Marc Marquez took the lead of the field in the first few laps of the main race and seemed to be heading for an unchallenged victory.\u00a0 But then he noticed that the air pressure in the front wheel had dropped below the prescribed value.\u00a0 In order to avoid a possible penalty, he dropped back and lined up behind his brother Alex Marquez, who rides for the Gresini team.\u00a0 There he stayed in the slipstream for a few laps to bring the tire pressure back into the permitted range.\u00a0 Only later did he attack again and secured victory.<\/p>\n
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The race in Thailand was a historic event for the Marquez family anyway: for the first time in MotoGP history, two brothers finished first and second in a Grand Prix.\u00a0 Alex Marquez rode a strong race and was able to keep Francesco Bagnaia, the reigning runner-up in the world championship, at bay.\u00a0 Bagnaia had to settle for third place, leaving the podium entirely in Ducati<\/a> hands.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Francesco Bagnaia was less than satisfied with his third place after the race.\u00a0 He had already finished third in the sprint and was unable to get any closer to the Marquez brothers in the main race.\u00a0 The tire pressure in particular caused him problems, which repeatedly slowed him down when trying to overtake Alex Marquez.\u00a0 \u201cI’m not here to finish third,\u201d Bagnaia made clear after the race.\u00a0 Nevertheless, he also saw some positives: Ducati was able to solve some technical problems from the tests during the weekend.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n With Marc Marquez’s victory, Ducati clinched its 18th Grand Prix win in a row.\u00a0 This brings the brand closer to Honda’s record of 22 consecutive victories in the past.\u00a0 For Ducati itself, it was an almost perfect start – even if the team had to admit that it had miscalculated the tire pressure a little.\u00a0 However, Marc Marquez took the mishap in his stride and made it clear that such set-up problems are normal at the start of a collaboration.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Alex Marquez was also able to shine with his second place.\u00a0 After a rather mixed 2024 season, in which he did not really get to grips with the Ducati GP23, he feels much more comfortable on the current model.\u00a0 This was already evident at the tests in Sepang and Barcelona, where he was fast right from the start.\u00a0 The fact that he has now finished on the podium in his very first race confirms the positive trend.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Another name that attracted attention in Buriram was Ai Ogura.\u00a0 The MotoGP rookie rode straight to fifth place in his first Grand Prix – a result last achieved by Marc Marquez on his debut in 2013.\u00a0 Ogura himself modestly explained his success with good teamwork.\u00a0 He had also already achieved a strong result in the sprint with fourth place.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results of the Grand Prix of Thailand (March 2, 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Retirements: Joan Mir (E), Honda; Raul Fernandez (E), Aprilia<\/p>\n World Championship standings after 2 of 44 races<\/strong><\/p>\n Constructors’ Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n Team classification<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Outlook for Argentina<\/strong><\/p>\n The next race is in Termas de R\u00edo Hondo (Argentina) in two weeks’ time.\u00a0 Marc Marquez is also one of the favorites there, as he has impressed on this track several times in the past.\u00a0 It will be particularly exciting to see whether Ducati can get the set-up problems with the tire pressure under control by then – and whether Bagnaia can find a way to catch up with the Marquez brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [amazon bestseller=”Marc Marquez” items=”3″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2025 MotoGP season has kicked off with the race in Buriram (Thailand) – and one name is immediately back in the spotlight: Marc Marquez.\u00a0 The newcomer to the Ducati works team was able to prevail in both the sprint and the main race, making a perfect start to the new season.\u00a0 Particularly noteworthy: The eight-time world champion had to fight for his victory in the main race with adapted tactics after problems with the air pressure in the front tire arose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,46,711],"tags":[621,764,714],"class_list":["post-152815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-motogp-en-2","category-motorsport-en","category-news-en","tag-motogp-en","tag-motorsport-en","tag-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bagnaia struggles with his speed<\/h3>\n
Ducati dominates – competition looking to catch up<\/h3>\n
Alex Marquez much improved<\/h3>\n
Ai Ogura impresses on debut<\/h3>\n
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