MotoGP Qatar SPRINT LIVE: Marc Marquez calm in front of Alex, Quartararo heroic, Bagnaia disappointing

Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) struck a major blow this Saturday, April 12, 2025, by taking pole position for the Grand Prix of Qatar, the fourth round of the 2025 MotoGP, at the Losail circuit. With a record time, the eight-time world champion secured his fourth consecutive pole position – a run unseen since 2019 – his 70th in MotoGP and his 98th career. This is his second pole at Losail, after the one in 2014, confirming his return to the top with Ducati.

His brother Alex Marquez will start alongside him in second position, his ninth start in front row in MotoGP and his fourth this season. Alex is only 0,101 seconds behind his brother Marc. In third position, Fabio Quartararo, back on the front line after 1 days, signs a great performance with Yamaha He scored an impressive T4 and is 0,260 seconds off pole, which delights the team. Yamaha , who hopes to return to the podium this season.

Franco Morbidelli (Ducati VR46 Racing Team) and Fabio DiGiannantonio (Ducati VR46 Racing Team) follow on the second row, in 4th and 5th position respectively. Morbidely seems to have found a good rhythm, and By Giannantonio, although frustrated by his incident in the pits with Pecco Bagnaia, shows good potential. bagnaia, for his part, ranks 11th after a fall at the end of the session, which could complicate his task during this weekend's races.

The two Frenchmen on the first two lines in Qatar

The third line is composed of Johann zarco (Honda LCR), Fermin Aldeguer (Ducati Gresini), and alex rins (Yamaha). zarco has shown good form and will be a formidable competitor in the race, whileAldeguer continues to progress after a solid qualifying performance.

For the fourth line, Ai Ogura (Aprilia TrackHouse), Pecco Bagnaia et Peter Acosta will start in 9th, 10th and 12th position respectively. Acosta showed good form in the first tests, but will still have to adjust his strategy to aim higher in the races.

George Martin et Marco Bezzecchi, official pilots Aprilia, failed to reach Q2. They will start from 13th and 14th position respectively, ahead of Luca marini (Sling), Jack Miller (Yamaha Pramac), and other riders like Raul Fernandez, Brad Binder, and Augusto Fernandez.

Marc Marquez remains the favorite for pole with an impressive pace, but his rivals, including Fabio Quartararo et Alex Marquez, remain serious threats to victory.

What will this Sprint race in Losail have in store for us? Before we know, here's a table summarizing the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Qatar	2024	2025
FP1	1'52.624 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'52.288 Marc Marquez (See here)
Practice	2'06.544 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'50.830 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
FP2	1'51.108 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'51.877 Marc Marquez (See here)
Q1	1.51.436 Raul Fernandez (See here)	1'51.104 Ogura, 1'51.512 Rins (See herei)
Q2	1'50.789 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'50.499 Marc Marquez (See herei)
Sprint	Martin, Binder, Espargaro (See here)	M. Marquez, A. Marquez, Morbidelli (See here)
Warm Up	1'52.660 Maverick Vinales (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Binder, Martin (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'50.789 Jorge Martin (See here)	1'50.499 Marc Marquez (See herei)

Before we begin, let's enjoy the feeling of this starting grid...

A word from a specialist... Valentino Rossi to Sky: “ They made me work hard this weekend. I've been here since Thursday evening and I've been with Morbidelli and Diggia during all the tests. The riders are in good shape and the bikes are formidable. We have progressed collectively, we can fight for the podium in all races. " He adds : " I go to the track, I observe the pilots and I see the most difficult points. I'm often with our coach and we look at the data on the computer. New drivers for the future? We started looking for new, very young drivers »

Rossi on Bagnaia : " We talked a lot yesterday. After his slip in qualifying, I haven't been able to do it yet, but I'll try to talk to him on the grid. Anyway, he'll take care of it. Until the crash, he was performing very well, the championship remains open. »

There will be one absentee on the grid:

Here are the live images:

There's less than a quarter of an hour left before the start of the MotoGP Sprint Race. The riders are on track for their formation lap. The sun has long since set, the floodlights are shining. But it still wasn't really cold in Qatar. It's currently 29 degrees in the air and 33 degrees on the asphaltAll the bikes are on the grid, we're leaving soon!

Asphalt temperatures are still quite high, although they are also significantly lower than in FP2, for example, and now allow for two options: soft and medium rear. The majority opt for the safer option with the medium, including all of the top five. But some want to try the soft rear wheel: Maverick Vinales, Johann Zarco, Alex Rins, Pedro Acosta, Luca Marini, Jack Miller, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini et Somkiat Chantra.

Formation lap… And here we go for 11 laps! The brothers Marquez Marc in the lead takes the lead in front Quarterly.

Alex Marquez attacks his brother who puts him back in place at the end of the straight line. Morbidely pass Quartararo, Zarco is sixth, bagnaia ninth. The latter suffers. He is overtaken by By Giannantonio, Ogura and even Jorge Martin! Here he is, twelfth...

Marc Marquez sets a time of 1:52.093, the fastest lap of the race. Gains 3 tenths on his brother Alex with six laps to go.

Very complicated race so far for Bagnaia , which remains in 11th position and cannot overtake Ai Ogura

Bagnaia overtakes Zarco and moves into 10th position , always behind Ai Ogura four laps from the finish line.

Johann zarco returns to the pits, retirement for the Frenchman

Marc Marquez flies in the night of Losail, advantage over Alex more than one second. Be careful Quarterly, who is trying to catch up Morbidely for the podium. bagnaia still 10°

The soft rear tire doesn't seem to have been a good choice. Vinales must now let it pass Di Giannantonio without being able to defend oneself and a little further away Acosta loses eighth place to Ogura. Bagnaia is just behind, so he could at least get a point for the World Championship.

Under the checkered flag, Marc Marquez ends his demonstration in front of his brother, the last step of the podium goes to Morbidely before Aldeguer et Quarterly who lost a place in the last bend with his Yamaha in the middle of Ducati. bagnaia is only eighth.

Qatar Grand Prix Sprint Results MotoGP 2025, in Losail: 

 Classification credit: MotoGP.com