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OrangeCat Racing’s Andrew Lee led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ranked second. A wet-but-drying track meant that Lee put in only seven laps, Fong three, and they were the only two riders to record a time.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Joseph LiMandri Jr was fastest in the MotoAmerica Motovation Supersport warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto w/ XPEL’s Kayla Yaakov, Horney Racing’s Kevin Horney, Mosites Motorsports/Ducati Pittsburgh’s Ryder Davis completed the top four. A damp-but-drying track meant that only four riders set times.
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Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Race Two Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.248 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third, 4.973 seconds behind race winner.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 8th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 14th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 523 points, 36 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 487 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 284 points.
Results wsbk race 2
ChampionshipStandings wsbk
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
SUNDAY DOUBLE: Bulega makes it two from two after outfoxing Razgatlioglu, Bautista completes podium. A clever defensive move caught Razgatlioglu by surprise, allowing Bulega to build a gap over his rival.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made it two from two on Sunday at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as ‘Bulegas’ came out on top after another incredible fight between the #11 and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team). The Ducati star came out on top as they both got their elbows out for the third time at the Tissot Aragon Round.
Another fierce fight: Bulega comes out on top again
The opening lap started as the Tissot Superpole Race finished, with Razgatlioglu making a move at Turn 15 before Bulega responded at Turn 16. On Lap 2, ‘El Turco’ made a surprise move at Turn 14 as he claimed the lead, although Bulega responded at Turn 16. The pair traded positions again at Turn 16, before the #1 got ahead at Turn 1 on Lap 4, and then ‘Bulegas’ used Turn 16 to get ahead at the end of that lap. That allowed the Ducati rider to pull out a gap on his rival, but on Lap 6, Razgatlioglu brought it back down until the final sector. The lead changed again on Lap 7 at Turn 15, Razgatlioglu’s favourite overtaking spot, before Bulega re-passed at Turn 16. Turn 7 on Lap 8 was the next corner to feature a change of position, in Razgatlioglu’s favour, but Bulega responded on the run to Turn 12. Two corners later and the #1 was back in front, although the #11 led the field at Turn 16 once again. Turns 15 and 16 on Lap 9 had two changes of position as well, before the Championship leader claimed first at Turn 1 on Lap 10, and then another switch at Turn 16 on Lap 11 as Bulega moved into P1. At Turn 7, the #1 went wide with Bulega as he claimed the lead of the race, looking to build enough of a gap to defend down the back straight, which he was able to do, although a wider line at Turn 16 allowed the #11 through. Turn 7 was a key point on Lap 12, as Bulega went defensive and Razgatlioglu went wide which gave the Ducati rider a lead of around one second heading into the second half of the race. Bulega’s 10th win of the season means he matches Max Biaggi’s record for an Italian rider, as he took his 50th podium, while Razgatlioglu made it 21 podiums in a row – a personal record for ‘El Turco’.
Battling for the rostrum: P3 for Bautista as Rea makes progress through the field
The fight for the podium raged in the early stages of the race. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) got a poor start when lights went out, while Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) moved up the order into the top five. The #19 soon fought his way back into podium contention, getting ahead of Rea and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) in successive corners, with Rea slotting into P4. The #65 attempted to follow Bautista but eventually the Spaniard pulled out a gap over his rival to cement P3. Iannone was able to respond on Lap 14 through Turn 16 to get ahead of Rea to move into P4, leaving the Yamaha rider vulnerable to Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) behind. The #14 was pushing to challenge Rea but he fell at Turn 14 on the penultimate lap of the 18-lap race. That left Rea to challenge Iannone for P4, but ‘The Maniac’ had enough in hand to hold on, with Rea coming home in fifth; matching his best result of the season.
Completing the top ten: Alex Lowes in P6, Bassani puts two Bimotas in the top nine
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished in sixth place, 2.5 seconds away from his former teammate, but with a second in hand over Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was eighth, allowing Bautista to close the gap in the fight for third in Race 2. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was ninth with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) resisting Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Action) to round out the top ten.
Scoring points: Finishing in the top 15
Mackenzie was also having to resist a challenge from behind as he fended off Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who in turn was just 0.044s ahead of Dominique Aegerter. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was in the fight for P10, finishing just 0.004s behind Aegerter, despite running wide at Turn 8 in the early stages of the race. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) completed the points paying positions.
To note from race 2: Montella just misses out on points after penalty
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) recovered to P16 after taking a double Long Lap Penalty for causing the Turn 5 pile-up up in the Tissot Superpole Race, finishing ahead of Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), Tommy Bridewell (Honda HRC) and Sam Lowes after his Turn 14 crash. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) brought his Yamaha R1 into the pits and lost a couple of laps, but was classified in 20th.
Race 2 retirements: Three riders don’t see the flag
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) had a crash at Turn 12 on Lap 11 which ended his race early, with the Turk retiring from the race. Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) crashed out of the race at Turn 9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was another who crashed on the final lap with the Dutchman falling at Turn 16.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’48.459s
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +3.248s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +4.973s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +12.904s
5. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.521s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.102s
Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’48.427s
Championship Standings:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 523
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 487
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 284
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 254
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 253
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 184
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Jones Honda’s Bodie Paige led the MotoAmerica Parts Unlimited Talent Cup warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rossi Motorsports powered by 3:16’s Rossi Garcia, Team Roadracingworld.com’s Jake Paige, MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher, and Real Steel Honda’s Ian Fraley rounded out the top five.
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KurveyGirl.com brings you the results of this weekend’s events.
Dominic Doyle set the pace in the MotoAmerica SC-Project warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Doyle’s Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing entry led Avery Dreher of Bad Boys Racing, Logan Cunnison of Speeddemon Racing, Gabrielly Lewis of Team Brazil, and Matthew Paternoster of AK RaceFab.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. The Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the fiftheen-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Stefano Manzi was a close second on his Pata Ten Kate Yamaha YZF R9, and Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise got third on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 380 points, 60 ahead of Can Oncu who has 320 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 223 points.
Results WSSP RACE 2
ChampionshipStandings WSSP RACE 2
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
ONCU RESPONDS: The Turk lands a statement win with a dramatic photo-finish over Manzi to close Aragon. Oncu’s win breathes life into the 2025 Championship picture, cutting Manzi’s lead down to 60 points.
After Saturday’s Race 1 saw Valentin Debise earn his first win in the FIM Supersport World Championship, the WorldSSP field took to the track for the last time for the final race of their Tissot Aragon Round at Motorland Aragon. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon, winning his 6th race of the season and the 7th race of his career. Joining him on the podium were riders Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse), who enjoyed their 16th and 4th podium appearances of the season, respectively.
Title rivals go down to the wire: Oncu gets his nose in front to win his first race since Donington
Manzi leapt forward from P2, overtaking polesitter Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team,) who by T3 was back to P3. Oncu snapped off the line from P7 to take the race lead by the second sector. Manzi saw himself back in fifth by Lap 5, overtaken by Oettl, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse). Manzi, however, showcased his trademark composure and made a late climb back up to P1, battling with Oncu in the last five laps for the race lead as the pair had put roughly a quarter of a second between them and Debise in P3 by Lap 13. By the final lap, Debise closed the gap between the pair, and in the back straight, the trio went three wide as they sprinted towards the final loop. Oncu cut across the nose of Manzi in P2 from the inside towards the outside, leading the trio out of Turn 17 towards the finish line. The two Yamaha rivals opened up the throttle and pipped the title leader Manzi by 0.027s in P2 and Valentin Debise as top Ducati in P3.
