A race that gave a brand new winner, a crash for the pre-race favorite, and a primary non-Ducati rider to complete on the rostrum and never incur a penalty in a while meant the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix was one with virtually as many disappointing performances because it had excellent ones.
Alex Marquez – 9.9
It was an ideal Sunday for Alex Marquez, who made no errors – bar virtually cleansing out the entire entrance group at flip six on the primary lap – so as to make the most of the blunder from the championship chief that left the door extensive open for him to take his first Grand Prix victory since 2019.
A primary premier class win is all the time particular, however doing it at his dwelling Grand Prix and after an enormous crash in follow on Friday that value him beneficial monitor time solely added to the impression of this success that re-elevated Marquez to the standing of championship chief.
It’s for that crash, although, and for lacking the entrance row for the primary time in 2025, that Marquez doesn’t get a full 10/10 for his Jerez weekend, however virtually nothing he did on Sunday was something wanting distinctive – even the avoidance of contact within the aforementioned flip six second was and spectacular present of motorbike management and calm-mindedness.
Fabio Quartararo – 9.7
As wonderful as Marquez was, the experience of the day was in all probability Fabio Quartararo’s. He took the early lead, held of Marquez for eight laps, after which didn’t give Francesco Bagnaia a sniff after he misplaced the lead.
Just like the victorious Marquez, Quartararo was distinctive on Sunday, and his pole place on Saturday was virtually incomprehensible – solely his crash within the Dash was a mark in opposition to his weekend, however he was battling Marc Marquez for the lead when it occurred which was exceptional by itself.
Francesco Bagnaia – 7
Texas apart, Francesco Bagnaia’s season continues to lurch from frustration to frustration, and this time the Italian was third once more, however crushed by a satellite tv for pc Ducati rider and a Yamaha.
He’s not crashed out of a race but this 12 months, which is a step over final 12 months for Bagnaia, however his competitiveness can also be decrease.
The Jerez check will probably be essential for the remainder of his season, to search out extra efficiency in order that, if and when Marc Marquez makes one other mistake, it’s him that is ready to capitalise on it.
Maverick Vinales – 8.5
Maverick Vinales was as soon as once more KTM’s greatest rider, which was solely marginally much less shocking this time than in Qatar.
He was unable to cross Bagnaia late on for a similar causes Bagnaia might do nothing about Quartararo: Bagnaia made no errors, and proximity to the rider forward equalled decreased efficiency due to the entrance tyre stress.
However he was once more significantly better than the entire KTMs and was capable of comfortably beat Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Real promise now for KTM, though they’ve been robust in Jerez beforehand.
Fabio Di Giannantonio – 6.5
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the worst of the Ducati riders all weekend, which meant sixth place on Saturday after which fifth on Sunday. He didn’t crash, which was constructive, however the efficiency was underwhelming, if not terrible, typically at Jerez.
Brad Binder – 7
Sixth for Brad Binder is his greatest results of the season, which says rather a lot about his 2025 to now. He received comfortably crushed by Vinales once more, however he was again in entrance of Pedro Acosta on Sunday in what was a stable experience from the South African.
Pedro Acosta – 6
The expectation for Acosta this season is that he must be one of the best KTM rider. This time he was the third-best, and was by no means on the extent of Vinales, which was disappointing, particularly given he was on the rostrum within the Jerez Dash 2024.
Ai Ogura – 7
Ai Ogura was pretty nameless in Jerez however regardless of the dearth of flash – which has actually been lacking since Argentina – the Japanese rider was again within the top-10 within the race and was one of the best Aprilia (partly because of an early mistake by Marco Bezzecchi).
One other stable race from the reigning Moto2 World Champion, though there does appear to have been a scarcity of development throughout the opening 5 rounds.
Enea Bastianini – 6.5
Enea Bastianini ending within the top-10 was positively shocking in Thailand, however the wrestle he had in passing Luca Marini for ninth in Jerez was – sadly for him – broadcast stay on TV, and his points in braking which were current with the RC16 since Barcelona final 12 months have clearly not been handled.
