Marc Marquez starts from pole for Sunday's 25-lap MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo.
The factory Ducati rider set a new lap record in qualifying to take his second pole of the season, and followed it up with his second sprint win of the 2025 campaign.
Marquez led every lap of the 12-lap sprint, though was pushed hard by Gresini's Alex Marquez, who was just under a second back at the chequered flag.
With his second sprint win of the season, Marc Marquez leads the championship by 11 points coming into Sunday's grand prix.
Pecco Bagnaia was a distant third in the sprint as he continues to struggle to match the pace of the two Marquez brothers in 2025. He will go from fourth on the grid.
Johann Zarco could spring a surprise in the grand prix after qualifying his LCR Honda third on the grid. Feeling like he had podium pace in the sprint, Zarco ultimately had to settle for fourth.
However, the Frenchman is confident with a good start and a change in tyre strategy that he could be a factor in the podium battle on Sunday at Termas de Rio Hondo.
Pramac's Miguel Oliveira will be absent from Sunday's race following a collision with Fermin Aldeguer in the sprint, while Aprilia's Lorenzo Savadori will also sit out after he partially dislocated his shoulder during qualifying on Saturday.
The 2025 MotoGP Argentina GP begins at 6pm GMT.
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Marc Marquez wins the 2025 Argentina Grand Prix to maintain his 100% victory record this season so far.
Alex Marquez is second, while Franco Morbidelli gets his first grand prix podium since the 2021 Spanish GP.
Pecco Bagnaia is fourth, while Fabio Di Giannantonio snatched fifth from Johann Zarco on the final lap to complete the top five.
Marc Marquez takes his 90th grand prix victory to equal Angel Nieto's record to go third all-time.
He is now also 16 points clear at the lead of the championship.
One lap to go, Marc Marquez leads Alex Marquez by 1.589s. Morbidelli still holds third from Bagnaia, 0.5s splitting them.
Zarco looks safe in fifth ahead of Di Giannantonio, Binder, Ogura, Acosta and Mir.
Two laps to go, Marc Marquez is 1.1s up the road. Bagnaia is closing on Morbidelli still, but he's running out of time to get onto the podium.
Marc Marquez opens his lead up to 0.903s with three laps to go. Morbidelli only 0.6s clear of Bagnaia now.
Bagnaia is 0.8s behind Morbidelli now, so the VR46 rider's soft tyre gamble might not quite work out how he'd hoped. Four laps to go.
Marc Marquez leads by 0.474s over Alex Marquez with four laps to go. Alex was a bit wide into the penultimate corner. This battle looks over.
Bagnaia is just a second away from third, so he could well steal a late podium here.
Marc Marquez eases past Alex Marquez into Turn 5. He leads again.
The pair are line astern across the line to start lap 21. Marc Marquez quicker last time around.
Marc Marquez was pushing so hard on the brakes into Turn 5, the front-end of his Ducati really moving underneath him but he gets it into the corner.
Fastest lap of the race for Marc Marquez, who snatches it from his brother ahead of him. Lap 20 of 25 begins with these two pushing for all they are worth!
This time at Turn 5 Marc Marquez is not close enough to challenge Alex Marquez. Gap still four tenths.
Onto lap 19. Time is running out for Marc Marquez to get a move done.
That moment has allowed Alex Marquez to move four tenths clear now.
Marc Marquez goes for the lead at Turn 5 but runs wide and Alex Marquez retakes the place!
Another wiggle for Marc Marquez at Turn 11. Lead gap is under 0.2s though.
Morbidelli is now over two seconds back of the top two, but still over a second clear of Bagnaia.
Alex Marquez is now just 0.242s ahead of Marc Marquez at the start of lap 17. Things are getting tense!
That moment for Marc Marquez has let Alex Marquez open the lead to 0.4s again. If he does have something extra to beat the Gresini rider, he's yet to show it.
Big moment for Marc Marques going through Turn 11. He is being forced to push hard here by his brother.