Oettl back in podium fight: Back to back P4s at Aragon
Oettl’s return to the podium fight will put wind in the sails of the Feel Racing camp as they hope to close their season strong. The German finished in P4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) by Lap 3 had carved seven positions forward to P4 from his P11 start position, finishing just a position behind that as the Spanish rookie finished P5. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had a strong Race 2 to close out Aragon, tying his best result in the category of P6. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started back in P12, but with a strong race pace, he improved that to a P7 finish.
Surra’s recovery run: Climbs back into points from P20 start
After starting P3, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) suffered a slow jump off the line, which he positionally wasn’t able to recover from, logging a P8 finish. Having started back in P20, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had his work cut out for him, but after stacking up overtake after overtake to crack the top eight by Lap 8. The Italian finished P9 for his third top 10 in his four races so far in WorldSSP. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) closed off the top ten positions as he rode well to land in the points from his P18 grid start.
Tough breaks for Casadei and Mahias: The pair suffered crashes which hampered their Race 2 hopes
Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) looked like he would tie his season’s best result of P7 as the race wound down; however, a crash in the last lap saw him record a DNF instead. Lucas Mahias’s (GMT94-YAMAHA) bike slid out from under him early in the contest in Turn 1, a spill he recovered from, but it cost him valuable Championship points as he finished P20. Joining them in the gravel were Wildcard rider Kadir Erbay (I+Dent Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), who each returned to the garages early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1 Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’53.310s
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.027s
3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.146s
4. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +0.499s
5. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.846s
6. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +3.731s
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Introducing: Marc Marquez, the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. From record-setting rookie to record-breaking comeback, come with us for a ride through 2013 to 2025.
After his incredible form this season, it’s been a matter of when, not if, for some time – but it’s official: Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. Following his second place result at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, the famous #93 takes his seventh crown in MotoGP – 2184 days after he last won the title. So who is the #93 and how did he win six titles in seven seasons before needing another six years to return to the throne in 2025?
From Cervera to Champion: early career and MotoGP glory
From Cervera, Spain, Marquez was born in 1993 – hence the number he’s taken to the top of the world. His early career set him apart as a MotoGP star of the future, and he took the 125cc World Championship in 2010 and Moto2™ World Championship in 2012. There was plenty of expectation around Marquez on his MotoGP debut with the Repsol Honda Team in 2013, but the #93 still outpaced it.
A podium first time out became a first win second time out, and he went on to become the youngest rider to clinch the MotoGP crown. He was also the first rookie to achieve the feat in 35 years. But 2013 was only a taste of what was to come as the #93 made his mark – bringing the “elbow down” riding style to MotoGP.
The dominant years: 2014–2019
In 2014 he won the first 10 Grands Prix and took his second MotoGP crown. 2015 began well, before some mistakes and hurdles saw Marquez lose the title for the first time since moving up to MotoGP.
The end of the season was highly dramatic too, as Marquez and Valentino Rossi clashed in Sepang, taking the sport’s biggest rivalry into another dimension. The tense finale in Valencia saw Jorge Lorenzo, then Rossi’s teammate, emerge victorious in the Championship.
In 2016 Marquez got back on top. 2017 was a rockier start but the fight went to the wire as Marquez vs Dovizioso created some of the greatest duels in MotoGP history. Marquez came out on top for title number four in MotoGP.
2018 resulted in more glory but there were more hurdles too, including a hotly debated Argentina race that saw the number 93 get three penalties, a resurgent Lorenzo, and more last corner lunges on Dovizioso. Then came 2019, which will go down as one of Marquez’s finest seasons. 12 wins out of 19, 18 podiums out of 19, and a points total of 420 even before the Tissot Spint era. On top of the world and redefining MotoGP – and then came 2020.
Injury hell: 2020–2023
At the season opener, held in Jerez due to the calendar changes obliged by Covid, Marquez ran off early on and faced a fight back through the field. The laptimes were almost beyond the mortal realm as the #93 put the hammer down to make it back to the front at his home GP – but then he found the limit and crossed it. He crashed out at Turn 3 and in a flash, his career path changed.
A fractured right humerus was the result. He first tried to make his comeback a week later but that was too soon. That one crash then became the beginning of a four-season nightmare that included four surgeries on the same arm, three of which were in 2020 when the plate from the first surgery broke, resulting in a second operation – before a third was required after the bone became infected and wouldn’t heal.
After a winter of rehabilitation, Marquez made his initial injury comeback in 2021. He even won three of the 14 Grands Prix he competed in. But then he withdrew from the final two rounds after a training crash led to a diagnosis with diplopia – a double vision problem that he first suffered after a crash near the end of the 2011 Moto2 season.
The crucial fourth surgery
Back from that, 2022 started positively with a P5 but a huge highside at Round 2 saw Marquez miss the remainder of the event, and following the crash, the diplopia returned. He underwent more surgery and returned to action fairly swiftly a few weeks later in Austin. However, after the Italian GP, Marquez confirmed he’d be heading off for a fourth surgery on his arm – and this time it was make or break for his career. All in to fix it back to 100%, which it never had been after that 2020 crash.
He travelled to the Mayo Clinic in the US for the pivotal operation, which included re-breaking and rotating his arm by roughly 30 degrees externally, before stabilising it with a new plate and screws. Marquez missed six rounds and made his highly anticipated return in Aragon.
Getting back in the groove, he earned a P2 in Australia to end another difficult year on a slightly higher note. But with an arm that was now on the way to being truly 100%.
The Decision: Honda exit to join Gresini Ducati
In 2023, Marquez experienced more injury woes, but this time it wasn’t his arm. A crash at the season opener meant Marquez picked up a broken bone in his hand and he missed three races due to that. Then, in June, a bruising weekend at the Sachsenring saw him crash five times.
The result was not racing on Sunday in Germany – a track he’s won at nine times in MotoGP – and a withdrawal from the Dutch GP the following weekend. He even flipped the bike off as the situation seemed to hit boiling point between man and machine.
Rumours abounded about his future with Honda, with whom he’d raced since Day 1 in MotoGP, as the project struggled to find the same race-winning form that has made HRC the most successful factory in MotoGP history. Ultimately, Marquez decided it was time for a change – and he announced it in an emotional press conference in Indonesia. He was to move to the Gresini team to race a year-old spec Ducati, reportedly almost for free, walking away from tens of millions in Honda contract for a bike he believed he could win with. He did.
2024, his first on a Ducati, saw him win three races and finish the year third overall, behind only the duo who fought for the title on the latest spec machine: Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia. By mid-season the other big story was about his future once again – who would pair Bagnaia in the factory Ducati team in 2025? Martin? Enea Bastianini? Or Marc Marquez? Martin decided he was done waiting for an answer and created one himself, announcing a move to Aprilia. Ducati signed Marquez to race in red and more history was set in motion.
The Greatest Comeback
From almost retiring in the nightmare of four seasons of suffering, Marquez has put together one of the most dominant MotoGP seasons of all time. Having redefined a lot of what it means to win in MotoGP when he made his debut as a rookie, the #93 has done it again in 2025, throwing down the gauntlet for the grid. 2184 days, multiple surgeries, three teams, two factories, yet more records and a seventh MotoGP crown later, he stands on top of the world – having made the greatest comeback in the history of sport.
