Alex Márquez, 2nd in Sprint behind his brother at Assen: “I’m a little frustrated”

The Sprint is a race of MotoGP where 22 pilots compete on 22 circuits around the world, and in the end, it's a Márquez who wins. Unfortunately for Álex, with one exception this year, it's more precisely Marc Márquez who wins. At the end of the tenth Sprint of the 2025 season, the Ducati rider claimed his ninth victory on Saturday, a record equaled by Jorge Martin before the halfway point of the season.

There's not much you can do against Marc Márquez this season. Yet, at Assen, the Spaniard didn't show his best. Absent from the front row for only the second time this season, he seemed flawed right up until the final meters. Huddled in his brother's exhausts from the start, Álex Márquez, however, never attacked him.

At the finish, the Gresini driver had some regrets. "Yes, I'm a little frustrated that I couldn't get past him., he admitted. He was struggling especially in the third sector, I could see it, but it's a series of fast corners where it's really risky to overtake. I was really fast."

The gap between the Márquez brothers is gradually increasing in the championship

A string of second-place finishes has allowed Alex Márquez to stay in his brother's wake in the championship. However, by dropping a handful of points each weekend, the Spaniard has seen the gap gradually widen. At the end of this sprint race, the leader and his runner-up are now separated by 43 points.

The Gresini rider will nevertheless have an advantage at the start tomorrow: he starts 3rd, just between the factory Ducatis. However, his 4th place on the grid didn't stop Marc Márquez from overtaking his championship rivals before the first corner in the sprint. So, will the start be crucial tomorrow at Assen?

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