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Le MotoGP sets up camp this weekend in Austin, Texas, for the third round of the 2025 World Championship. At the Circuit of the Americas, Marc Márquez is looking for a third consecutive Sprint victory, after those he won in Thailand and Argentina. Enough to further establish himself at the top of a World Championship he dominates with his brother Álex… Lights out at 21 p.m., French time.

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21h27 - Thanks for tuning in for this Austin, Texas Sprint! See you tomorrow at 21 PM for the Grand Prix, and don't forget, we're switching to daylight saving time tonight!

Austin – Sprint: The Marquez brothers are still ahead

10 / 10 - Johann Zarco had to settle for sixteenth place today.

10 / 10 - Di Giannantonio fourth ahead of Morbidelli and an excellent fabio quartararo, sixth. Pedro Acosta, Luca Marini and Ai Ogura score the last points in play.

10/10 – 🏆 Marc Márquez received five out of five! The six-time MotoGP world champion wins once again ahead of his brother Alex, and Pecco Bagnaia completes the podium!

10 / 10 - Last lap for Marc Márquez, a fifth victory this season is looming...

9 / 10 - Found guilty of short-circuiting at Turn 5, Lorenzo Savadori receives a long lap.

9 / 10 - While the battle rages in the peloton, especially around tenth place, the top three continues in the same order with more than a second between Marc and Álex Márquez, then between the younger brother and Bagnaia.

8 / 10 - Maverick Viñales retires.

8 / 10 - We enter the last three laps, with the two Marquez brothers still at the forefront ahead of Bagnaia.

7 / 10 - The number 21 takes the lead again in the last corner, a great battle between the two Ducatis and the Yamaha for fourth position!

7 / 10 - Morbidelli passes under braking on the long straight... then Quartararo gets back in front in the infield!

7 / 10 - Rififi between the two VR46s, Di Giannantonio gets the better of Morbidelli, and Quartararo takes advantage to steal fifth place from the Italian!

6 / 10 - Fabio Di Giannantonio overtakes Fabio Quartararo for fifth place. The Yamaha rider is three seconds ahead of Pedro Acosta's KTM.

5 / 10 - 💥 Joan Mir, who was in the top 10 with his Honda, crashed.

5 / 10 - The gap between the Márquez brothers has now reached one second at the head of the race.

4 / 10 - A small mistake by Fabio Quartararo who is overtaken by Morbidelli for fourth place.

4 / 10 - Six tenths between the Márquez brothers, and the Bagnaia group is 1″5 behind.

3 / 10 - As in the first two Sprints, the Márquez brothers took to their heels, and behind them Francesco Bagnaia did what he could to keep Quartararo behind him.

2 / 10 - The top three are becoming increasingly distant, with Fabio Quartararo still fourth ahead of Morbidelli, Di Giannantonio, Mir, Acosta, Viñales and Marini. Johann Zarco is 3th.

1 / 10 - Marc Márquez was swallowed up by Bagnaia and his brother Álex after a huge slide in the penultimate corner... then he took the lead again in the final corner!

1 / 10 - Fabio Quartararo also had a superb first lap, gaining seven places and now sitting in fourth place.

1 / 10 - Di Giannantonio lost a lot of ground at the start and is now seventh. Marc Márquez takes the lead again at the end of the first sector.

1 / 10 - 🟢 It's off to a flying start, with Francesco Bagnaia making a fantastic start, leading into the first corner after starting sixth! Marc Márquez passes him in turn 2, and Bagnaia takes the lead again in the first sector!

21h03 - The drivers are on the grid, the start is imminent...

21h00 - Johann Zarco has chosen a medium at the back, the only one to have made this choice, as the formation lap begins.

20h58 - The front row drivers confirmed their choice of tires, with a medium at the front and a soft at the rear.

20h55 - The starting grid is beginning to clear, and it's time to set off for this third Sprint of the season. In the previous two races, Marc Márquez won ahead of his brother Alex.

20h50 - The entire grid chose a medium at the front and a soft at the rear on the grid setup lap, changes could still be made until the start of the formation lap, but this seems unlikely for the ten-lap race.

20h49 - The drivers are on the grid after completing a lap from the garage. Now it's time to make their tire choices!

20h47 - Reigning world champion Jorge Martín is not on the grid due to pre-season injuries. For the first time, he is present at the circuit, in the pits of his new team, Aprilia.

20h45 - As in every race so far this season, Marc Márquez will start from pole position. But this time, his brother Alex isn't in second place; Fabio di Giannantonio has managed to squeeze in!

20h42 - ☀️ While the rain arrived at the start of the weekend, the sun is shining on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.

20h40 - Good evening everyone, welcome to AUTOhebdo.fr to follow the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas Sprint Race live in Austin, Texas, USA.