MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix Recap
- therookiereporters
- Sep 15
- 4 min read
The MotoGP arrived in Spain and certainly gave us fans a spectacle. Let’s recap our Catalan Grand Prix!
Starting Grid for the Grand Prix
1 - Alex Marquez 1:37.536s
2 - Fabio Qartararo +0.267s
3 - Marc Marquez +0.409s
4 - Franco Morbidelli +0.474s
5 - Pedro Acosta +0.483s
6 - Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.498s
7 - Johann Zarco +0.619s
8 - Ai Ogura +0.630s
9 - Enea Bastianini +0.651s
10 - Luca Marini +0.791s
11 - Brad Binder +0.797s
12 - Marco Bezzecchi +0.825s
13 - (Q1) Fermin Aldeguer 1:38.049s
14 - (Q1) Jack Miller +0.056s
15 - (Q1) Raul Fernandez +0.157s
16 - (Q1) Miguel Oliveira +0.161s
17 - (Q1) Jorge Martin +0.356s
18 - (Q1) Aleix Espargaro +0.397s
19 - (Q1) Alex Rins +0.477s
20 - (Q1) Joan Mir +0.165s
21 - (Q1) Francesco Bagnaia +0.481s
22 - (Q1) Maverick Vinales +0.482s
23 - (Q1) Lorenzo Savadori +0.609s
24 - (Q1) Somkiat Chantra +1.328s
Catalan Grand Prix Recap
The star of the weekend, Alex Marquez, must’ve been propelled on with the joy of racing in his home country. He took pole position with a 1:37.536s. He went into the weekend off the back of a P14 finish after taking a trip into the gravel. Alex managed a good start from the light out; however, his brother Marc had a better start and caught up to him in turn one. Notably, Fabio Qartararo had a disappointing start and was quickly overtaken. On the first couple of laps, the brothers were battling it out for the lead with Marc clinching it briefly until Alex rebounded with a clean overtake in turn one on lap 4. Immediately, FIM MotoGP Stewards handed out long lap penalties to Fermin Aldeguer, Franco Morbidelli and Lorenzo Savadori.
Our first on-track incident occurred in sector one when Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi both lost their bikes to the gravel. By lap 7, we witnessed Brad Binder crash too, a shame for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider as he had been riding in the top 10 and on for a points finish. We were then gifted with some more on-track action with Enea Bastianini and Pedro Acosta fighting for third. Enea has the upper hand, being on a medium tyre for both his front are rear, while Pedro Acosta has chosen a soft rear tyre that degrades quickly. Enea easily flew past Pedro into turn one, but couldn’t catch the Marquez brothers ahead, so he would have to settle for a bronze medal for now. Impressively, Acosta managed to hold on to a P4 finish, taking home a haul of points for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.
We witnessed more crashes, starting with Zarco going down on lap 11 to bring out yellow flags on sectors 3 and 4. Yellow flags were then waved due to Alex Rins crashing in sector 4, only five laps later. On laps 20 and 21, Savadori and Morbidelli both crashed on sectors 3 and 4. The riders sure kept the marshals of Catalonia on their toes in sectors 3 and 4.
In addition, on lap 21, Francesco Bagnaia and Ai Ogura had a thrilling battle that first began in turn one of the lap, whereby Bagnaia slid due to a lack of grip but somehow managed to save his bike from the barriers. Pecco put up a good contest with the Trackhouse MotoGP Team rider, but ultimately the next lap, he passed him on track. Our final overtake saw Fabio Quartararo pass Luca Marini.
Catalan Grand Prix Results
1 - Alex Marquez: 40:14.093s
2 - Marc Marquez: +1.740s
3 - Enea Bastianini: +5.562s
4 - Pedro Acosta: +13.373s
5 - Fabio Quartararo: +14.409s
6 - Ai Ogura: +15.055s
7 - Francesco Bagnaia: +16.048s
8 - Luca Marini: +16.372s
9 - Miguel Oliveira: +16.937s
10 - Jorge Martin: +18.492s
11 - Raul Fernandez: +19.489s
12 - Joan Mir: +20.159s
13 - Marverick Vinales: +22.792s
14 - Jack Miller: +24.351s
15 - Fermin Aldeguer: +24.592s
16 - Somkiat Chantra: +37.393s
17 - Aleix Espargaro: +43.202s
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Franco Morbidelli: 3
Luca Savadori: 5
Alex Rins: 10
Fabio Di Giannantonio: 12
Johann Zarco: 14
Brad Binder: 18
Marco Bezzecchi: 23
2025 Championship Standings
1 - Marc Marquez: 487 points
2 - Alex Marquez: 305 points
3 - Francesco Bagnaia: 237 points
4 - Marco Bezzecchi: 197 points
5 - Pedro Acosta: 183 points
6 - Franco Morbidelli: 161 points
7 - Fabio Di Giannantonio: 161 points
8 - Fabio Quartararo: 129 points
9 - Fermin Aldeguer: 127 points
10 - Johann Zarco: 117 points
11 - Brad Binder: 95 points
12 - Enea Bastianini: 84 points
13 - Luca Marini: 82 points
14 - Raul Fernandez: 78 points
15 - Maverick Vinales: 72 points
16 - Ai Ogura: 69 points
17 - Jack Miller: 54 points
18 - Joan Mir: 50 points
19 - Alex Rins: 45 points
20 - Jorge Martin: 29 points
21 - Miguel Oliviera: 17 points
22 - Pol Espargo: 16 points
23 - Takaaki Nakagami: 10 points
24 - Lorenzo Savadori: 8 points
25 - Augusto Fernandez: 6 points
26 - Somkiat Chantra: 1 point
27 - Aleix Espargaro: 0 points
Looking ahead to San Marino
Due to Alex Marquez outscoring his brother by 3 points, it means that Marc will not have the chance to secure his 7th MotoGP World Championship Title in San Marino. Now with the title firmly grasped by Marc, it’s only a matter of time till he gets the title but which of the following 7 rounds will he take it?
Article written by Alice Seager ©️Alice Seager
