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Pedro Acosta, KTM Factory Racing, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
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2025 Qatar MotoGP: Sprint - LIVE!
Live text coverage of the 2025 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix sprint
Saturday at the 2025 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix will see qualifying and sprint action for the fourth round of the season.
The championship has been reset coming into Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Alex Marquez taking over the lead of the standings at the previous Americas GP by a single point.
Marc Marquez's crash out of the lead of the grand prix at COTA has wiped out his championship advantage in what has so far been a dominant campaign for the factory Ducati rider.
After a tense qualifying session, Marc Marquez snatched pole to maintain his 100% qualifying record in 2025 with a new lap record.
Alex Marquez will start second, while Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo got his first front in a qualifying session since the 2022 Dutch GP.
Pecco Bagnaia crashed late on in Q2, leaving himself down in 11th on the grid on a weekend where practice form suggested his race pace was a little bit better than Marc Marquez's.
Reigning world champion Jorge Martin was an impressive 14th in his first qualifying of the year, the Aprilia rider digging deep to shadow his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.
The sprint at 6pm BST.
12 Apr 2025
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Sprint report
Read the full sprint report from the 2025 MotoGP Qatar GP here
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Sprint Results
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Alex Marquez is second, Morbidelli just holds onto third while a mistake at the last corner allows Aldeguer to jump Quartararo for fourth. Quartararo is fifth, Di Giannantonio sixth, Ogura seventh, Bagnaia eighth and Bezzecchi ninth.
The KTMs fall out of the points, while Martin finishes 16th.
18:23
Marc Marquez wins
Marc Marquez wins the sprint to retake the championship lead!
18:22
Lap 11/11
Marc Marquez leads onto the final lap.
The battle for third is on. Morbidelli has Quartararo and Aldeguer behind him.
18:21
Bagnaia gets by Vinales at Turn 13 for eighth. That's two points.
18:21
Quartararo is still pushing hard here for the podium, and he needs to because Aldeguer is steaming up behind him.
Meanwhile, Ogura is up to seventh ahead of Vinales.
18:20
Lap 10/11
Two laps to go. Marquez is 1.6s clear at the front. Alex Marquez comfortable in second, while Morbidelli has Quartararo 0.6s behind.
Zarco pulled out due to a rear tyre issue.
18:19
Retirement - Johann Zarco
Zarco has pitted.
18:19
Bagnaia takes ninth from Acosta, so that's at least one point for the Ducati rider.
18:18
Lap 9/11
Marc Marquez ticks off another lap and is 1.2s clear in front now. So much for him reckoning he'd struggle this weekend.
18:18
There is a battle for third here. Quartararo is just under 0.7s back from Morbidelli.
18:17
Ogura has taken Acosta for eighth, while Vinales is being passed by DiGia for sixth. The KTM's are struggling here with the same old tyre wear issues. They are all on the soft rear.
18:16
Lap 8/11
Marc Marquez's lead is up to 0.9s, while Jorge Martin has faded to 17th. He'll be struggling physically at this point now.
18:15
Aldeguer scythes past Vinales at Turn 10 to take fifth.
18:15
Vinales will have his hands full with Aldeguer soon. The rookie is flying. Acosta behind gets ahead of Zarco for eighth, while Ogura takes ninth from the Honda rider.
18:14
Lap 7/11
Five laps to go and Marc Marquez leads by 0.5s from Alex Marquez, with Morbidelli third. Quartararo is fourth from Vinales, Aldeguer, Di Giannantonio, Acosta, Zarco. Bagnaia 11th.
18:13
Aldeguer is closing down Vinales for fifth. Quartararo still holding fourth on the Yamaha - good ride for the 2021 world champion.
18:13
Lap 6/11
Onto lap six and Marc Marquez's lead is up to 0.7s.
18:12
Bagnaia still mired down in 11th. 0.6s off the pace.
18:12
Aldeguer is riding brilliantly in sixth. His pace is great and he's holding his own.
18:12
Marc Marquez is twisting the screw here on lap five. He's 0.4s clear of Alex Marquez now. Morbidelli has dropped away too.
18:10
Lap 5/11
Acosta is getting his elbows out against DiGia for eighth. Marc Marquez still leads.
