Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez logged his factory Ducati debut with pole position at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix, edging out his younger brother Alex Marquez of Gresini at the Buriram International Circuit on Saturday.

The fault for Marc Marquez ’s brief worry at the Thailand MotoGP has been placed on his Ducati engineers. The factory Ducati grand prix debutant was leading at Buriram from pole position when he abruptly looked over his shoulder, and dropped to P2 behind his brother Alex Marquez.

Marc Marquez and Ducati had a dream start, clinching the GP victory, securing pole position, and triumphing in the sprint race.

BURIRAM, Thailand (Reuters) -Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez made a dream start to life at factory Ducati when he led from lap one to the chequered flag to win the sprint at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday,

The triumph capped off a perfect weekend for Marc Marquez, who took pole position, the sprint victory and the grand prix win for a maximum 37 points to open the 22-leg 2025 campaign

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Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez continued his perfect start with factory Ducati as he completed a weekend double at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing ahead of his younger brother Alex.

Spain's Marc Marquez completed a double with victory in the opening race of the MotoGP season at the Thailand Grand Prix. The 32-year-old six-time former champion won Saturday's sprint race at the Buriram International Circuit in his first competitive outing for his new team Ducati and started Sunday's race as pole-sitter.

It wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration to say that Marc Marquez and Ducati absolutely dominated the opening weekend of the 2025 MotoGP season in Thailand. While this hasn’t really come as a surprise given his strong timings in the pre-season tests and his previous track record,

I cannot ask for more' - "Yesterday I was happy, today I am super happy," said Marc Marquez. "For one moment I thought I might hold on to win," said Alex Marquez.

Spain's six-time former MotoGP champion Marc Marquez wins the season's opening sprint race in Thailand with new team Ducati.