Sepang produced another chaotic MotoGP sprint, as Pedro Acosta walked away with the race victory and Marc Marquez established an ever-increasing grip on the riders’ title after 10 laps in near-mixed conditions.
Out of Acosta's three various-distance race wins in MotoGP so far, this one may well be the nicest - though he admitted it owed a lot to him having no championship implications to worry about unlike Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi. Considering he isn't really convinced about his strengths in this kind of mixed weather, this was an important win, too, and certainly not something that would dissuade you if you have him pegged as a future title favourite.
Marquez marches on, muffling the heartbeats of the already on-life-support title battle. This was a slightly precarious race, though not quite as precarious as it could've been. It was just controllable enough for Marquez to control it exactly to his liking - as his gameplan was to stay ahead of Bezzecchi but also to not lead, to not be the pathfinder having to figure out the wet patches.
It worked out well, and while he should have been beaten by his brother today, he wasn't, meaning that it's now been 12 races across GPs and sprints since Marquez last wasn't the top Ducati in the classification. This relentless consistency continues to cement his status at the very front of the premier class grid.
Meanwhile, Alex Marquez suffered a frustrating DNF. It’s not too far-fetched to say the younger Marquez was a pre-weekend contender for a potential 37-point haul, and he looked well on-course when he took pole position and built up a healthy lead three laps into the sprint before an unfortunate error at Turn 14.
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