2025 Dutch MotoGP, Assen - Race Results

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Marc Marquez joins Giacomo Agostini on 68 premier-class wins with a hard-fought victory over Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi in Sunday’s 2025 Dutch MotoGP at Assen.

The achievement leaves only arch-rival Valentino Rossi (89) ahead of Marquez in the record books.

However, it was a bittersweet day for the Marquez family with younger brother and title runner-up Alex Marquez being diagnosed with a fracture to his left hand after tangling with Pedro Acosta.

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Sunny skies and a 26-lap distance prompted most riders to move from the soft front tyre compound, in the Sprint, to the hard. And from soft to medium at the rear.

Starting from pole and wearing a special red and white 1999 'Noriyuki Haga' R7 livery for Yamaha’s 70th anniversary celebrations, Fabio Quartararo was slow off the line and dropped to fifth.

A near highside for Franco Morbidelli on the exit of Turn 1 allowed Quartararo to briefly regain fourth behind race leader Bagnaia, Alex and Marc Marquez.

Marc moved into second behind Bagnaia with a Turn 1 pass on Sprint runner-up Alex, whose early woes continued when Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta also squeezed past.

Alex Marquez injury

Things got even worse for the Gresini Ducati rider when he crashed out at highspeed, moments after banging shoulders with Pedro Acosta at the Turn 5 hairpin.

The dramatic incident, probably caused by accidental contact with Marquez’s front brake, was put under investigation by the FIM Stewards, who ruled no further action.

However, news later emerged that the title runner-up had suffered a fracture to his left hand, a "second metacarpal neck fracture" to be precise.

There is a "90%" chance he will undergo surgery in Madrid tonight.

Alex’s team-mate Fermin Aldeguer highsided soon after, forcing Quartararo onto the grass, with HRC’s Joan Mir caught up in the aftermath,

Bezzecchi takes the fight to Marc Marquez

Up front, Bezzecchi split the factory Ducatis with a pass on Bagnaia, with Acosta pushing the Italian off the podium soon after.

By the midway stage there was a seven-rider lead group of Marquez, Bezzecchi, Acosta, Bagnaia, Morbidelli, Vinales and di Giannantonio.

As the pace increased, victory become a four-way battle with Bezzecchi matching Marquez and Bagnaia retaking third from Acosta.

A big rear side for Bezzecchi through Turn 12 showed how hard the Silverstone winner was pushing to stay in Marquez’s wheeltracks, with Bagnaia lurking half-a-second behind the Aprilia rider.

Acosta gradually lost touch with the podium contest, during what was still his best performance of the season, while Bezzecchi pushed Marquez to the flag but wasn’t quite able to attack.

Bagnaia settled into third, two-seconds behind Marquez, while Vinales almost caught Acosta for fourth.

Franco Morbidelli received a long lap penalty for not surrendering time after taking a shortcut at the final chicane while trying to hold off team-mate di Giannantonio for fifth.

Quartararo was never a contender and crossed the line in tenth for Yamaha.

Further back, rookie Somkiat Chantra scored his first MotoGP point.

HRC’s Luca Marini is still recovering from multiple injuries while testing a Superbike at Suzuka in Japan last month and was replaced by Honda test and wild-card rider Aleix Espargaro.

Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori was again replacing injured reigning world champion Jorge Martin at Aprilia.

The German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, Marc Marquez’s most successful event, takes place from July 11-13.