Overview

• Marc Márquez won Saturday’s Sprint after Alex crashed late, a result that also secured the constructors’ championship for Ducati.
• On Sunday Alex rode a clean race and exploited his edge through Barcelona’s long right-handers as Marc launched a late chase, made errors and settled for second.
• Enea Bastianini completed the Grand Prix podium in third, while Francesco Bagnaia finished seventh.
• Marc leads the riders’ standings 487 to 305 over Alex, so the championship remains on hold with the earliest realistic clinch now viewed as Motegi.
• The victory was Alex’s second MotoGP Grand Prix win and his first head-to-head Grand Prix defeat of Marc, which he credited to learning from the Sprint error and executing a mistake-free run.