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MotoGP 2025 Americas Grand Prix sprint
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2025 Americas MotoGP: Race LIVE!
Lap-by-lap updates from the 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix
The third round of the 2025 MotoGP season takes place at the Americas Grand Prix, with Marc Marquez on pole for the third successive time.
Championship leader Marc Marquez comes into Sunday's 20-lap grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas looking to extend his 100% winning record in 2025, having scored his fifth race victory on Saturday in the sprint.
He has extended his points lead to 19 over Gresini Ducati's Alex Marquez, who maintained his 100% runner-up spot record in the sprint.
Marc Marquez didn't quite dominate the sprint as expected, having been forced into an early battle with his factory Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia before being pressured by Alex Marquez again.
Still favourite to win on Sunday, the challenge from Bagnaia on lap one will be something to be wary of at lights out.
Bagnaia feels like he is getting close to the feeling he has been missing on the GP25 and put in some strong pace in the sprint, even if he had to settle for third. He noted that he needs to find more speed in the early laps in order to properly challenge his team-mate.
He doesn't think that will come on Sunday, but is confident he can battle with Alex Marquez.
Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo put in a stunning charge to sixth having run as high as fourth in the early stages of Saturday's sprint. Though not convinced his pace is good enough to be in the podium hunt on Sunday, the Frenchman will be one to watch in the opening laps.
Honda also enjoyed a strong Saturday, with Luca Marini seventh on the factory RC213V, while Trackhouse Aprilia rookie continued to impress as he went from 18th to ninth in the sprint.
Marc Marquez pegged the KTM's of Pedro Acosta and Maverick Vinales as ones to watch after qualifying inside the top 10. But severe vibration issues proved problematic for the Austrian manufacturer in the sprint.
The 20-lap Americas Grand Prix begins at 8pm BST.
30 Mar 2025
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Championship points
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Report
Read the full report of the 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix here
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20:56
Bagnaia wins as Marc Marquez crashes
Pecco Bagnaia wins his first race of 2025 and does so at COTA after team-mate Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead.
Alex Marquez is second to take the lead in the championship, while Fabio Di Giannantonio completes the podium.
20:54
Final lap
Bagnaia begins the final lap.
Alex Marquez should be just about safe enough in second from Di Giannantonio.
20:53
Lap 18/19
All that drama aside, Bagnaia leads comfortably still.
Alex Marquez has a second over Di Giannantonio but the VR46 rider is going faster.
20:52
Crash - Fermin Aldeguer
Aldeguer has gone down now!
20:51
Crash - Johann Zarco
Zarco has gone down at Turn 12 having just been passed by Bastianini for eighth.
20:50
Lap 17/19
Bagnaia is 3.1s up the road now, while Aldeguer takes fifth from Miller at Turn 1 with a hard move on the exit.
Great ride by the rookie.
20:49
It looks like whatever threat DiGia posed to Alex Marquez has faded. Bezzecchi gets seventh at Turn 12 from Zarco.
20:48
Lap 16/19
Zarco and Bezzecchi are having a good battle for seventh, while Aldeguer in sixth is the fastest rider on track!
20:46
Lap 15/19
Five laps to go and Alex Marquez is coming under a bit of pressure from DiGia.
20:45
Retirement - Brad Binder
Binder has pulled up with a bike issue.
20:44
Zarco is doing a fantastic job to get up to sixth from 15th on the grid. He's fighting hard with Aldeguer.
20:44
Lap 14/19
Bagnaia's march towards a first win of 2025 continues. He's 2.2s clear of Alex Marquez. It's all quite spread out at the front of the field now.
20:42
Lap 13/19
Bagnaia starts lap 13 2.4s clear of Alex Marquez, who is two seconds clear of Di Giannantonio.
Marc Marquez pulls out finally.
20:41
If he can hold it, Bagnaia would only be 12 points adrift.
20:41
As it stands, Alex Marquez leads the championship by a point.
20:39
Lap 12/19
Bagnaia leads Alex Marquez by 1.9s from Di Giannantonio.
20:39
Crash - Joan Mir
Mir has gone down at Turn 12.
20:38
Lap 11/19
Bagnaia is comfortably in the lead now, while Alex Marquez looks like he's on course to maintain his 100% second-place record. Di Giannantonio is third.
Marc Marquez is staying out there, while Acosta has pulled in.
20:37
Savadori just tried an overtake on Marc Marquez at Turn 15 and couldn't get it done despite the Ducati being quite broken.
20:36
Lap 10/19
Bagnaia leads by 1.5s. Marc Marquez will have to pull out as he doesn't have a right foot peg.
20:35
Marquez went over the kerb and lost the front. The 100% winning record is over!