Name us a better one – we’ll wait.
More from another press release issued by Dorna:
Marc Marquez: his comeback in numbers. The #93 is celebrating more than a number – but they tell their own story too.
Marc Marquez has taken his seventh MotoGP World Championship, 2184 days since he last became MotoGP World Champion in 2019. Winning the title in Japan at Round 17 of 22 makes it the third earliest a rider has ever secured the MotoGP crown in the modern era.
He has competed for three different teams and two different manufacturers since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
He’s undergone five surgeries on his right arm and shoulder since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019 – during which time he has missed 30 races.
He has crashed 108 times since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
There were 581 days between his last win in 2019 and his first win back from injury in Germany in 2021, and then another 1043 days until he won again in Aragon 2024 after two more injuries, multiple surgeries, and his change of team and factory.
He is now the rider with the longest wait between MotoGP World Championships: six years. The previous longest gap was for Casey Stoner, who had four years between his titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).
He has the second most MotoGP wins of any rider – 73 and counting. Valentino Rossi has the most, with 89 victories.
His 2025 points total of 541 has already surpassed the previous totals in the Sprint era (since 2023) with five GPs remaining. He has the most doubles in a single season – 10 – taking the record from Francesco Bagnaia, who took five in 2024.
Marc Marquez is the sixth rider in history to win MotoGP World Championships with different factories (Honda and Ducati), along with Casey Stoner (Ducati and Honda), Valentino Rossi (Honda and Yamaha), Eddie Lawson (Yamaha and Honda), Geoff Duke (Norton and Gilera) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta and Yamaha).
Marquez is the fourth different rider who has taken a MotoGP World Championship with Ducati along with Casey Stoner (2007)., Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Jorge Martin (2024). In 2025, he became the second Ducati rider to win on their debut with the factory team, after Casey Stoner.
He has set the record as the rider with most MotoGP wins in a row with Ducati – seven from Aragon to Hungary this year. He is also the first rider to score seven doubles (Sprint and GP wins) in a row, also from Aragon to Hungary. He took his 14th win with Ducati in Misano, equalling Andrea Dovizioso in third on the list of the most successful Ducati riders in MotoGP, behind Francesco Bagnaia (30 wins) and Casey Stoner (23).
His seventh MotoGP World Championship sees him equal Valentino Rossi’s number of MotoGP titles. Only one rider has more – Giacomo Agostini on eight.
Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 10-lap race by just 0.105 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 7th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 15th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 503 points, 41 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 462 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 276 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
BACK ON TOP: Bulega ends Razgatlioglu’s winning streak with hard-fought Superpole Race victory. The #11 returned to the top step of the rostrum for the first time since Race 2 at Most after a last-corner pass on Razgatlioglu.
It was Nicolo Bulega’s (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) turn to come out on top of a last-lap decider at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship after beating Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) on the final lap of the 10-lap Tissot Superpole Race. The pair changed positions on all but one lap of the race during the Tissot Aragon Round as the #11 claimed his first win since May – which was another final corner overtake on the #1.
Decided at the final corner: Bulega ends Razgatlioglu’s winning run
Bulega got the holeshot as lights went out but Razgatlioglu got ahead at Turn 15 on the opening lap, before defending through Turn 16 but running wide at Turn 17, allowing Bulega back ahead. Razgatlioglu made the same move on Lap 2, before Bulega outbraked him at Turn 1 – but ‘El Turco’ held the outside line into Turn 2. On Lap 3, Bulega utilised Turn 12 and the pair were side-by-side through the following three corners, with the #1 holding the lead out of Turn 17. On Lap 4, Turn 16 was the place the #11 tried to use to move ahead and immediately pulled out a gap over his rival. However, the gap came down and Razgatlioglu forced his way through at Turn 15, although Bulega responded at Turn 16 once again. It was the same story on Lap 6 before the Ducati rider held the lead through Turn 1 at the start of Lap 7, although at Turn 7 Razgatlioglu moved back ahead; before they swapped again at Turn 16. Two laps later, ‘El Turco’ got ahead at Turn 7 again before Bulega re-passed his rival at Turn 12, and they then traded paint at Turn 15 on the same lap. Turn 16 was where they swapped yet again as Bulega took the lead on the final lap, although he ran wide through Turn 7 which allowed the BMW rider to take the lead at Turn 8. Bulega trailed his rival onto the back straight but took advantage of ‘El Turco’ running wide at Turn 16 to claim a hard-fought victory. The only lap they didn’t exchange position on was Lap 8. They will start Race 2 from first and second on the grid, while Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) returned to the podium with P3. It ends Razgatlioglu’s run of victories at 13, equalling his record, while BMW had the 100th race on the podium.
Iannone back at the front: P4 for ‘The Maniac’
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) will go from the second row in Race 2 after claiming P4, finishing less than a second away from Bautista ahead. However, ‘The Maniac’ had to fend off Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) who finished in fifth, after running in the podium places, while he’s joined on the second row by twin brother Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team).
Close for the second row: Petrucci just misses out by 0.051s
Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was seventh which means he’ll go from the third row in Race 2, missing out on a top-six finish by just 0.051s. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) joins Petrucci on the third row with Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in ninth, securing him P9 on the grid for Race 2.
Retirements from the Superpole race : three riders don’t finish
There was a Turn 5 collision on the opening lap at Turn 5 between Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), with the latter able to continue both Montella and Rabat retiring. The incident was investigated after the race with Montella given a double Long Lap Penalty for irresponsible riding. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) retired from the race with a technical issue.
The top nine from the Tissot Superpole Race, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.105s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.703s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +1.593s
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +1.810s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +3.626s
7. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +3.677s
8. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +5.138s
9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +7.115s
Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’48.165s
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Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at Mobility Resort Motegi, in Japan. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the two-time MotoGP World Champion won the 24-lap race by 4.196 seconds.
His teammate, Marc Marquez was the runner-up and become the new 2025 MotoGP World Champion.
Joan Mir placed third on his Honda HRC Castrol RC213V.
Marco Bezzecchi, piloting his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25 crossed the finish line fourth.
Franco Morbidelli took fifth on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 541 points, 201 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 340 points. Francesco Bagnaia is third with 274 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Bagnaia secures sublime double, Marc Marquez takes historic seventh MotoGP crown. A poised win. An unbelievable comeback. And a home podium for Honda as Mir adds to a day of celebrations at Motegi.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took the Grand Prix honours on Sunday at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, poised under pressure as he got back to the business of winning in MotoGP – despite tension in the pitbox as small puffs of smoke ramped up the drama.
In second place, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) kept equally cool to take an incredible seventh MotoGP World Championship with second place, completing the greatest comeback in sporting history – 2184 days after he last ruled the most exciting sport on Earth.
In third, the headlines kept coming – Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) got back on the podium for the first time since 2021, and gave Honda a home podium to celebrate on a day for the history books at Motegi.
But back to where it started. And so, after a weekend of anticipation, it was time to get the ball rolling on the MotoGP Grand Prix to see whether Marc Marquez would clinch his seventh MotoGP title. At lights out, Bagnaia got a lovely launch again to grab the holeshot ahead of a fast-starting Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), as Marc Marquez kept hold of P3 on the opening lap. Alex Marquez was P7, one place behind Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing).
