Relive the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix in live text

Once again, Marc Márquez will start from pole position, this time at the Losail circuit. The Spaniard reclaimed the championship lead by winning the Sprint yesterday, ahead of his brother Alex. Eleventh on the grid, Francesco Bagnaia will have to fight hard to make up ground and lose as few points as possible to his garage neighbor. On the front row, fabio quartararo narrowly missed the podium this Saturday, will he be able to reach it tonight? Start at 19 p.m. French time.

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MotoGP – Grand Prix of Qatar
Relive the race live with commentary

19h49 - The summary of this very lively Grand Prix of Qatar:

Qatar – Race: Marc Marquez wins a thrilling race

19h47 - Johann Zarco finished in an excellent fifth place, behind Franco Morbidelli's Ducati VR46.

19h46 - Maverick Viñales is under investigation for his tire pressure. If he were to be penalized, he would lose his podium finish and receive a 16-second penalty. Riders must spend at least 60% of the race distance above a minimum pressure imposed by Michelin.

22/22 – 🏁 Victory for Marc Márquez! Third victory in four Grand Prix this season for the Ducati rider! Maverick Viñales and Francesco Bagnaia will join him on the podium.

22 / 22 - Last lap for Marc Márquez who should repeat his winning ways in Qatar eleven years later!

21 / 22 - Zarco tries to respond to Morbidelli but instead sees Fermín Aldeguer closing in on him. Surely the Spaniard isn't going to overtake a French rider for the second time on the final lap here in Qatar?

20 / 22 - Márquez improves his fastest lap time again, now one second ahead of Viñales and 2 seconds ahead of Bagnaia. Franco Morbidelli takes fourth place by overtaking Johann Zarco.

19 / 22 - 1'52″662 for Marc Márquez who knocks out the competition and flies towards a third Grand Prix victory this season.

18 / 22 - Jorge Martín is taken to the medical center for a check-up.

18 / 22 - Johann Zarco remains fourth, ahead of Franco Morbidelli. Behind him, Fabio Quartararo is recovering from his difficult start to the race and is now eighth.

17 / 22 - Francesco Bagnaia is slowly but surely returning to the lead, and what if the duel becomes a three-way battle?

16 / 22 - All he had to do was say that for him to go a little wide and for Marc Márquez to rush in and take the lead!

16 / 22 - Maverick Viñales extends his lead over Marc Márquez, what if he were to win 364 days after his last victory?

15 / 22 - 💥 Jorge Martín has fallen! The world champion appears to have injured himself again... He may have been hit by Fabio Di Giannantonio while he was on the ground.

14/22 – 💥 Augusto Fernandez's turn to finish on the ground, a very difficult race for Pramac Yamaha.

14 / 22 - World champion Jorge Martín is still in the race, seventeenth. He's entering uncharted territory, having never completed so many consecutive laps with this Aprilia before.

13 / 22 - The leading duo, Viñales and Márquez, are now six tenths ahead of Bagnaia, who is 1 seconds ahead of Zarco.

13 / 22 - Johann Zarco overtakes Franco Morbidelli for fourth place! Behind him, Alex Márquez is coming back like a bullet, now in seventh place.

12 / 22 - The halfway point has been reached, here's an update on the rankings:

11 / 22 - The two protégés of Valentino Rossi are engaged in a merciless battle, which allows Johann Zarco to get very close!

11 / 22 - Maverick Viñales takes the lead of the Grand Prix, and Marc Márquez passes him to take second place ahead of Morbidelli! The VR46 rider is now battling with Pecco Bagnaia for the third step of the podium.

10 / 22 - The KTM rider is now following in Morbidelli's footsteps, bringing with him Marc Márquez and Pecco Bagnaia, what a spectacle!

10 / 22 - Viñales takes second place from Marc Márquez, and if he were to go and win with a fourth different manufacturer in MotoGP ?

