And then, by the end of Lap 1 at the GT Chicane, the title race leader was the Sprint leader after carving up the inside of Quartararo. Alex Marquez quickly followed his brother through and then Bezzecchi was also past the polesitter.

Marc Marquez racked up yet another 2025 MotoGP sprint race win as he led home his brother Alex at the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on Saturday. Pole position rider Fabio Quartararo held onto the lead from the start, but was quickly demoted to fourth place and later crashed out of the race.

World championship leader Marc Marquez bounced back from two crashes in practice to win the Dutch MotoGP sprint race on Saturday admitting his body would not have "taken another fall". "I am relieved because I think my body would not have taken another fall.