Luca Marini – 6.5
Luca Marini was one of the best Honda in tenth, however he was by no means as aggressive as Joan Mir (who crashed once more) in Jerez. The Italian stays a certain pilot for HRC, however the velocity wants to enhance.
Johann Zarco – 5
This was Johann Zarco’s worst race of the season. He’s been higher than Luca Marini typically this 12 months, however he was merely crushed by his HRC stablemate within the Spanish GP. He was additionally out-qualified by Joan Mir, and eleventh made for an underwhelming finish to the weekend for the LCR Honda rider.
Marc Marquez – 3
He had the entire thing in-hand, however like in COTA Marc Marquez blew it – and he was crushed to pole by a Yamaha.
Within the race, it was the form of mistake that Bagnaia has been berated for previously, however with Marquez there’s a better sense of conviction that, by the top of the season, these sorts of errors gained’t make a distinction within the consequence of the championship.
Alex Rins – 4
Alex Rins’ weekend was in all probability conditioned by his FP2 crash on Saturday morning at flip 4, which was undoubtedly an enormous one.
However on a weekend the place his manufacturing facility Yamaha teammate was on pole place and beating a manufacturing facility Ducati to second within the Grand Prix, the absence of Rins from the top-10 was much more notable than typical.
Aleix Espargaro – 6
Aleix Espargaro by no means turned as much as be one of the best Honda rider and he by no means threatened to be. Outcomes weren’t the target, and he did all of the laps, bar a technical drawback in Q1 that value him half the session, so stable sufficient for his first wildcard as an HRC check rider.
Marco Bezzecchi – 6.5
Q2 for Marco Bezzecchi was constructive, as was ending eighth within the Dash. However operating on at flip one on the second lap destroyed his race. It’s troublesome to say precisely what occurred to Bezzecchi in that second as a result of the TV helicopter was specializing in the leaders and there aren’t any on-boards obtainable which caught it, however definitely it was a second which wrote the remainder of his race.
Raul Fernandez – 3
Raul Fernandez’s struggles proceed. He stays off the tempo, and was crushed by Bezzecchi on the identical bike regardless of the Italian’s aforementioned struggles. He was additionally nowhere close to his rookie teammate.
Augusto Fernandez – 5
Augusto Fernandez continues to do a effective sufficient job changing Miguel Oliveira, though there actually hasn’t been any flash to notice in any respect thus far.
Lorenzo Savadori – 5
Lorenzo Savadori is in the identical place as Aleix Espargaro, kind of, albeit rather than Jorge Martin somewhat than a wildcard. His job was to do the laps and he did them, however the crash in Q1 was clearly pointless.
Fermin Aldeguer – 6.5
One other mistake with an enormous alternative on the desk from Fermin Aldeguer, however the Spanish rider is continuous to make progress and he has seemingly asserted himself among the many remainder of the Ducati riders.
Franco Morbidelli – 5
Franco Morbidelli was stable once more this weekend, however the fourth-best Ducati rider. A crash in flip 11 left him with a “important cervical contusion,” per an announcement from the VR46 workforce.
Joan Mir – 5.5
Crashes for Joan Mir aren’t any completely different to final 12 months. That he’s now crashing from sixth somewhat than from sixteenth is both constructive or adverse relying on whether or not you worth the velocity greater than the factors or vice versa.
Jack Miller – 5
Jack Miller suffered {an electrical} challenge within the Grand Prix, however was eleventh when he retired. He was unable to get into Q2 when Quartararo was capable of put the M1 on pole place, which is consultant of a distinction in efficiency between the 2 that’s considerably inflated in comparison with the usual that Miller had set in his opening races with Yamaha.
Somkiat Chantra – 2
Somkiat Chantra’s retirement from the Spanish Grand Prix was reportedly because of arm pump. It’s primarily a regular challenge for rookies by now, and Jerez is a circuit to reveal that greater than most locations. Nonetheless, Chantra was forward of solely Savadori and the hurting Alex Rins in qualifying, and was really 0.7 seconds behind Savadori within the Dash.
