Pedro Acosta, KTM Factory Racing, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
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 ꦐof the season.

The championship has been reset coming into Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez taki🔴ng over the lead of the standings at the previous Americas GP by a single point. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez's crash out of the lead of the grand prix at CO🔯TA 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 hi🔜s 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 ౠa 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 rac🔯e pace was a little bit better than Marc Marquez's.

Reigning world champion Jorge Martin was an impressive 14th in his first quaꦚlifying of the year, the Aprilia rider digging de𝕴ep to shadow his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.

The sprint at 6pm BST.

18:43

That's all from our live coverage today, but do please join us again on Sunday from 6pm 🔜for the 2025 Qatar GP.&nbꦺsp;

Untilꦬ then, keep your eyes fixed on mahbx.com for all the latest from the Qatar paddock. 

18:42
Sprint report

Read the full sprint report from the 2025 MotoGP Qatar GP 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:here

18:24

Alex Marquez is second, Morbidelli just holds o𒁏nto third while a mistake at the last corner allows Aldeguer to jump Quartararo for fo🌄urth. Quartararo is fifth, Di Giannantonio sixth, Ogura seventh, Bagnaia eighth and Bezzecchi ninth. 

Tꦅhe KTMs fall out of the points, while Martin fi💙nishes 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 fo🍎r third is on. Morbidelli has Quartararo and Aldeguer behind him. 

18:21

Bagnaia gets🍌 by Vinales at Turn 13 for eighth. That's two point♎s. 

18:21

Quartararo is still pushing hard here for the podium, and he needs to because Aldeguer is steaming up beh🌳ind ♐him. 

Meanwhile, 🌼Ogura is up to seventh ahead ofꦬ Vinales. 

18:20
Lap 10/11

Two laps to go. Marquez is 1.6s clear at the front. Alex Marquez comfortable in s🍸econd, while Morbidelli has Quartararo 0.6s behin💜d. 

Zarco pulled out due to a rear tyre issue. 

18:19
Retirement - Johann Zarco

Zarco has pitted. 

18:19

Bagnaia tak🅺es 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. S𒈔꧙o much for him reckoning he'd struggle this weekend. 

18:18

There is a b﷽attle for third here. Quartarar💎o 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.&nb🌠sp;

18:15

Vinales will have his hands full with Aldeguer soon. The rookie is flying. Acosta behind getsꦐ 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.&𒁏nbsp;

18:13

Aldeguer is closing down Vinales for ꦡfifth. Quartararo still holding fourth on the Yamaha - good ridಞe for the 2021 world champion.

18:13
Lap 6/11

Onto lap six and Marc Marquez's lea꧋d is up to 0.7s.

18:12

Bไagnaia still mired down in 11t🐓h. 0.6s off the pace. 

18:12

Aldeguer is r♑iding brilliantly in sixth. His pace i𓆏s great and he's holding his own. 

18:12

Marc Marquez is twistiജng 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 l✤eads.