By just 41 thousandths of a second, a breath, Àlex Márquez maintains his dominance on his home turf. The Cervera rider won the Sprint of the GP of Catalunya over Pedro Acosta in an intense duel that was decided on the last lap, after 12 laps of battle between the Catalan and the Murcian.
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Thus, the younger of the Márquez brothers continues to be a prophet in his land, where he already achieved pole position and Sunday victory in 2025. Àlex climbs to seventh place in the World Championship with these 12 points, surpassing his brother (-10), who watched him win from the sofa at home.
Marco Bezzecchi maintains the lead thanks to his discreet ninth place and the fall of his teammate and rival Jorge Martín. Acosta, with second place, is now third in the championship.
The start
Acosta and Márquez shaped their duel from the start by being the most solid
The short race duel began to take shape from the start: Acosta against Márquez (Àlex). With the Aprilias far behind, leader Bezzecchi starting 12th and Martín 9th, due to their respective falls in the classification, it was the Murcian from pole and Àlex Márquez from third position who took the lead when the lights went out. Acosta maintained his privileged position and Àlex overtook Morbidelli at the start, and on the second lap Zarco to get right behind the Murcian, very close, with the Frenchman third.
Behind, Martín was one of the biggest gainers, from 9th to 6th… but only for a short time. Because the Madrid rider went down at turn 10, the slow La Caixa corner, on the fourth lap. A crash for the Aprilia rider, who has accumulated four crashes this weekend. And goodbye to the World Championship lead, which Bezzecchi would maintain, sixth.
Immediately after, Àlex Márquez took a step forward. With more pace than Acosta and more top speed on his Ducati than the KTM, the Cervera rider overtook the Murcian at the end of the straight after the fifth pass through the finish line.
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Acosta, despite his strength in a flying lap in qualifying, did not feel comfortable and was also overtaken by Raúl Fernández into second position (lap 5).
Past the halfway point of the short race, Márquez consolidated his good race pace and was already almost half a second ahead of Fernández, with Acosta third, no threat from Di Giannantonio, fourth, nor Zarco, fifth, far behind. The Cervera rider felt strong on one of the circuits that suits him best, where last year he achieved pole position and Sunday victory – one of the three he scored.
Pedro Acosta recovered and with four laps to go overtook Raúl Fernández to try to catch Àlex Márquez. He had the Catalan just 6 tenths ahead. Danger for the Cervera rider. In one lap he cut 3 tenths. He had the KTM almost glued.
On the last lap, Alex had Pedro right behind, mirroring his moves. Montmeló held its breath. The Murcian would have to do a Rossi, try an inside move on the last corner of the Circuit to surprise Márquez, but he couldn’t. Àlex closed all the gaps and won by just 41 thousandths before the checkered flag waved by the blaugrana Fermín, the guest of the day. It is the seventh Sprint victory for the Catalan, who continues to mark his territory.
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