Pecco’s lead at the start of Lap 2 was 0.7s over Acosta, as Mir picked his way back up to P4 after dropping to P6 on the opening lap from the front row. And on the next lap, a 1:44.412 saw Pecco lead by 1.2s, with Marc Marquez tucked right behind his compatriot in P3.
There was an early retirement for Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) who encountered an issue on his RC213V to end another positive weekend prematurely. That meant HRC’s sole podium hopes fell into the lap of Mir, and the 2020 World Champion was less than half a second away from Marc Marquez’s rear tyre.
At the end of Lap 6, Pecco’s lead crept beyond the two second mark, while it was as you were in the podium fight – but Mir gained some time on the #93 after the champion elect made a small error at Turn 5. Then, on Lap 9 of 24, another slight error came at Turn 10. It didn’t cost Marc Marquez too much time, but this wasn’t as smooth sailing as it could have been so far as he and Mir began to reel in Acosta.
By Lap 11, Acosta’s pace was beginning to suffer and at Turn 3, Marc Marquez drew alongside the KTM and made a move for P2 stick. And straight away, Marquez was able to begin lapping a very similar pace to his teammate Pecco, who was 3.7s up the road at the start of Lap 13. Marquez, meanwhile, had put some breathing space between him and Acosta, one second of it to be exact, as the #37 began to come under plenty of pressure from Mir, with Bezzecchi sniffing a podium chance in P4.
The pressure then told as Mir made a classy Turn 7 move up the inside of Acosta to jump into P3, as we then saw smoke coming out of his Ducati. What was the problem? Was it race ending? Not for now, and he wasn’t losing time either – but this was a concern for Bagnaia and Ducati, who was leading by 4.1s.
The gap went up again by a tenth on Lap 16, so for the time being, it wasn’t a full-on issue. In the meantime, Acosta’s podium hopes were fading quickly as Bezzecchi and then Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) got the better of him.
With seven laps to go, Marc Marquez was in a title-winning position. And as comfortable as one could be in his position P2, with Mir slowly chipping away at the gap between the former HRC teammates in P3. Mir, meanwhile, was 2.4s clear of Bezzecchi as the #36 and HRC began to dream of a phenomenal return to the podium.
Acosta’s top six hopes then ended with a Turn 1 runoff, as we saw more smoke coming out of Bagnaia’s Ducati. Pensive and worried faces were plastered across the factory Ducati box and pitboard, and across millions of faces around the world, but Pecco continued on his way for now. The gap was coming down; it was now 2.8s with four laps left, but Pecco wasn’t even looking down or noticing something might be going wrong. Stange.
With two laps to go, Pecco led Marc Marquez by two seconds. As things stood, Marc Marquez just needed to guide his Ducati home for the greatest comeback to be completed. Mir was comfortable and now, a very lonely P3.
Last lap time. And history beckoned. A long look over the shoulder came on the exit of Turn 2, and it was empty space. You’re under no threat from behind Marc, that seventh MotoGP title was a minute and a half away. Bagnaia crossed the line to take his first double of the season, very much back in business, as just behind, more history was made.
Four surgeries. Four years of mostly blood, sweat and tears. But finally, for the first time since 2019, Marc Marquez stands atop the world with a seventh MotoGP World Championship – the longest wait a rider has ever had between premier class crowns.
Mir, after coming close on Saturday, completes the podium after his own journey of bad luck and a difficult run, the 2020 Champion delivering the goods for Honda on home turf.
Fourth went to Bezzecchi as he made big progress, just holding off Morbidelli by the flag. Alex Marquez takes P6 after a tougher weekend for MM93’s sole remaining rival on the way in. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) completed the top ten.
History made. Back in business. Comeback complete. The greatest feat in sport? We believe so. But there’s even more to come as MotoGP heads for the Indonesian GP in Lombok – see you there!
Daniel Holgado won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Mobility Resort Motegi, in Japan. Riding his CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard won the 19-lap race by 1.304 second.
The Brit Jake Dixon was the runner-up on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Boscoscuro.
Brazilian Diogo Moreira was third on his Italtrans Racing Kalex.
Colombian and winner’s teammate, David Alonso finished fourth.
Championship point leader Manuel Gonzalez took fifth on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex.
American Joe Roberts crashed his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex and didn’t finish the race.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 238 points, 34 ahead of Diogo Moreira who has 204 points. Aron Canet is third with 189 points.
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Holgado dominates as title race tightens after Motegi. A flawless ride from the #27 saw him back-up his Barcelona victory whilst a Long Lap Penalty for Gonzalez – combined with a podium for Moreira – keeps the title fight on its toes.
Hitting the front and clearing off, it was a masterful display from Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team), bagging a second win of his rookie season at Motegi. Taking over the reins on Lap 2 and pulling out a lead, he beat Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team). In the title fight, Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) had to serve a Long Lap Penalty after a collision with Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) but finished fifth, sporting a 34-point lead to Indonesia.
It was a mega start from Moreira, who came bursting through from fifth on the grid to lead through Turns 1 and 2, getting the better of Holgado who had originally grabbed the holeshot. Polesitter Gonzalez had a tough start, dropping down to P9 by the end of the opening lap after being pushed and shoved at the start. At Turn 3 on Lap 2, Holgado took the lead back from Moreira, who was just ahead of Tony Arbolino (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Friday’s pacesetter Dixon.
Having dropped down to ninth, Gonzalez began to scrap with Vietti on Lap 4 but their battle boiled over. Vietti re-passed the Spaniard at Turn 9 but the Championship leader let the brakes off at Turn 10 and tangled with the #13. Vietti’s Grand Prix ended in the gravel whilst Gonzalez continued but was handed a Long Lap Penalty for causing a crash.
Moreira’s firecracker start was now over and he started dropping back, first to Arbolino at the start of Lap 6 and then to Dixon at Turn 5 on Lap 7. Whilst they battled, they hadn’t seen which way Holgado had gone as the Catalan GP winner had pulled out a lead of over three seconds. On Lap 9, ‘Manugas’ served his Long Lap Penalty, dropping him from P7 to P9 with main title rival Moreira in fourth but under attack from David Alonso (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team). A mistake at the end of Lap 10 by Arbolino allowed Dixon to come through into second but was now over four seconds adrift of runaway leader Holgado.
With five laps to go, Moreira came through on Arbolino at Turn 7, an important move in the title race with Gonzalez down in seventh. Arbolino’s afternoon then got worse as Alonso bounced through into fourth at Turn 5 a lap later, the Colombian’s quest for a podium and taking vital points away from Moreira not over yet. Neither was Gonzalez’s comeback as he took sixth from Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) at Turn 11 with three to go before getting ahead of Arbolino for fifth place on the penultimate lap.
Nobody could lay a glove on Holgado as he took a second win in three GPs ahead of Dixon, who also made it a second rostrum in three. Moreira resisted a last lap onslaught from Alonso to hold onto a podium, taking five points out of Gonzalez’s title lead with ‘Manugas’ fifth. Arbolino clinched a solid sixth ahead of Baltus, Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in P10. In 15th, Aron Canet’s (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) title aspirations continue to fade and he’s now 49 behind Gonzalez.
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OrangeCat Racing’s Andrew Lee led the MotoAmerica Superbike warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Attack Performance Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Bobby Fong ranked second. A wet-but-drying track meant that Lee put in only seven laps, Fong three, and they were the only two riders to record a time.
