Toni Bou - Trial urbain de Cahors 2023

It's lights out and we're racing in the sprint here in Thailand. We're underway with the GP in 2025. It's a great start from pole position by Marc Marquez. Peko Banyoa, aggressive on the inside of Alex Marquez. And Medley up in second place. Ayagura has had a stunning start. He's already got one place from fifth to fourth. But Marc Marquez has made the dream launch here. He's already won half of the battle and cleared the chase. He's back in a turn three. And Banyoa has slipped back to third spot. Wasn't a good first lap for Pedro Acosta. He's not the lead KTM. That's Brad Binder up from 14th to 8th. Yeah, Binder's always aggressive, isn't he, on that very first lap. He's done so again. Into turn three, then the field go. Binder sideways motocross. Supermoto style. Almost charging into the back of Fabio Quattararo. Period pace as Acosta goes in really hot into turn three. That was never going to work out, was it, for the young Spaniard. As Pedro Acosta is now having a look at Brad Binder. Outbraking Binder, though, is a tall, tall order. Binder, though, outbrakes himself. And that allows Acosta to draw alongside him. Yeah, they go side by side. Elbow to elbow, swapping the same paintwork, at least, on the factory KTM. Acosta trying to have another little dip at Binder into first corner. There's no way through. This time, a ramp. So is Brad Binder as he goes up the inside into turn number four. He tried that, of course, into turn 12 on the last lap. This time, Acosta has got it done. But the KTMs at the moment battling for the final two points positions in this sprint. They've lost touch with Quattararo's Yamaha up ahead. Welcome to Madagipi. Ayagura, he's going to finish his first ever racing lap here in the sprint in fourth place, right on the coattails of the double world champion. Pekka Bagnaia has now dropped to second behind the 73 bike in second place. And he has still got his hands full holding off the sensational rookie, Ayagura, who is all over the rear tyre of the factory Ducati. There's Ayagura. What an introduction. Welcome to Madagipi. Can you imagine if he was able to pass Bagnaia? What a scalp that would be on debut. Not close enough to show Bagnaia his front wheel in two turns, although he's so good, isn't he? Charging in on that factory are brilliant. He is not shy, is Aya? He's not lacking confidence on an RSGP machine at all, is he? Ayagura, he's being pressured into a 1.30.1 because he's seeing on his pit board plus 0.79, which I don't think he would have expected. Ayagura, he has responded. He's retaliating here, going toe-to-toe with Bagnaia. 1.30.257 is Ayagura's best lap of the sprint. That was slightly faster than Bagnaia. Bagnaia cannot relax here for the first bronze medal of 2024. You really do have to doff your cap and say chapeau, don't you? To Ayagura, this is just astonishing. I'm sure surprising even himself. He could not, even in his wildest dreams, imagine that he'd be racing for the sprint podium with Pekka Bagnaia in round one. Well, they asked him yesterday afternoon was the goal to get into qualifying two, which he achieved as of right by being able to talk to yesterday. He said, no, that was a surprise. He'd be surprised by that. Imagine how he must be feeling now. He does not look like a MotoGP rookie. Nothing like a MotoGP novice at all, does he? Showing the class that we know he has got. Bagnaia just... Well, I'm sure he'll hear Ayagura was afraid behind him. Just knows that he is right on his case. What a debut. Setting his stall out, showing or giving his rivals a taste of what might be to come in the future. We're on board with Ayagura now. Marc Marquez has not led the MotoGP World Championship since he took the final victory of that record-breaking 2019 season in Valencia. Five and a half years on, the 93 is about to return to the top of the World Championship standing. This has been faultless. This has been peerless from the six times MotoGP World Champion. Marc Marquez into the final corner. And Marc Marquez makes a dream start in Ducati's dream team. It's a winning start in red for Marquez in the sprint here in Buriram. And for the first time in what will feel like six long years, Marc Marquez will see his name at the top of the MotoGP World Championship. Back at the top of the World Championship. And how long will he stay there? Marc Marquez, your sprint winner in Thailand.