Six-time MotoGP world champ continued his supreme 2025 season, turning into first Ducati rider to win 5 consecutive GP’s.
Marc Marquez gained the Czech MotoGP for his eighth victory in 12 races this season and fifth in a row, extending his commanding lead on the planet championship.
The manufacturing unit Ducati rider beat Marco Bezzecchi on an Aprilia by virtually two seconds on Sunday, whereas Pedro Acosta on a KTM got here in third in his first race podium end of the season.
Marquez had a fifth straight excellent weekend, profitable each the dash on Saturday and Sunday’s race.
The 32-year-old Spaniard now leads the world championship with 381 factors, 120 forward of his youthful brother Alex who crashed, and 168 forward of Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia.
“It has been an excellent first a part of the season and particularly these final races,” Marquez mentioned.
“I really feel higher and higher and I’m driving tremendous good,” he added.
Marquez outpaces his rivals
Bagnaia began from pole on a sunny Sunday at Brno however solely retained the lead till the second lap when Bezzecchi eased previous him, with Marquez following go well with quickly afterwards.
Acosta did the identical to cool down in third after getting a lift from a third-place end in Saturday’s dash.
Marquez glided previous Bezzecchi on lap eight because the runaway trio saved build up their lead, and as so typically this season saved widening the hole comfortably.
The three stayed put till the end line, though fourth-placed Bagnaia gave Acosta a tough time urgent from behind.
“The primary lap was unbelievable,” mentioned Bezzecchi.
“I had a lot enjoyable within the first half of the race however sadly when Marc handed me I instantly noticed that he had one thing extra.”
“I attempted to assault however he was robust. Anyway, I made a implausible efficiency, I’m very, very joyful,” added the Italian.
Reigning world champion Jorge Martin collected his first factors after ending seventh within the first race he has accomplished this 12 months.
Martin sat out the primary three races following two pre-season crashes, and when he returned at Qatar in April, he crashed closely once more through the race and missed the following seven occasions.
Brno returns quicker than ever
Marquez took 40min 04.628sec to finish the 21 laps on the resurfaced 5.4-kilometre Brno circuit returning to the MotoGP calendar after a five-year break resulting from monetary woes.
The improved on-track outcomes of the Brno resurfacing was evident with lap occasions this 12 months a number of seconds underneath the earlier lap report.
Bezzecchi crossed the road 1.753 seconds adrift of Marquez, whereas Acosta trailed the six-time MotoGP champion by 3.366sec.
Nearly 220,000 followers gathered within the stands for the weekend as Marquez recorded his fourth MotoGP win at Brno after victories in 2013, 2017 and 2019.
Alex Marquez retired after crashing on lap two to depart Brno with out a level following a disappointing seventeenth spot within the dash race.
He took out Joan Mir who additionally walked away from the gravel security space, identical to Enea Bastianini a lap later.
Japan’s Takaaki Nakagami was dominated out of the race after struggling a knee damage in a crash in Saturday’s dash.
The MotoGP circus will now take a summer season break and resume with the Austrian GP on August 15-17.
“Now it’s the summer season break however nonetheless 10 races to go. Time to chill out, however in Austria I (will) preserve the identical mentality with the identical depth,” mentioned Marquez.
He’s eyeing his seventh MotoGP world title – and first since 2019 – that will put him degree with Valentino Rossi and one behind the legendary Giacomo Agostini.