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Joseph LiMandri Jr was fastest in the MotoAmerica Motovation Supersport warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rahal Ducati Moto w/ XPEL’s Kayla Yaakov, Horney Racing’s Kevin Horney, Mosites Motorsports/Ducati Pittsburgh’s Ryder Davis completed the top four. A damp-but-drying track meant that only four riders set times.
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Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Race Two Sunday afternoon at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 18-lap race by 3.248 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third, 4.973 seconds behind race winner.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 8th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 14th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 523 points, 36 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 487 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 284 points.
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SUNDAY DOUBLE: Bulega makes it two from two after outfoxing Razgatlioglu, Bautista completes podium. A clever defensive move caught Razgatlioglu by surprise, allowing Bulega to build a gap over his rival.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made it two from two on Sunday at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as ‘Bulegas’ came out on top after another incredible fight between the #11 and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team). The Ducati star came out on top as they both got their elbows out for the third time at the Tissot Aragon Round.
Another fierce fight: Bulega comes out on top again
The opening lap started as the Tissot Superpole Race finished, with Razgatlioglu making a move at Turn 15 before Bulega responded at Turn 16. On Lap 2, ‘El Turco’ made a surprise move at Turn 14 as he claimed the lead, although Bulega responded at Turn 16. The pair traded positions again at Turn 16, before the #1 got ahead at Turn 1 on Lap 4, and then ‘Bulegas’ used Turn 16 to get ahead at the end of that lap. That allowed the Ducati rider to pull out a gap on his rival, but on Lap 6, Razgatlioglu brought it back down until the final sector. The lead changed again on Lap 7 at Turn 15, Razgatlioglu’s favourite overtaking spot, before Bulega re-passed at Turn 16. Turn 7 on Lap 8 was the next corner to feature a change of position, in Razgatlioglu’s favour, but Bulega responded on the run to Turn 12. Two corners later and the #1 was back in front, although the #11 led the field at Turn 16 once again. Turns 15 and 16 on Lap 9 had two changes of position as well, before the Championship leader claimed first at Turn 1 on Lap 10, and then another switch at Turn 16 on Lap 11 as Bulega moved into P1. At Turn 7, the #1 went wide with Bulega as he claimed the lead of the race, looking to build enough of a gap to defend down the back straight, which he was able to do, although a wider line at Turn 16 allowed the #11 through. Turn 7 was a key point on Lap 12, as Bulega went defensive and Razgatlioglu went wide which gave the Ducati rider a lead of around one second heading into the second half of the race. Bulega’s 10th win of the season means he matches Max Biaggi’s record for an Italian rider, as he took his 50th podium, while Razgatlioglu made it 21 podiums in a row – a personal record for ‘El Turco’.
Battling for the rostrum: P3 for Bautista as Rea makes progress through the field
The fight for the podium raged in the early stages of the race. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) got a poor start when lights went out, while Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) moved up the order into the top five. The #19 soon fought his way back into podium contention, getting ahead of Rea and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) in successive corners, with Rea slotting into P4. The #65 attempted to follow Bautista but eventually the Spaniard pulled out a gap over his rival to cement P3. Iannone was able to respond on Lap 14 through Turn 16 to get ahead of Rea to move into P4, leaving the Yamaha rider vulnerable to Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) behind. The #14 was pushing to challenge Rea but he fell at Turn 14 on the penultimate lap of the 18-lap race. That left Rea to challenge Iannone for P4, but ‘The Maniac’ had enough in hand to hold on, with Rea coming home in fifth; matching his best result of the season.
Completing the top ten: Alex Lowes in P6, Bassani puts two Bimotas in the top nine
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished in sixth place, 2.5 seconds away from his former teammate, but with a second in hand over Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was eighth, allowing Bautista to close the gap in the fight for third in Race 2. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was ninth with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) resisting Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Action) to round out the top ten.
Scoring points: Finishing in the top 15
Mackenzie was also having to resist a challenge from behind as he fended off Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who in turn was just 0.044s ahead of Dominique Aegerter. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was in the fight for P10, finishing just 0.004s behind Aegerter, despite running wide at Turn 8 in the early stages of the race. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) completed the points paying positions.
To note from race 2: Montella just misses out on points after penalty
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) recovered to P16 after taking a double Long Lap Penalty for causing the Turn 5 pile-up up in the Tissot Superpole Race, finishing ahead of Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), Tommy Bridewell (Honda HRC) and Sam Lowes after his Turn 14 crash. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) brought his Yamaha R1 into the pits and lost a couple of laps, but was classified in 20th.
Race 2 retirements: Three riders don’t see the flag
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) had a crash at Turn 12 on Lap 11 which ended his race early, with the Turk retiring from the race. Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) crashed out of the race at Turn 9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was another who crashed on the final lap with the Dutchman falling at Turn 16.
The top six from WorldSBK Race 2, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’48.459s
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +3.248s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +4.973s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +12.904s
5. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +13.521s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +16.102s
Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’48.427s
Championship Standings:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 523
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 487
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 284
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 254
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 253
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 184
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Jones Honda’s Bodie Paige led the MotoAmerica Parts Unlimited Talent Cup warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Rossi Motorsports powered by 3:16’s Rossi Garcia, Team Roadracingworld.com’s Jake Paige, MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher, and Real Steel Honda’s Ian Fraley rounded out the top five.
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Dominic Doyle set the pace in the MotoAmerica SC-Project warmup on Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Doyle’s Giaccmoto Yamaha Racing entry led Avery Dreher of Bad Boys Racing, Logan Cunnison of Speeddemon Racing, Gabrielly Lewis of Team Brazil, and Matthew Paternoster of AK RaceFab.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race Two Sunday at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. The Blu Cru Evan Bros Yamaha YZF R9 rider won the fiftheen-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Stefano Manzi was a close second on his Pata Ten Kate Yamaha YZF R9, and Former MotoAmerica regular Valentin Debise got third on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Stefano Manzi leads the championship with 380 points, 60 ahead of Can Oncu who has 320 points. Tom Booth-Amos is third with 223 points.
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ONCU RESPONDS: The Turk lands a statement win with a dramatic photo-finish over Manzi to close Aragon. Oncu’s win breathes life into the 2025 Championship picture, cutting Manzi’s lead down to 60 points.
After Saturday’s Race 1 saw Valentin Debise earn his first win in the FIM Supersport World Championship, the WorldSSP field took to the track for the last time for the final race of their Tissot Aragon Round at Motorland Aragon. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon, winning his 6th race of the season and the 7th race of his career. Joining him on the podium were riders Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse), who enjoyed their 16th and 4th podium appearances of the season, respectively.
Title rivals go down to the wire: Oncu gets his nose in front to win his first race since Donington
Manzi leapt forward from P2, overtaking polesitter Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team,) who by T3 was back to P3. Oncu snapped off the line from P7 to take the race lead by the second sector. Manzi saw himself back in fifth by Lap 5, overtaken by Oettl, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) and Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse). Manzi, however, showcased his trademark composure and made a late climb back up to P1, battling with Oncu in the last five laps for the race lead as the pair had put roughly a quarter of a second between them and Debise in P3 by Lap 13. By the final lap, Debise closed the gap between the pair, and in the back straight, the trio went three wide as they sprinted towards the final loop. Oncu cut across the nose of Manzi in P2 from the inside towards the outside, leading the trio out of Turn 17 towards the finish line. The two Yamaha rivals opened up the throttle and pipped the title leader Manzi by 0.027s in P2 and Valentin Debise as top Ducati in P3.