9 / 22 - 💥 Jack Miller falls, but the Australian manages to get his machine back up and set off again.

9 / 22 - There is a gap of five tenths between Morbidelli and Márquez. The fastest rider so far is Maverick Viñales, who is closing in on Marc Márquez.

8 / 22 - Maverick Viñales cuts in and takes third place from Bagnaia in the final corner!

7 / 22 - Marc Márquez explained yesterday that he was struggling in the first laps of the race, this seems to be the case once again, he is coming back strongly on Morbidelli, more than six tenths of a second apart.

7 / 22 - In front of the KTM rider, the duel intensifies between the two official Ducatis, Marc Márquez passes Pecco Bagnaia again!

7 / 22 - And now it's Maverick Viñales who has set the fastest lap in the race!

6 / 22 - Alex Marquez has served his penalty and is now twelfth.

5 / 22 - Marc Márquez suffered damage during the contact at the start with his brother, he lost a winglet on the rear of his Ducati.

5 / 22 - And Bagnaia passes Márquez for second place in the first corner! Will the Italian manage to catch his compatriot and win from eleventh place?

5 / 22 - ⚠️ Unsurprisingly, Alex Márquez receives a long lap for the incident with Fabio Di Giannantonio.

4 / 22 - Franco Morbidelli now has a one-second lead over Marc Márquez.

4 / 22 - Johann Zarco also moves up, now in fifth place.

4 / 22 - With all this, Francesco Bagnaia overtakes Maverick Viñales in the first corner, and takes third place! Battle with Marc Márquez ahead?

3 / 22 - 💥 A collision between Álex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio, who had just overtaken the Spaniard! The #73 Ducati is now eighth, with the #49 much further down the standings.

3 / 22 - With a lead of almost eight tenths, Franco Morbidelli took advantage of Marc Márquez's difficulties, who held back the rest of the peloton.

2 / 22 - Johann Zarco now overtakes Fabio Quartararo, the Nice native is in great difficulty at the start of the race.

2 / 22 - The contact between the two Márquez brothers was not trivial, the number 93 lost an aerodynamic element on his Ducati Desmosedici GP25.

2 / 22 - Bagnaia overtakes Quartararo on the straight, he had said he wanted to make up ten places on the first lap, he has already overtaken five riders, now he is sixth.

2 / 22 - Morbidelli is therefore the fourth driver to lead a lap in a Grand Prix this season, after the Márquez brothers and Bagnaia, winner of the last Grand Prix contested, in Austin.

1 / 22 - Quartararo is sixth, Johann Zarco eighth, behind Francesco Bagnaia who made a good start.

1 / 22 - The Italian is ahead of the Márquez brothers, then Maverick Viñales, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Fabio Quartararo, who lost some positions in this first lap.

1 / 22 - 🟢 It's 22 laps, with Marc Márquez once again making a great start! However, the two brothers touched coming out of the first corner, and now Franco Morbidelli is leading the race!

19h02 - The drivers return to the grid, the tension rises...

19h00 - Let's go for the training tour!

18h59 - Everyone opted for medium tires, front and rear, for this Grand Prix. This is no surprise, given the significant wear on the soft tires yesterday during the sprint.

18h57 - Once again, it's hot in Qatar, 27°C, and both bodies and machines will be put to the test. The BMW Safety Car takes to the track, with five minutes left before the Grand Prix!

18h54 - We'll also be following the race of Jorge Martín, the reigning world champion. Now with Aprilia, he's competing in his first races of the year, after suffering injuries during pre-season testing in Malaysia and then during training.

18h53 - Joan Mir was forced to miss yesterday's sprint due to illness. The 2020 world champion is expected to compete in today's Grand Prix.

18h49 - Remember the starting grid for this fourth Grand Prix of the season, with the two brothers Márquez and Fabio Quartararo on the front row:

18h46 - Good evening everyone, and welcome to AUTOhebdo to follow the fourth round of the 2025 MotoGP season live!