2025 Thai MotoGP, Buriram: Race as it happened

Now it's transitioned again to two pairs at the front. Marquezes together, then Bagnaia and Morbidelli, Ogura just within a second of the VR46 rider.

Bagnaia's put some more distance between himself and Morbidelli. Ogura still just about hanging in there in fifth. Static between the two leaders.

We're still not at half-distance yet, but Franco Morbidelli is beginning to look like a bigger problem for Bagnaia than he might have bargained for. Only a few tenths separate them.

Miller becoming something of a road block in 6th now. He's 4s behind Ogura, and has Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Mir, and Zarco all lining up behind him.

Alex Marquez continues to lead his brother. 0.6s then further back to Bagnaia, Morbidelli and Ogura still there, too.

Replays show Marquez just slowed at turn three. Possibly a tyre pressure thing for him, which is almost unfathomable given the ambient temperature. But Marc is absolutely uninterested in leading at the moment.

That's two laps in the lead now for the #73 of Alex Marquez. Bagnaia only a second behind what isnow an actual lead battle.

Alex Marquez leads after Marc Marquez slowed exiting turn three. He seems back up to speed now but it's cost him the lead on lap seven.

Further back, it's Miller sixth, ahead of Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Mir, and Zarco who completes the top 10.

Fabio Quartararo is down in 18th after losing a lot of time at the start.

The time Bagnaia gained last time has been lost on lap six. Back to just under 1.4s between him and Marquez now. Morbidelli and Oura still there, too.

Personal best lap for Bagnaia that time, almost 0.2s faster than Alex Marquez but still 1.3s between them.

Morbidelli has passed Ogura for fourth, something he was unable to do yesterday. He's not chasing Bagnaia, who is 1.5s behind Alex Marquez. Just over a second between the two Marquezes now.

One of the Tech3 KTMs just ran wide at turn four. Think it was Bastianini, he's back in 17th.

And Pedro Acosta has crashed out at turn one, not a great start for KTM.

A very similar picture to yesterday so far, with the two Marquezes clearing off out front and Bagnaia under pressure from Ogura in fourth.

Miller and Ogura battling at the start of lap two, but it's Ogura with the advantage for now.

It's a Marquez 1-2 as we start lap two, after Alex passed Bagnaia at turn seven. Marc, though, is over half-a-second clear out front.

It's lights out in Buriram and as yesterday it's a holeshot for Marc Marquez. Bagnaia has got ahead of Alex Marquez for second, and Ai Ogura is third.

We're off on the warm up lap. Next up: 26 laps of Buriram.

Soft front, medium rear is the tyre selection across the front row, but some differences further back, with a number of riders choosing the hard front tyre, and several also choosing the soft rear tyre.

The safety car is off on its sighting lap ahead of the start. We're three minutes away...

That's the national anthem out the way, performed on this occasion by some school children, and we're around seven minutes away from getting the first GP of the season underway.

Temperatures will also be a key factor of this race, for the physical endurance of the riders but also the durability of the tyres.

We're currently at an air temperature of 36C, and a track temperature of 50C. That's a little cooler - or at least less hot - than yesterday, when Fabio Di Giannantonio retired due to the heat coming from his Ducati, but with double the distance to do the task is still significant.

Ai Ogura will also be a key rider to watch today, having finished fourth yesterday on debut for Trackhouse.

Today will be his first full-length race, so we will find out how he will fair over a full distance.

By extension, his Aprilia stablemate Marco Bezzecchi will have some expectations based on Ogura's performance in the Sprint, in which Bezzecchi's race was ruined on the line when he spun his rear tyre on what he described as a dirty grid slot. A better start today will show us a better picture of where Bezzecchi is with the RS-GP.

There are a few differences on today's grid compared to yesterday.

A three-place grid penalty for Franco Morbidelli drops him from sixth to ninth, and promotes Pedro Acosta to sixth.

Somkiat Chantra will start 22nd compared to 21st yesterday after he picked up a grid penalty for the same reason as Morbidelli: riding slowly on the racing line and impeding a faster rider.

Chantra's penalty means Lorenzo Savadori will start from the back of row seven in 21st.

We've got Marc Marquez starting on pole for this one. He converted it to pole position in yesterday's Sprint and he's the clear favourite to take the top prize today, too, over the full 26 laps.

Alex Marquez versus Francesco Bagnaia for second is a more interesting battle, with Bagnaia expecting and expected to be stronger in the full length race than the Sprint.