MotoGP News: Marc Marquez wins 5th straight race at Brno

Runaway MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez took the lead from Mario Bezzecchi on lap 8 of 21 and raced off to his 5th straight MotoGP win at the Brno Circuit in the Czech Republic Sunday.

It was the 70th MotoGP Premier Class win for the Spaniard, as he is easily on his way to his 7th Premier Class MotoGP Championship.

Early race leader Marco Bezzecchi claimed a well-deserved second place for Aprilia, while KTM’s Sprint runner-up Pedro Acosta held off pole qualifier Francesco Bagnaia for third.

Just as in the Sprint, Francesco Bagnaia initially held his advantage but was schooled by Ducati teammate Marquez at Turn 3. Since Marquez has come to the Ducati team he has demoralized and destroyed Bagnaia, the 2023 MotoGP champion.

However, this time Bagnaia cut back ahead on the exit, with Marco Bezzecchi also taking advantage to snatch second.

The Aprilia rider took the lead on lap 2, with Marquez re-passing Bagnaia shortly after.

Bezzecchi held firm until Marquez made what would be a race-winning pass, again at Turn 3, on lap 8 of 21.

LIGHTS OUT: Bagnaia earns holeshot

Bagnaia punched off the line well and got the holeshot but like yesterday, Marc Marquez was through at Turn 3. Not for long though. On the cutback through Turn 4, Pecco led again and then Bezzecchi carved his way past the #93 at Turn 5.

That’s how it was over the line but Pecco was wide at the penultimate corner, costing him time, so that allowed Bezzecchi to make a move at Turn 1 on Lap 2. Marc Marquez, like he did on Lap 1, passed Pecco at Turn 3 and this time there was no way back for Pecco.

PASSES AND DRAMA: Bez leads, Alex Marquez crashes and then so does Bastianini

Meanwhile, Alex Marquez’s (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) disastrous weekend continued. The rider second in the championship was down at Turn 12 after an audacious move up the inside of Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) didn’t pay off. The luckless Mir was taken out, and the Honda rider, along with Alex Marquez, were out of the Grand Prix from P5 and P6, so that was zero points in Czechia for the #73. A hammer blow for the Gresini star’s title hopes.

Further up the order, it was Acosta’s turn to pass Pecco at Turn 3 on Lap 3, as Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and then Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) carved their way past Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP). Next up behind Quartararo: Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing).

On Lap 5, Bastianini’s charge continued. The Italian was through on his former teammate Bagnaia, with ‘The Beast’ now 1.4s behind his KTM stablemate Acosta. But then, Bastianini was in the gravel. Turn 3 saw the #23 lose the front end and it was Grand Prix over for Bastianini, a shame after his best weekend in orange.

THE WINNING MOVE: Marquez pounces

Lap 8 saw a change for the lead. Marc Marquez, at Turn 3, pounced on Bezzecchi. And the #93 got his elbows out through Turn 4 to keep Bezzecchi behind him, so what did the championship leader have in his pocket? Acosta was right with the top two now, while Bagnaia sat 1.7s adrift of the podium fight.

A 1:54.184 played a 1:54.4 for Bezzecchi and a 1:54.5 for Acosta, seeing Marquez go 0.5s clear at the front at the start of Lap 10. A lap later, the gap was up to 0.8s, and then with a fastest lap of the Grand Prix, Marquez’s lead grew to 1.2s on Lap 12 of 21.

Bezzecchi was giving this a good go. Bezzecchi dipped into the 1:53s for the first time, a 1:53.999, but on the same lap, Lap 14, Marquez found a 1:53.787. And on the following lap, Marquez went even quicker. A 1:53.691, coupled with a 1:54.085 from Bezzecchi, saw the lead climb to 1.9s.

With Marquez giving no one a chance of fighting for the win, attention turned to the rostrum fight. Pecco was gathering some late race momentum and from just under two seconds away, with three laps left, the Italian was 0.5s behind Acosta. That was then 0.4s with two laps to go, as Bezzecchi continued on his way to P2, 0.9s ahead.

And on the last lap, Pecco was within attacking distance – just. Marquez was 1.6s clear of Bezzecchi and controlling things at the front, with the latter safe from being pounced on from behind. Could Bagnaia muster something up to grab P3? The answer – fortunately for KTM, unfortunately for Ducati – was no.

The answer was also no to could anyone beat Marquez in Brno? The #93 took the checkered flag 1.7s ahead of Bezzecchi to become the first Ducati rider ever to win five Grands Prix in a row. Simply put: chapeau.

Fair play to Bezzecchi as well, that’s another Sunday podium for the #72, as Acosta held off Pecco to clinch his first Sunday podium of the season. Ducati, Aprilia and KTM on the Brno rostrum.

2025 Czech GP MotoGP Race Results – 21 Laps