Oettl back in podium fight: Back to back P4s at Aragon
Oettl’s return to the podium fight will put wind in the sails of the Feel Racing camp as they hope to close their season strong. The German finished in P4. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) by Lap 3 had carved seven positions forward to P4 from his P11 start position, finishing just a position behind that as the Spanish rookie finished P5. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) had a strong Race 2 to close out Aragon, tying his best result in the category of P6. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) started back in P12, but with a strong race pace, he improved that to a P7 finish.
Surra’s recovery run: Climbs back into points from P20 start
After starting P3, Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) suffered a slow jump off the line, which he positionally wasn’t able to recover from, logging a P8 finish. Having started back in P20, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) had his work cut out for him, but after stacking up overtake after overtake to crack the top eight by Lap 8. The Italian finished P9 for his third top 10 in his four races so far in WorldSSP. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) closed off the top ten positions as he rode well to land in the points from his P18 grid start.
Tough breaks for Casadei and Mahias: The pair suffered crashes which hampered their Race 2 hopes
Mattia Casadei (Motozoo ME Air Racing) looked like he would tie his season’s best result of P7 as the race wound down; however, a crash in the last lap saw him record a DNF instead. Lucas Mahias’s (GMT94-YAMAHA) bike slid out from under him early in the contest in Turn 1, a spill he recovered from, but it cost him valuable Championship points as he finished P20. Joining them in the gravel were Wildcard rider Kadir Erbay (I+Dent Racing Team), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team), who each returned to the garages early.
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 2: Full results here!
1 Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’53.310s
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.027s
3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.146s
4. Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) +0.499s
5. Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +2.846s
6. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) +3.731s
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Introducing: Marc Marquez, the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. From record-setting rookie to record-breaking comeback, come with us for a ride through 2013 to 2025.
After his incredible form this season, it’s been a matter of when, not if, for some time – but it’s official: Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) is the 2025 MotoGP World Champion. Following his second place result at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, the famous #93 takes his seventh crown in MotoGP – 2184 days after he last won the title. So who is the #93 and how did he win six titles in seven seasons before needing another six years to return to the throne in 2025?
From Cervera to Champion: early career and MotoGP glory
From Cervera, Spain, Marquez was born in 1993 – hence the number he’s taken to the top of the world. His early career set him apart as a MotoGP star of the future, and he took the 125cc World Championship in 2010 and Moto2™ World Championship in 2012. There was plenty of expectation around Marquez on his MotoGP debut with the Repsol Honda Team in 2013, but the #93 still outpaced it.
A podium first time out became a first win second time out, and he went on to become the youngest rider to clinch the MotoGP crown. He was also the first rookie to achieve the feat in 35 years. But 2013 was only a taste of what was to come as the #93 made his mark – bringing the “elbow down” riding style to MotoGP.
The dominant years: 2014–2019
In 2014 he won the first 10 Grands Prix and took his second MotoGP crown. 2015 began well, before some mistakes and hurdles saw Marquez lose the title for the first time since moving up to MotoGP.
The end of the season was highly dramatic too, as Marquez and Valentino Rossi clashed in Sepang, taking the sport’s biggest rivalry into another dimension. The tense finale in Valencia saw Jorge Lorenzo, then Rossi’s teammate, emerge victorious in the Championship.
In 2016 Marquez got back on top. 2017 was a rockier start but the fight went to the wire as Marquez vs Dovizioso created some of the greatest duels in MotoGP history. Marquez came out on top for title number four in MotoGP.
2018 resulted in more glory but there were more hurdles too, including a hotly debated Argentina race that saw the number 93 get three penalties, a resurgent Lorenzo, and more last corner lunges on Dovizioso. Then came 2019, which will go down as one of Marquez’s finest seasons. 12 wins out of 19, 18 podiums out of 19, and a points total of 420 even before the Tissot Spint era. On top of the world and redefining MotoGP – and then came 2020.
Injury hell: 2020–2023
At the season opener, held in Jerez due to the calendar changes obliged by Covid, Marquez ran off early on and faced a fight back through the field. The laptimes were almost beyond the mortal realm as the #93 put the hammer down to make it back to the front at his home GP – but then he found the limit and crossed it. He crashed out at Turn 3 and in a flash, his career path changed.
A fractured right humerus was the result. He first tried to make his comeback a week later but that was too soon. That one crash then became the beginning of a four-season nightmare that included four surgeries on the same arm, three of which were in 2020 when the plate from the first surgery broke, resulting in a second operation – before a third was required after the bone became infected and wouldn’t heal.
After a winter of rehabilitation, Marquez made his initial injury comeback in 2021. He even won three of the 14 Grands Prix he competed in. But then he withdrew from the final two rounds after a training crash led to a diagnosis with diplopia – a double vision problem that he first suffered after a crash near the end of the 2011 Moto2 season.
The crucial fourth surgery
Back from that, 2022 started positively with a P5 but a huge highside at Round 2 saw Marquez miss the remainder of the event, and following the crash, the diplopia returned. He underwent more surgery and returned to action fairly swiftly a few weeks later in Austin. However, after the Italian GP, Marquez confirmed he’d be heading off for a fourth surgery on his arm – and this time it was make or break for his career. All in to fix it back to 100%, which it never had been after that 2020 crash.
He travelled to the Mayo Clinic in the US for the pivotal operation, which included re-breaking and rotating his arm by roughly 30 degrees externally, before stabilising it with a new plate and screws. Marquez missed six rounds and made his highly anticipated return in Aragon.
Getting back in the groove, he earned a P2 in Australia to end another difficult year on a slightly higher note. But with an arm that was now on the way to being truly 100%.
The Decision: Honda exit to join Gresini Ducati
In 2023, Marquez experienced more injury woes, but this time it wasn’t his arm. A crash at the season opener meant Marquez picked up a broken bone in his hand and he missed three races due to that. Then, in June, a bruising weekend at the Sachsenring saw him crash five times.
The result was not racing on Sunday in Germany – a track he’s won at nine times in MotoGP – and a withdrawal from the Dutch GP the following weekend. He even flipped the bike off as the situation seemed to hit boiling point between man and machine.
Rumours abounded about his future with Honda, with whom he’d raced since Day 1 in MotoGP, as the project struggled to find the same race-winning form that has made HRC the most successful factory in MotoGP history. Ultimately, Marquez decided it was time for a change – and he announced it in an emotional press conference in Indonesia. He was to move to the Gresini team to race a year-old spec Ducati, reportedly almost for free, walking away from tens of millions in Honda contract for a bike he believed he could win with. He did.
2024, his first on a Ducati, saw him win three races and finish the year third overall, behind only the duo who fought for the title on the latest spec machine: Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia. By mid-season the other big story was about his future once again – who would pair Bagnaia in the factory Ducati team in 2025? Martin? Enea Bastianini? Or Marc Marquez? Martin decided he was done waiting for an answer and created one himself, announcing a move to Aprilia. Ducati signed Marquez to race in red and more history was set in motion.
The Greatest Comeback
From almost retiring in the nightmare of four seasons of suffering, Marquez has put together one of the most dominant MotoGP seasons of all time. Having redefined a lot of what it means to win in MotoGP when he made his debut as a rookie, the #93 has done it again in 2025, throwing down the gauntlet for the grid. 2184 days, multiple surgeries, three teams, two factories, yet more records and a seventh MotoGP crown later, he stands on top of the world – having made the greatest comeback in the history of sport.
