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The fourth race weekend of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship was also dominated by Marc Marquez, between qualifying, Sprint Race, and Grand Prix. The Spanish rider immediately annulled the Austin misstep, confirming himself as the man to beat for anyone. Viñales had a great test, penalized at the end of the race after taking a deserved second step of the podium ahead of Bagnaia who, on the eve of the race, seemed to have much better chances in Lusail to challenge Marc Marquez. Then there was Jorge Martìn's very unfortunate return to the race. He fell in the GP and was run over by a blameless Di Giannantonio, with an outcome that will keep the World Champion away from the track for a while.
This is our Carletto Pernat's account of the Grand Prix, as always, accompanied by an excellent glass of Prosecco DOC.
"If there was still a need to say so, the Qatar Grand Prix made us realize that Marc Marquez is back to what he was before the accident. He went through a crazy healing process, he chose and wanted the best bike, and now the best rider is on the best bike, and this is the result. He managed the race the way he wanted to. He especially managed the front tire and, in the end, when he wanted to go, he went and won big.
It's a year in which beating Marc is going to being difficult. He's back to his old self, Enough said. He does what he wants to and manages the race like he wants. He was a good Bagnaia, I must say that he recovered but, frankly, Lusail is one of those tracks that aren't favorable to Marquez, if you can say favorable or not. Pecco's victory was expected and, unfortunately, he didn't get any points in the sprint race. And, here, he was also really good because, starting from an eleventh position on the grid, and getting on the podium, is never easy with riders of this kind and with bikes of this kind.
Maverick Viñales had a great race. Nobody expected it, probably not even KTM. But, unfortunately, it was tainted by this tire pressure problem that continues to claim victims. It did some last year, and it's doing some this year. I don't know if we should revise this rule for a moment, because a rider who gets on the podium second, and gets relegated with eighteen seconds of penalty, seems really a bit too much to me. Anyway, that's the rulebook, and that's the way it goes. Nobody expected a KTM like that, to the extent that the others were pretty far behind.
It was a bad race for Alex Marquez. No one expected it. Bad start, contact with Di Giannantonio, he honestly admitted he made a mistake, and he deserved the long lap. But then, in the end, he did well, because he got the points he had to get. It's another race of those that, fighting up in front, you have all the brands. That's another very important thing to say. I'd put Zarco. He's really very fast, and he's leading Honda to results that were unhoped for, at least at the end of the 2024 season, and the same for the beginning of 2025.
They've grown a lot in Honda. Even Marini got in the top ten. We're also waiting for Mir, and I think Honda is the one that, on the sly, has done the best job. Yamaha, yes. Lots of work. But, in the end, apart from Quartararo, who did a great race and a great qualifying, it seems to me that Honda, all in all, at the moment, worked better in the first GPs. it's always a Ducati domination. Guys, we can't do anything about it.
In Ducati, engineer Dall'Igna made a bike that, for two years, until the new regulations in 2027, will dictate the law, so much so that it's proven by the fact that a rookie like Aldeguer is doing fantastic races. And, starting with a bike like that, means you have a chance to prove yourself, if you're talented. Aprilia was very unlucky. Martìn fell again and was also hit by Di Giannantonio. Between the pneumothorax and rib fractures, in my opinion, this is becoming a year to throw away. I expected more from Bezzecchi, though. He's having a bit of a problem with this Aprilia. I think he can't be judged at the moment. Poor Martìn, a world champion that, at least until mid-season, we won't be able to see at one hundred percent."
