MotoGP Thailand GP: Marquez scores brilliant win on factory Ducati debut

Marc Marquez outduelled his brother in a strategic masterclass to say victory on his debut with the manufacturing unit Ducati MotoGP group within the Thailand Grand Prix.

Polesitter Marquez purposefully sat behind Gresini’s Alex Marquez for a big part of the race and made the decisive transfer on him with 4 laps to run to say what was an in any other case snug 1.7s victory at Buriram.

Alex Marquez made it a memorable 1-2 for the Spanish brothers, whereas Francesco Bagnaia needed to accept third place regardless of closing quickly on the main duo within the closing levels.

At the beginning of the race Marquez pulled away cleanly from pole place to seize the holeshot, whereas a superior getaway allowed his team-mate Bagnaia to cross the Gresini bike of Alex Marquez for second into Flip 1.

Bagnaia and Alex Marquez appeared to make contact on the exit of the identical nook, forcing the Spaniard extensive off the monitor and behind Ai Ogura, however he shortly repassed each Ogura and Bagnaia to reclaim second place.

On the entrance, Marc Marquez prolonged to one of the best a part of 1.5s and was seemingly on his solution to a dominant win when he mysteriously slowed down at Flip 3 on lap 7, permitting his brother to grab the lead on the following straight.

Whereas it initially appeared the six-time MotoGP champion had hit mechanical points, he was again on top of things instantly, slotting in behind the Gresini bike for the following section of the race. This steered that he had purposefully slowed right down to preserve tyre pressures below management.

It turned clear that Marc Marquez had a tempo benefit over his brother Alex, who was fighting the rear grip on his GP24.

On lap 23, the 32-year-old despatched his manufacturing unit Ducati up the within of Alex Marquez and pulled off the transfer to reclaim the lead.

The previous Honda star shortly picked up the tempo on the next lap to construct a buffer, finally successful the race by one of the best a part of two seconds to safe the utmost haul of factors from the Thai opener, having gained the dash race on Saturday.

Alex Marquez didn’t have the tempo to maintain up along with his brother on the final three laps, however did greater than sufficient to carry off the opposite works Ducati of Bagnaia, who directly stage seemed to be in rivalry for race win.

Fourth place went to the VR46 Ducati of Franco Morbidelli, who dropped three seconds behind the rostrum runners after difficult Bagnaia for third in the course of the center part of the race.

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Crew

Picture by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Photographs

Ogura placed on a surprising efficiency on his MotoGP debut to complete fifth for Trackhouse Aprilia, even beating the manufacturing unit Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi in sixth place.

LCR’s Johann Zarco charged from twelfth on the grid to take a superb seventh as one of the best of the Hondas, forward of manufacturing unit KTM rider Brad Binder and Tech3 KTM’s Enea Bastianini.

Binder and Bastianini have been the one factors scorers for KTM as Maverick Vinales completed a distant sixteenth and Pedro Acosta wound up nineteenth after remounting on his bike following a crash on lap 3.

Finishing the highest 10 was Fabio di Giannantonio for VR46.

Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir have been the one two riders to retire from the race.

MotoGP Thailand GP – Race outcomes