Name us a better one – we’ll wait.
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Marc Marquez: his comeback in numbers. The #93 is celebrating more than a number – but they tell their own story too.
Marc Marquez has taken his seventh MotoGP World Championship, 2184 days since he last became MotoGP World Champion in 2019. Winning the title in Japan at Round 17 of 22 makes it the third earliest a rider has ever secured the MotoGP crown in the modern era.
He has competed for three different teams and two different manufacturers since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
He’s undergone five surgeries on his right arm and shoulder since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019 – during which time he has missed 30 races.
He has crashed 108 times since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
There were 581 days between his last win in 2019 and his first win back from injury in Germany in 2021, and then another 1043 days until he won again in Aragon 2024 after two more injuries, multiple surgeries, and his change of team and factory.
He is now the rider with the longest wait between MotoGP World Championships: six years. The previous longest gap was for Casey Stoner, who had four years between his titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).
He has the second most MotoGP wins of any rider – 73 and counting. Valentino Rossi has the most, with 89 victories.
His 2025 points total of 541 has already surpassed the previous totals in the Sprint era (since 2023) with five GPs remaining. He has the most doubles in a single season – 10 – taking the record from Francesco Bagnaia, who took five in 2024.
Marc Marquez is the sixth rider in history to win MotoGP World Championships with different factories (Honda and Ducati), along with Casey Stoner (Ducati and Honda), Valentino Rossi (Honda and Yamaha), Eddie Lawson (Yamaha and Honda), Geoff Duke (Norton and Gilera) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta and Yamaha).
Marquez is the fourth different rider who has taken a MotoGP World Championship with Ducati along with Casey Stoner (2007)., Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Jorge Martin (2024). In 2025, he became the second Ducati rider to win on their debut with the factory team, after Casey Stoner.
He has set the record as the rider with most MotoGP wins in a row with Ducati – seven from Aragon to Hungary this year. He is also the first rider to score seven doubles (Sprint and GP wins) in a row, also from Aragon to Hungary. He took his 14th win with Ducati in Misano, equalling Andrea Dovizioso in third on the list of the most successful Ducati riders in MotoGP, behind Francesco Bagnaia (30 wins) and Casey Stoner (23).
His seventh MotoGP World Championship sees him equal Valentino Rossi’s number of MotoGP titles. Only one rider has more – Giacomo Agostini on eight.
Nicolo Bulega won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at MotorLand Aragon, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, the Italian won the 10-lap race by just 0.105 seconds.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the runner-up on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, and Bulega’s teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race 7th on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff finished 15th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 503 points, 41 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 462 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 276 points.
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BACK ON TOP: Bulega ends Razgatlioglu’s winning streak with hard-fought Superpole Race victory. The #11 returned to the top step of the rostrum for the first time since Race 2 at Most after a last-corner pass on Razgatlioglu.
It was Nicolo Bulega’s (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) turn to come out on top of a last-lap decider at MotorLand Aragon in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship after beating Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) on the final lap of the 10-lap Tissot Superpole Race. The pair changed positions on all but one lap of the race during the Tissot Aragon Round as the #11 claimed his first win since May – which was another final corner overtake on the #1.
Decided at the final corner: Bulega ends Razgatlioglu’s winning run
Bulega got the holeshot as lights went out but Razgatlioglu got ahead at Turn 15 on the opening lap, before defending through Turn 16 but running wide at Turn 17, allowing Bulega back ahead. Razgatlioglu made the same move on Lap 2, before Bulega outbraked him at Turn 1 – but ‘El Turco’ held the outside line into Turn 2. On Lap 3, Bulega utilised Turn 12 and the pair were side-by-side through the following three corners, with the #1 holding the lead out of Turn 17. On Lap 4, Turn 16 was the place the #11 tried to use to move ahead and immediately pulled out a gap over his rival. However, the gap came down and Razgatlioglu forced his way through at Turn 15, although Bulega responded at Turn 16 once again. It was the same story on Lap 6 before the Ducati rider held the lead through Turn 1 at the start of Lap 7, although at Turn 7 Razgatlioglu moved back ahead; before they swapped again at Turn 16. Two laps later, ‘El Turco’ got ahead at Turn 7 again before Bulega re-passed his rival at Turn 12, and they then traded paint at Turn 15 on the same lap. Turn 16 was where they swapped yet again as Bulega took the lead on the final lap, although he ran wide through Turn 7 which allowed the BMW rider to take the lead at Turn 8. Bulega trailed his rival onto the back straight but took advantage of ‘El Turco’ running wide at Turn 16 to claim a hard-fought victory. The only lap they didn’t exchange position on was Lap 8. They will start Race 2 from first and second on the grid, while Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) returned to the podium with P3. It ends Razgatlioglu’s run of victories at 13, equalling his record, while BMW had the 100th race on the podium.
Iannone back at the front: P4 for ‘The Maniac’
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) will go from the second row in Race 2 after claiming P4, finishing less than a second away from Bautista ahead. However, ‘The Maniac’ had to fend off Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) who finished in fifth, after running in the podium places, while he’s joined on the second row by twin brother Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team).
Close for the second row: Petrucci just misses out by 0.051s
Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) was seventh which means he’ll go from the third row in Race 2, missing out on a top-six finish by just 0.051s. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) joins Petrucci on the third row with Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in ninth, securing him P9 on the grid for Race 2.
Retirements from the Superpole race : three riders don’t finish
There was a Turn 5 collision on the opening lap at Turn 5 between Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), with the latter able to continue both Montella and Rabat retiring. The incident was investigated after the race with Montella given a double Long Lap Penalty for irresponsible riding. Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) retired from the race with a technical issue.
The top nine from the Tissot Superpole Race, full results here:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.105s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.703s
4. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +1.593s
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +1.810s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +3.626s
7. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +3.677s
8. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +5.138s
9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +7.115s
Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’48.165s
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Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at Mobility Resort Motegi, in Japan. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the two-time MotoGP World Champion won the 24-lap race by 4.196 seconds.
His teammate, Marc Marquez was the runner-up and become the new 2025 MotoGP World Champion.
Joan Mir placed third on his Honda HRC Castrol RC213V.
Marco Bezzecchi, piloting his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25 crossed the finish line fourth.
Franco Morbidelli took fifth on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marc Marquez leads the championship with 541 points, 201 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 340 points. Francesco Bagnaia is third with 274 points.
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Bagnaia secures sublime double, Marc Marquez takes historic seventh MotoGP crown. A poised win. An unbelievable comeback. And a home podium for Honda as Mir adds to a day of celebrations at Motegi.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took the Grand Prix honours on Sunday at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, poised under pressure as he got back to the business of winning in MotoGP – despite tension in the pitbox as small puffs of smoke ramped up the drama.
In second place, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) kept equally cool to take an incredible seventh MotoGP World Championship with second place, completing the greatest comeback in sporting history – 2184 days after he last ruled the most exciting sport on Earth.
In third, the headlines kept coming – Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) got back on the podium for the first time since 2021, and gave Honda a home podium to celebrate on a day for the history books at Motegi.
