Overview

• Marc Marquez used strategic slipstreaming behind Pedro Acosta to heat his front tyre and claim his 11th sprint win of the season.
• His sprint victory extends his championship advantage to 95 points over Alex Marquez and 156 points over Francesco Bagnaia.
• Francesco Bagnaia, who secured pole in qualifying, dropped to seventh after a mid-race tyre pressure warning forced him to ease off.
• Fabio Quartararo finished fifth and Johann Zarco eighth in the sprint while Jorge Martin returned from injury to qualify tenth.
• Effective tyre pressure management under the new sprint regulations proved decisive on Brno’s demanding circuit.