| 2025 Qatar MotoGP, Lusail – Dash Race Outcomes | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Workforce | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | 20m 38.304s |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +1.577s |
| 3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +3.988s |
| 4 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +4.369s |
| 5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +4.593s |
| 6 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +5.099s |
| 7 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +10.199s |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +10.334s |
| 9 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +11.300s |
| 10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +12.554s |
| 11 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +13.676s |
| 12 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +14.273s |
| 13 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +14.408s |
| 14 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +15.459s |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +15.587s |
| 16 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +15.775s |
| 17 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +16.317s |
| 18 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +17.922s |
| 19 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +20.274s |
| 20 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +31.106s |
| Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | DNF | |
* Rookie
Marc Marquez retakes the MotoGP world championship lead with victory within the 2025 Qatar MotoGP Dash at Lusail.
Ranging from pole for an ideal fourth time this season, the Ducati Lenovo star rapidly retaliated when briefly overtaken by youthful brother Alex on the finish of lap 1.
Marc was by no means threatened once more and rode to a 1.5s victory over the Gresini rider.
The battle for the ultimate podium place went right down to the road with Franco Morbidelli underneath assault from front-row qualifier Fabio Quartararo and flying rookie Fermin Aldeguer.
Morbidelli held agency to finish an all-Ducati podium, whereas Quartararo’s Yamaha received off form as he pushed it to the restrict on the last nook and he was handed for fourth by Aldeguer.
COTA winner Francesco Bagnaia, left eleventh on the grid by a pricey qualifying crash, was by no means capable of make an affect and – after spending a lot of the race outdoors the highest ten – might solely salvage eighth place.
A lot of the high ten on the grid selected medium compound tyres entrance and rear, repeating final 12 months’s Qatar alternative.
Nevertheless, Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM), Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) and Alex Rins (Monster Yamaha) – beginning sixth, seventh and ninth – plus the likes of manufacturing unit KTM riders Pedro Acosta (twelfth) and Brad Binder (18th) tried to realize an edge on the smooth rear.
Vinales held fifth for the primary half of the 11 laps earlier than, like the opposite KTMs, he was swallowed by the pack.
Zarco appeared to undergo a technical challenge.
Reigning world champion Jorge Martin – who missed pre-season testing and the opening three rounds as a consequence of a number of accidents, most importantly to his left wrist – made his Aprilia race debut this night.
The Spaniard handed Bagnaia within the early levels, a situation Martin certainly did not think about could be potential earlier than the weekend, earlier than fading to sixteenth.
Joan Mir, who struggled to twenty first place on this afternoon’s qualifying, withdrew from the Dash as a consequence of gastroenteritis.
Mir’s situation shall be reviewed earlier than Sunday’s warm-up.
Regardless of Martin’s comeback, the 2025 MotoGP grid stays incomplete, with Yamaha check rider Augusto Fernandez making a second stand-in look for the injured Miguel Oliveira at Pramac.
The distinctive Qatar night time race timetable means the opening MotoGP observe classes of every day happen in vibrant sunshine whereas the night classes are held underneath the floodlights, in cooler temperatures.
