Two rounds into the 2025 MotoGP season and it’s a great year to be a Marquez. Almost everyone else has work to do.
But who’s in most trouble?
That’s the question Matt Beer posed to Simon Patterson and Val Khorounzhiy in the latest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast. They didn’t disagree too much in their answers as they highlighted two manufacturers and one rider in particular who are disappointing, but Matt felt they were missing someone…
Marc Marquez said the error that cost him Austin victory and the MotoGP world championship lead was a minor misjudgement at a time when he was just trying to control the race and ease to victory
Marc Marquez has owned up to deliberately (and successfully) playing for an aborted start with his sprint off the Austin grid
Pecco Bagnaia took his first win of 2025 at Austin after Marc Marquez crashed from the lead of a very controversial race
The Austin MotoGP sprint gave plenty of riders and teams reason to grimace while others celebrated
Was Pecco Bagnaia’s Austin MotoGP sprint the most encouraging performance of his anonymous 2025 season so far? Or just another comprehensive beating by a pair of Marquez siblings?
Marc Marquez extended his MotoGP winning streak in the sprint at his beloved Circuit of the Americas - but only after so nearly crashing during an electrifying opening lap
