Relive the Thailand GP Sprint in live text

Will Marc Márquez be able to make a winning debut for his first time with the official Ducati team? That's what we're going to find out with this first Sprint of the season, in Buriram!

MotoGP – Thailand Grand Prix
Relive the Sprint with live commentary

09h24 - See you tomorrow at 9am for the first Grand Prix of the season, to be followed live with commentary as well. Stay connected all day on AUTOhebdo.fr for the various reactions!

09h23 - Álex Márquez finished second ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, Ai Ogura and Franco Morbidelli. fabio quartararo (seventh) and Johann Zarco (tenth) finished this first match of the year in the top 10.

13 / 13 - 🏁 Victory for Marc Márquez! The Spaniard thus leads the championship for the first time since the last round of the 2019 season, his last title so far!

12 / 13 - While it was thought that Bagnaia would have the advantage thanks to his hard tyre, the Italian lost time on the two leaders. However, he has eight tenths on Ai Ogura and should keep his third place.

11 / 13 - 🛠️ Fabio Di Giannantonio is slowing down, it seems that it is a mechanical problem on his Ducati. We could also fear a difficulty at the level of his fracture of the collarbone, barely consolidated.

10 / 13 - Marc Márquez has a 1″1 lead with four laps to go, but the new official Ducati rider needs to be careful not to lose concentration. His brother Álex has made the same choice of a soft tyre on the front, while Bagnaia, third, has a hard tyre.

9 / 13 - Tenth, Johann Zarco is holding his own for the moment against the Ducati VR46 of Fabio Di Giannantonio, who is putting him under a lot of pressure. Ninth, Joan Mir confirms the good form of Honda on this Buriram track.

8 / 13 - Pedro Acosta finds the opening on Fabio Quartararo for sixth place.

8 / 13 - Reigning Moto2 champion Ai Ogura continues to put pressure on Francesco Bagnaia for third position, a first podium to come for the Japanese on his debut?

7 / 13 - 💥 Jack Miller crashed, the Australian lost the front of his Yamaha Pramac, too bad because he was having a great Grand Prix!

6 / 13 - The gap at the top has now gone over a second between the Márquez brothers.

5 / 13 - The production offers us a slow motion of the start, where we see the completely missed take-off of Marco Bezzecchi on the official Aprilia, he is now in thirteenth position.

4 / 13 - Acosta finally overtakes Binder, and he will try to catch up with Quartararo. In front, Marc Márquez is eight tenths ahead of his brother Álex, who himself is 1″2 ahead of Bagnaia, third.

4 / 13 - The fight rages for eighth place between the two official KTMs, Brad Binder is ahead of Pedro Acosta, but the Spanish rider cannot find the opening, while he seems much faster than his South African counterpart!

3 / 13 - Fabio Quartararo is seventh at the moment, while Johann Zarco is in tenth place, the French are in the game!

2 / 13 - Marc Márquez leads his first lap in red, and he already has a nice advantage over his brother. The six-time world champion tries to take advantage of the advantage given to him by his soft tire at the front.

1 / 13 - 🟢 Here we go for this first Sprint of the season, Marc Márquez starts perfectly from pole position, in front of his brother Álex who takes back second place from a Pecco Bagnaia who had extracted himself well from the grid. Ogura is fourth in front of the Yamaha Pramac of Jack Miller.

09h00 - ☀️ 37°c in the air, 53 (!) on the track, conditions are very hot today as the formation lap begins.

08h55 - Hello everyone, and welcome to AUTOhebdo.fr to follow the Thailand Grand Prix Sprint live!