Marquez mania
Mighty Marc Marquez carried on his unbeaten streak in Ducati colours with another perfect performance and his brother in his wake in Argentina.
Having doubled up in the Sprint and Grand Prix of both Thailand and Argentina, Marquez has four wins from four attempts.
However, the #93 star had to work a lot harder for victory at Termas de Rio Hondo as brother Alex gave it everything.
But once again Marc proved too good, getting the move done with four laps to go.
As a result, the Marquez brothers have headed the field in all four race so far in 2025.
After the #93 took pole by two tenths over Alex Marquez and the impressive Joan Zarco, rain loomed for the Sprint, but never eventuated.
Marc Marquez started strong and hit the lead and was never headed as Alex settled into second.
Zarco struggled off the line and dropped to sixth, which ensured Francesco Bagnaia returned to third.
A fight for the lead threatened with Marc unable to break away from Alex, before the Ducati star put the foot down with three laps left and pulled almost a second to put the Sprint to bed.
Bagnaia had a lonely ride to third, while Zarco worked his way back up to fourth after picking off Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Australia’s Jack Miller just finished outside the top 10 in 11th.
Lorenzo Savadori, Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder retired with the Pramac Yamaha rider having a clash with Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer.
The Grand Prix started in warmer conditions, but the start was the same with Marc Marquez leading Alex as Bagnaia again jumped Zarco.
Behind them there was drama with Marco Bezzecchi flying into the gravel and took Fabio Quartararo with him.
The Ducati and LCR riders continued to battle for a number of laps before the Italian eventually proved too strong.
However, soon they were not fighting for third with Franco Morbidelli flying past them both on the softer rear tyre.
Whilst a Marc Marquez win appeared a formality, suddenly it was not on Lap 4 when the Ducati rider made a surprise mistake at the first turn.
This allowed Alex Marquez to snatch the lead and he put up a much sterner test than Thailand.
It was not until Lap 18 Marc Marquez had a serious look, but outbraked himself at Turn 5.
The deciding moment came four laps later as Marc flew past Alex on the main straight and within two laps here was already more than a second up the road.
Bagnaia could not quite get close enough to knock Morbidelli off the podium, while Miller just clung onto points in 14th.
Despite being victorious, Marc Marquez thought Alex pushed him very hard.
I’m impressed about my brother, about Alex,” he added.
“In one part of the race I was thinking to finish second because he was riding super smooth, super good, always keeping the corner speed.
“I mean his tyre was not smoking. I said ‘ok, this guy today has another level’.
“Then in the end I survived. I took a risk, as you saw, I took a lot of risks – maybe too much in some points of the race.
“But happy to go out with 37 points again and continue with a very good atmosphere inside the garage, because the Ducati Lenovo team did an amazing job. But also inside the family.”
Ominously for the MotoGP field, the next race is at one of Marc Marquez’s happiest hunting grounds, COTA on March 29-31.
MotoGP points standings after round 2
1: Marc Marquez 74 points
2: Alex Marquez 58
3: Francesco Bagnaia 43
4: Franco Morbidelli 37
5: Johann Zarco 25
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