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Alex Marquez Controls Valencia MotoGP Sprint to Cap 2025’s Final Saturday

The result confirmed Marco Bezzecchi in third overall despite a drop to fifth in the sprint.

Overview

  • Marquez led from Turn 1 and finished 1.149 seconds clear of Pedro Acosta, with Fabio Di Giannantonio clinching third after a late pass on Raul Fernandez.
  • Cool, overcast conditions shaped tyre choices, and polesitter Bezzecchi’s soft-front gamble contributed to an early slide before he recovered to fifth.
  • Jack Miller was penalized for contact with Fermin Aldeguer, missed the three-place drop, and served a long-lap that left him 12th behind the Spaniard.
  • Joan Mir crashed and took out Honda team-mate Luca Marini on lap 2, an incident under steward investigation that left Honda still nine constructors’ points short of its concessions target.
  • Acosta’s second place moved him six points ahead of Francesco Bagnaia for fourth in the standings, while returning Jorge Martin ran wide mid-race and finished last.