13:27
Pedro Acosta has dropped well off the back of Bastianini. That soft tyre may well have cried enough.
2025 Catalan MotoGP
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2025 Catalan MotoGP: Race as it happened
Live lap-by-lap text coverage of the 2025 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
The 2025 Catalan Grand Prix concludes on Sunday 7 September with the 24-lap race.
Alex Marquez will start from pole for just the second time in his career after setting a new lap record in qualifying on Saturday.
His race pace has been the strongest of the field this weekend, but he threw away a victory in the sprint when he crashed while leading.
That allowed Marc Marquez to inherit his 14th sprint win of the season and is now above the points threshold needed to have a first shot at securing the 2025 world title next weekend at Misano.
Currently 187 points clear of Alex Marquez, he needs to ensure he is not outscored by three points by his younger brother to achieve this.
Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo fought hard for a podium in the sprint and will go from second on the grid, while the KTMs will be a major threat in today's fight for the win.
Pecco Bagnaia endured a torrid Saturday and has to come from 21st on the grid on his factory Ducati.
Franco Morbidelli, Fermin Aldeguer and Lorenzo Savadori have long lap penalties to serve, while Joan Mir has been dropped three places on the grid.
2025 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix schedule
Race start - 1pm BST (24 laps)
07 Sep 2025
13:26
Lap 15/24
Marc Marquez's team has shown him a pitboard telling him the gap to the KTMs - not the gap to Alex Marquez.
13:25
That push from Marc Marquez has put 0.7s between himself and Bastianini.
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13:25
Lap 14/24
Alex Marquez's lead has come down to 0.3s. Hard to tell if this is him controlling the pace of Marc responding to Bastianini charging behind.
13:24
Di Giannantonio has pitted after that earlier crash.
13:24
Still such a long way to go, but this would be some result for Alex Marquez. He is the only one this year to beat his brother on pure pace, which came at the Silverstone sprint. Nobody has done so in a grand prix in 2025.
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13:23
Lap 13/24
Half distance complete.
Alex Marquez's lead is 0.5s over Marc Marquez. Bastianini is a further 0.5s behind the factory Ducati.
13:22
That Zarco crash has put Marini up to fifth and Bagnaia into seventh.
13:22
Lap 12/24
Alex Marquez's lead is still 0.4s across the line over Marc Marquez.
Bastianini matched the brothers last time around. He's well up for this.
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13:21
Crash - Johann Zarco
Zarco has gone down at Turn 10 while running fifth. He's ok.
13:20
Reigning world champion Jorge Martin is struggling right now. He's in 12th on this lap 11.
13:19
Lap 11/24
10 laps done.
Alex Marquez is 0.4s clear of Marc Marquez now.
Bastianini takes third from Acosta at Turn 1. Important move.
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13:18
Alex Marquez is pushing again on this lap 10. Gap looks bigger.
13:18
Lap 10/24
On lap 10.
Alex Marquez still leads Marc Marquez. Acosta holds third from Bastianini.
Big gap to Zarco behind of around two seconds.
13:17
Bastianini will want to clear Acosta now because the two Ducatis in the lead are pulling away from the KTMs.
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13:16
Lap 9/24
Alex Marquez still leads but Marc Marquez was a bit closer to him across the line.
Bastianini wants to get ahead of Acosta now. Zarco takes fifth from Quartararo at Turn 1.
13:16
Bagnaia has taken eighth from Ogura on this lap.
He said yesterday that the top 10 would be a good result.
13:15
No further action on the Bez/Morbidelli incident, say the stewards.
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13:15
The top four have now broken Quartararo in fifth. So, two distinct battles forming now.
13:15
Lap 8/24
Alex Marquez's lead is 0.461s over Marc Marquez. He's just posted a 1m39.8s as the fastest lap.
Marc made a small error at Turn 10 last time around.
13:14
Crash - Brad Binder
Binder has gone down at Turn 7.
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13:13
Alex Marquez has pulled a few tenths on Marc Marquez at the start of this lap. Lead is 0.4s. Acosta looking impatient behind Marc Marquez.
13:13
Lap 7/24
Onto lap seven now. No change at the front. Quartararo defends Zarco into Turn 1 for fifth.
13:12
Quartararo is fifth from Zarco, Marini, Ogura, Bagnaia, Binder, Fernandez, Oliveira, Martin, Rins and Mir.
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13:11
Lap 6/24
Onto lap six.
Alex Marquez holds the lead over Marc Marquez down into Turn 1. Acosta still third from Bastianini.
Looks like Marc was trying to cool his front tyre on the main straight.
