Motogp, Riccardo Galli's report cards: Marc a phenomenon, so many regrets for Pecco

Vinales finds himself with the unofficial KTM, Morbidelli fourth amid applause

di RICCARDO GALLI
April 13, 2025
Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez

Here are the report cards for the MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar.

10 Marc Marquez. Nobody can scare him. Morbidelli, Bagnaia, Vinales: he suffers attacks, reacts, restarts and goes on to win. A victory worthy of a phenomenon. Needless to say.

9 Maverick Viñales. He goes to bother King Marc after having lined up a series of champion-like overtakings. Nice to see him back up there, among other things with a Ktm (the satellite one) that is not exactly the super Ducati. All this, net of the 'tire pressure' case.

8 Pecco Bagnaia. Race of heart, courage and worthy of Marquez. He gives up a bit in the second part of the race and in the end he remains on the podium, but on the lowest step. Having said that, he closes well an uphill weekend.

8 Franco Morbidelli. The start was magical. The lead over Marquez and the group too. Then he slowly returns to a more human dimension, but takes a fourth place worthy of applause.

7,5 John Zarco. He is reviving Honda. And he is doing it with his experience and his desire to be a protagonist. He pushes like hell and if there had been a couple more laps he would have also caught Morbidelli.

7 Jorge Martin. Back in the medical clinic. Again so much fear. Martin's 2025 is a nightmare. On the track he had relaunched important flashes. As a World Champion. Then bad luck decided to get in his way once again.

5 Fabio DiGiannantonio. Complicated vote. He misses the race train not because of him, but because of Alex Marquez. Then in the chase for Martin he makes a mess and hits the Spaniard. Blame it on 'bad luck'.

4 Mark Bezzecchi. Away from the fray. And that hurts him and the show. A weekend to forget. A step back for his Aprilia or a feeling still far from being at an acceptable level? Bad question.

4 Alex Marquez. He makes a mistake, he swabs, he throws away. The problem is that he also threw away the Sunday of the swabbed person, namely Fabio Di Giannantonio.

3 Enea Bastianini. While Vinales flies he remains crowded in the lower reaches of the order of arrival. For him and with him the KTM does not work. Badly.

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