The World Today
MADRID, 17 (EUROPA PRESS)
Spanish rider Marc Márquez (Ducati) claimed victory this Sunday in the MotoGP race at the Austrian Grand Prix, the thirteenth round of the World Motorcycling Championship, ahead of Fermín Aldeguer (Ducati), winning for the first time at the Red Bull Ring, and taking another step towards the title in the premier class by securing his sixth consecutive double victory - victory on Saturday and Sunday.
After taking victory in Saturday's sprint race, the Cervera native completed another perfect weekend, making it six in a row, to leave Spielberg with 37 new points in his bag. In Austria, where he had never won on a Sunday and in the 1,000th race in the history of the premier class, he sealed his tenth win of 2025 in long races.
Joining Márquez on the podium were fellow Spaniard Fermín Aldeguer, who thus achieved his best result in MotoGP, and Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia), Saturday's poleman who had to settle for third place despite dominating almost the entire race.
The two wins in Austria have given the elder Márquez a total of 418 points, 142 more than Alex Márquez (Ducati), who could only manage tenth on Sunday (276), and 195 more than Italy's Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), who finished eighth (223). Bezzecchi, meanwhile, is in fourth place (182).
The threat of rain gave way while the riders waited for the lights to go out. Once the race started, Bezzecchi retained his pole position, and Bagnaia defended his second place despite Marc Márquez's attempts to overtake him. However, just one lap later, he overtook 'Pecco'.
The psychological struggle then began between the Cervera native, who was patiently holding his own from behind, and Bezzecchi in the Styrian forests; the two exchanged fastest laps while leaving their pursuers behind, who had to limit themselves to fighting for the last place on the podium.
Just past the halfway point of the race, reigning champion Jorge Martín (Aprilia) ended his performance at Spielberg when he crashed at Turn 8, and things weren't going too well for Bagnaia either, who was overtaken by Pedro Acosta (KTM) and Aldeguer and dropped to fifth place.
It was on lap 19, with nine laps remaining, that Márquez took the lead of the race for the first time. The Italian returned the pass, but just one lap later, the Lleida native overtook him again under braking for Turn 1, a decisive move. Bezzecchi crashed and was also overtaken by Aldeguer four laps later.
The Murcian then jumped on the eight-time world champion and put pressure on him for a couple of laps, but ultimately settled for second place. Ahead of him, Márquez saw the checkered flag waved by the legendary Giacomo Agostini, the man chosen to determine the finish of the 1,000th race in the history of the premier class. Bezzecchi completed the podium.
Additionally, Acosta finished fourth; Joan Mir (Honda) was sixth; Raúl Fernández (Aprilia) finished ninth, ahead of Alex Márquez; and Alex Rins (Yamaha) finished sixteenth.
Moreira takes advantage of Manu Gonzalez's misfortune in Moto2
In Moto2, Brazilian Diogo Moreira (Kalex) took victory and entered the fight for the title after championship leader Manu González (Kalex) was forced to retire due to mechanical problems, and second place finisher Arón Canet (Kalex) could only finish tenth.
Moreira dominated the race to top the podium, which also included Spaniard Dani Holgado (Kalex), who started first and finished second, and Italian Celestino Vietti (Boscoscuro). These 25 points allow him to move up to third place in the Drivers' World Championship (153) and put pressure on both 'Manugas' (188) and the Corbera native (169).
In addition, Albert Arenas (Kalex) secured fourth place, while Iván Ortolá (Boscoscuro) finished sixth; Izan Guevara (Boscoscuro) finished ninth; Marcos Ramírez (Kalex) finished twelfth; and Dani Muñoz (Kalex) finished fourteenth; also finishing in the points. Alonso López (Boscoscuro) finished sixteenth; Jorge Navarro (Forward) finished seventeenth; Adrián Huertas (Kalex) was eighteenth; Alex Escrig (Forward) finished nineteenth; and Unai Orradre (Boscoscuro) finished twenty-third.
PIQUERAS REIGNS IN MOTO3 AND CUTTING THE WHEEL
Finally, in Moto3, Spaniard Ángel Piqueras (KTM) led the Frinsa-MT Helmets-MSI double, with his Japanese teammate Ryusei Yamanaka (KTM) and David Muñoz (KTM) completing the podium, to reduce his gap to World Championship leader José Antonio Rueda (KTM) to 71 points, who finished fifth at the Red Bull Ring.
In a nail-biting finish, a collision between Máximo Quiles (KTM) and Argentine Valentín Perrone (KTM) while battling for the front positions allowed Muñoz to catch up. The collisions and off-track excursions continued into the final lap, where Piqueras kept his cool to see the checkered flag first.
Ultimately, Quiles finished fourth, just ahead of Rueda, while Adrián Fernández (Honda), Álvaro Carpe (KTM), and David Almansa (Honda) also finished in the points, finishing eighth, tenth, and twelfth, respectively. Marcos Uriarte (KTM) was sixteenth, and Vicente Pérez (Honda) failed to finish.
