Marc Marquez leads Francesco Bagnaia

MotoGP News: Marquez crashes from lead handing win to Bagnaia

Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead on a wet COTA circuit, handing the win to his factory Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia.

Bagnaia made no mistake after inheriting the lead from Marquez, who had won every sprint and grand prix of the season up until today.

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The error was enough for Marc to lose the lead of the world championship to his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati), who moved ahead of Marc by one point after claiming another solid second place.

Polesitter Marquez made a good start and got the lead and immediately opened a gap to the field. Bagnaia was fourth behind Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio but he was soon on the move.

Marquez stretched his lead to 1.4s by lap 4, Bagnaia needed until then to get past Alex. and set the fastest lap on lap 5, and now had a 2-second lead over Bagnaia who had moved up to 2nd.

Then Marquez chocked and lost control of his Ducati at Turn 4. He got going again, but his bike was broken and eventually he was forced to retire.

That left Bagnaia to streak to a comfortable victory, as Alex Marquez failed to offer any serious challenge.

Race winner Francesco Bagnaia

2025 COTA MotoGP Results

Pos Rider Nat Team Behind
1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP25) +0.000s
2 Alex Marquez SPA BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) +2.089s
3 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) +3.594s
4 Franco Morbidelli ITA Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) +10.732s
5 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) +11.857s
6 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) +12.238s
7 Enea Bastianini ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +12.815s
8 Luca Marini ITA Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) +15.646s
9 Ai Ogura JPN Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* +16.344s
10 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +18.255s
11 Alex Rins SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +24.256s
12 Raul Fernandez SPA Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) +27.938s
13 Augusto Fernandez SPA Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) +35.740s
14 Maverick Viñales SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +42.724s
15 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) +46.397s
16 Somkiat Chantra THA Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* +63.601s
17 Johann Zarco FRA Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) +2 laps
Fermin Aldeguer SPA BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* DNF
Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) DNF
Marc Marquez SPA Ducati Lenovo (GP25) DNF
Joan Mir SPA Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) DNF
Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) DNF

* Rookie