But back to where it started. And so, after a weekend of anticipation, it was time to get the ball rolling on the MotoGP Grand Prix to see whether Marc Marquez would clinch his seventh MotoGP title. At lights out, Bagnaia got a lovely launch again to grab the holeshot ahead of a fast-starting Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), as Marc Marquez kept hold of P3 on the opening lap. Alex Marquez was P7, one place behind Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing).
Pecco’s lead at the start of Lap 2 was 0.7s over Acosta, as Mir picked his way back up to P4 after dropping to P6 on the opening lap from the front row. And on the next lap, a 1:44.412 saw Pecco lead by 1.2s, with Marc Marquez tucked right behind his compatriot in P3.
There was an early retirement for Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) who encountered an issue on his RC213V to end another positive weekend prematurely. That meant HRC’s sole podium hopes fell into the lap of Mir, and the 2020 World Champion was less than half a second away from Marc Marquez’s rear tyre.
At the end of Lap 6, Pecco’s lead crept beyond the two second mark, while it was as you were in the podium fight – but Mir gained some time on the #93 after the champion elect made a small error at Turn 5. Then, on Lap 9 of 24, another slight error came at Turn 10. It didn’t cost Marc Marquez too much time, but this wasn’t as smooth sailing as it could have been so far as he and Mir began to reel in Acosta.
By Lap 11, Acosta’s pace was beginning to suffer and at Turn 3, Marc Marquez drew alongside the KTM and made a move for P2 stick. And straight away, Marquez was able to begin lapping a very similar pace to his teammate Pecco, who was 3.7s up the road at the start of Lap 13. Marquez, meanwhile, had put some breathing space between him and Acosta, one second of it to be exact, as the #37 began to come under plenty of pressure from Mir, with Bezzecchi sniffing a podium chance in P4.
The pressure then told as Mir made a classy Turn 7 move up the inside of Acosta to jump into P3, as we then saw smoke coming out of his Ducati. What was the problem? Was it race ending? Not for now, and he wasn’t losing time either – but this was a concern for Bagnaia and Ducati, who was leading by 4.1s.
The gap went up again by a tenth on Lap 16, so for the time being, it wasn’t a full-on issue. In the meantime, Acosta’s podium hopes were fading quickly as Bezzecchi and then Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) got the better of him.
With seven laps to go, Marc Marquez was in a title-winning position. And as comfortable as one could be in his position P2, with Mir slowly chipping away at the gap between the former HRC teammates in P3. Mir, meanwhile, was 2.4s clear of Bezzecchi as the #36 and HRC began to dream of a phenomenal return to the podium.
Acosta’s top six hopes then ended with a Turn 1 runoff, as we saw more smoke coming out of Bagnaia’s Ducati. Pensive and worried faces were plastered across the factory Ducati box and pitboard, and across millions of faces around the world, but Pecco continued on his way for now. The gap was coming down; it was now 2.8s with four laps left, but Pecco wasn’t even looking down or noticing something might be going wrong. Stange.
With two laps to go, Pecco led Marc Marquez by two seconds. As things stood, Marc Marquez just needed to guide his Ducati home for the greatest comeback to be completed. Mir was comfortable and now, a very lonely P3.
Last lap time. And history beckoned. A long look over the shoulder came on the exit of Turn 2, and it was empty space. You’re under no threat from behind Marc, that seventh MotoGP title was a minute and a half away. Bagnaia crossed the line to take his first double of the season, very much back in business, as just behind, more history was made.
Four surgeries. Four years of mostly blood, sweat and tears. But finally, for the first time since 2019, Marc Marquez stands atop the world with a seventh MotoGP World Championship – the longest wait a rider has ever had between premier class crowns.
Mir, after coming close on Saturday, completes the podium after his own journey of bad luck and a difficult run, the 2020 Champion delivering the goods for Honda on home turf.
Fourth went to Bezzecchi as he made big progress, just holding off Morbidelli by the flag. Alex Marquez takes P6 after a tougher weekend for MM93’s sole remaining rival on the way in. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) completed the top ten.
History made. Back in business. Comeback complete. The greatest feat in sport? We believe so. But there’s even more to come as MotoGP heads for the Indonesian GP in Lombok – see you there!
Daniel Holgado won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Mobility Resort Motegi, in Japan. Riding his CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard won the 19-lap race by 1.304 second.
The Brit Jake Dixon was the runner-up on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Boscoscuro.
Brazilian Diogo Moreira was third on his Italtrans Racing Kalex.
Colombian and winner’s teammate, David Alonso finished fourth.
Championship point leader Manuel Gonzalez took fifth on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex.
American Joe Roberts crashed his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex and didn’t finish the race.
Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 238 points, 34 ahead of Diogo Moreira who has 204 points. Aron Canet is third with 189 points.
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Holgado dominates as title race tightens after Motegi. A flawless ride from the #27 saw him back-up his Barcelona victory whilst a Long Lap Penalty for Gonzalez – combined with a podium for Moreira – keeps the title fight on its toes.
Hitting the front and clearing off, it was a masterful display from Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team), bagging a second win of his rookie season at Motegi. Taking over the reins on Lap 2 and pulling out a lead, he beat Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team). In the title fight, Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) had to serve a Long Lap Penalty after a collision with Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) but finished fifth, sporting a 34-point lead to Indonesia.
It was a mega start from Moreira, who came bursting through from fifth on the grid to lead through Turns 1 and 2, getting the better of Holgado who had originally grabbed the holeshot. Polesitter Gonzalez had a tough start, dropping down to P9 by the end of the opening lap after being pushed and shoved at the start. At Turn 3 on Lap 2, Holgado took the lead back from Moreira, who was just ahead of Tony Arbolino (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Friday’s pacesetter Dixon.
Having dropped down to ninth, Gonzalez began to scrap with Vietti on Lap 4 but their battle boiled over. Vietti re-passed the Spaniard at Turn 9 but the Championship leader let the brakes off at Turn 10 and tangled with the #13. Vietti’s Grand Prix ended in the gravel whilst Gonzalez continued but was handed a Long Lap Penalty for causing a crash.
Moreira’s firecracker start was now over and he started dropping back, first to Arbolino at the start of Lap 6 and then to Dixon at Turn 5 on Lap 7. Whilst they battled, they hadn’t seen which way Holgado had gone as the Catalan GP winner had pulled out a lead of over three seconds. On Lap 9, ‘Manugas’ served his Long Lap Penalty, dropping him from P7 to P9 with main title rival Moreira in fourth but under attack from David Alonso (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team). A mistake at the end of Lap 10 by Arbolino allowed Dixon to come through into second but was now over four seconds adrift of runaway leader Holgado.
With five laps to go, Moreira came through on Arbolino at Turn 7, an important move in the title race with Gonzalez down in seventh. Arbolino’s afternoon then got worse as Alonso bounced through into fourth at Turn 5 a lap later, the Colombian’s quest for a podium and taking vital points away from Moreira not over yet. Neither was Gonzalez’s comeback as he took sixth from Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) at Turn 11 with three to go before getting ahead of Arbolino for fifth place on the penultimate lap.
Nobody could lay a glove on Holgado as he took a second win in three GPs ahead of Dixon, who also made it a second rostrum in three. Moreira resisted a last lap onslaught from Alonso to hold onto a podium, taking five points out of Gonzalez’s title lead with ‘Manugas’ fifth. Arbolino clinched a solid sixth ahead of Baltus, Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in P10. In 15th, Aron Canet’s (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) title aspirations continue to fade and he’s now 49 behind Gonzalez.
