did not deliver the Marc spoon, since he was stalking all the laps to Alex, waiting for an error that this time did not arrive. And in the absence of five laps, the MotoGP leader threw, allowing his brother to savor the victory in the last laps.
«I have tried everything, but in the absence of five laps I have made a mistake and I have said enough. Today was the day of accepting that he could not win, ”Marc explained that he recognized Álex’s superiority in the house circuit. «If someone has to cut the streak, better than it, and in a circuit in which it had always been very fast. Because he had already won in Moto3 and Moto2 and now also has the victory in MotoGP ». A triumph that in addition to cutting a victorious streak will make it impossible to be champion next weekend in the Misano circuit, at Valentino Rossi’s house. But it may be the next Grand Prize in Japan, at Honda’s house. And if not in Indonesia, but Marc Márquez’s ninth title will arrive, which now has 182 rental points about his brother and 250 on his teammate, Pecco Bagnaia.
Acosta loses the podium with the strategy
With the Márquez brothers unbeatable in the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya, the only thing that Pedro Acosta had left was to go on the strategy and was the only one on the grill that opted for the soft rear tire. A very risky option since the asphalt of Montmeló is one that has the greatest rubber consumption. The Mazarrón was aggressive at the beginning of the race and remained at the wheel of the Márquez the first ten laps, but from there he began to lose pace and spent his brand partner, Enea Bastianini. And then, to suffer with the rubber to finish fourth to thirteen seconds. «Last bull you can say what you want, but I am happy with my decision, although it has not been correct. I hope every day that you do not make good decisions are a room, ”said Acosta, which is already fifth in the general and fights with Marco Bezzecchi for being the best no Ducati in the classification.
The third of Ennea Bastianini meant the first podium of the Italian with the KTM, fifth ended Fabio Quartaro, sixth the Japanese Ai Ogura and seventh Pecco Bagnaia, who was satisfied with his result, but not with the sensations with the motorcycle. “Starting from the twenty -first position, it is difficult to think about something else.” Nor was the best Sunday for Jorge Martín, tenth on a track where a year ago he celebrated his MotoGP title. Next stop, the Misano circuit, where if there is something sure is that Marc Márquez will not yet proclaim champion.
