Top 3 Tissot Sprint Moments 💯 ｜ 2025 French GP

Lights out and we're racing in the sprint here in Le Mans. Fabio Quattroraro tries to get that factory Yamaha away from pole position. Frankie Morbidelli has gone all the way to the back of the field. Not quite sure what happened to the VR46 Ducati rider. Quattroraro toughs it out with the Marquez brothers into the first section. Quattroraro leads. Marquez going a little bit hot through turns three and four. Bagnolet aggressive on the inside of Aldeguerre as they power under the unlocked bridge. Look at Quattroraro through the first sector alone. He gapped Marc Marquez by six tenths of a second. He's taking another tenth and a half out of Marc in sector two. Just listen to the noise. It's a cauldron atmosphere as Quattroraro streaks away at the front of this sprint. Lap one completed. You can see visually the lead for Quattroraro. It is three quarters of a second over Marc Marquez. Oh no! Pekka Bagnolet has crashed out of the sprint here in Le Mans. More crucial World Championship points go begging for the Italian. Well, he was in recovery mode having started from the back of the second row in sixth place. And Bagnolet dumps it out of fourth early on in the sprint here in France. Marc, two tenths quicker than Quattroraro. He's a little bit too far back though to send it on the inside of the Yamaha Star in turn three. He just has to be patient here, Marc, because clearly he's just got the better pace of two or three tenths a lap. Marc Marquez's Ducati as he now has a look at the inside into Quattroraro. Into the double up chicane. Quattroraro sees it coming and tries to take it back on the exit. And that's exactly what he's going to do. Side by side, Quattroraro versus Marquez. This is what we want to see. This is what the crowd are loving. They are on their feet. They are roaring themselves hoarse here. They're almost losing their voice. And we're not even halfway through this sprint. So Marquez has had his first little attack on Quattroraro. Down into turn. Here we go. Into garage there. Second attack comes in then on this lap. Six of 13 from Marc Marquez. This time it looks like he has made his stick. What can Quattroraro do then in terms of retaliation? This is the big battle to watch now in the remainder of the sprint. The home favourite versus the current world championship leader. Now on the inside as they power the Ducati up into sixth gear. Alex Marquez just eases on through on Quattroraro. So once again, it's a Marquez 1-2 in a sprint on Saturday afternoons in 2025. Although here comes Aldeguerre on the inside into turn three. That's where he crashed at the end of Q2 this morning. So Quattroraro is briefly as he pushed off the podium places. He really does try to tough it out through La Chapelle. We go down the hill into turn six. Aldeguerre's running a little bit wide. Cutting to the tyre inside line goes Quattroraro. The noise that the French fans raises the roof once again. Some battle this for the bronze medal. This is very much an away fixture here for Aldeguerre who's now going up the inside. He's prepared to fight fire with fire against Quattroraro. Won't please the French fans, but it'll certainly please his Grissini team. He does not take any prisoners at all, does he, Aldeguerre? He was coming through there at Museum Corner whether Fabio Quattroraro liked it or not. So Aldeguerre then on course for his first MotoGP podium. Into the final sector we go. And this is a record-breaking moment for number 93, Marc Marquez. He's had plenty of them, hasn't he, in his long and illustrious career. But for the first time we have a rider in MotoGP winning six successive sprints. It's Marc Marquez who takes the victory. Alex Marquez second. That's his mark. He's got the lead in the World Championship. Fermin Aldeguerre on the podium for the first time in the Premier Classes. That was a sprint won by Marc Marquez. And on Saturday, Marc Marquez wins another. His perfect Saturday afternoon record goes on and he regains the World Championship lead.