Marc Marquez started from pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix, but was unable to convert that into a victory, coming out second-best in a late duel with Francesco Bagnaia.

Marquez made the holeshot, but hesitance born from his crashes in the previous two Grands Prix caused him to lose the lead to Francesco Bagnaia at the final corner of the first lap. To get there, Bagnaia had put together a great first lap, passing both Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin around the outside in braking for turn six.

A mistake from Bagnaia at the same corner he took the lead on lap two meant Jorge Martin got to the front, and he stayed there until he crashed at turn six on lap 12.

This promoted Bagnaia into the lead, and immediately the intensity of Marquez grew. He was now behind Marco Bezzecchi in third place, but he reclaimed second at turn six on lap 14.

The chase was now on for Marquez, and he forced Bagnaia to drop his pace into the 1:37s. On lap 21, they finally engaged, Marquez using his superior corner speed through turn eight to set up a pass into turn nine. Bagnaia, as he did in turn five at Portimao, squared Marquez off and tried to beat him to turn 10. He didn’t quite do that, but he rubbed Marquez’ shoulder with his front tyre, pushed him out of the line, and held the inside to turn 11. A lap later, Marquez tried again at the same corner, but Bagnaia’s response was cleaner this time.

Bagnaia then set a new lap record on lap 23 at 1:37.449, and this somewhat broke the #93. The gap never came under half-a-second again, even with a personal best lap from Marquez on the final tour.

Bagnaia took his second win of the season, and a critical one after the Portuguese and Americas rounds saw the title momentum slip away from him.

Marco Bezzecchi completed the podium for the first time in 2024, just over three seconds clear of Alex Marquez who beat Enea Bastianini to fourth. Bastianini himself was fifth, ahead of Brad Binder, the top non-Ducati and two seconds clear of Fabio Di Giannantonio. Miguel Oliveira was the top Aprilia in eighth, ahead of Texas winner Maverick Vinales, and Pedro Acosta completed the top 10.

Full MotoGP results from the Spanish Grand Prix are below.

2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix | Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto | Grand Prix Results | Rd 4/21
Pos	Rider	Nat.	MotoGP Team	MotoGP Bike	Timing
1	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati GP24	WIN
2	Marc Marquez	ESP	Gresini Racing	Ducati GP23	0.372
3	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Pertamina Enduro VR46	Ducati GP23	3.903
4	Alex Marquez	ESP	Gresini Racing	Ducati GP23	7.205
5	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati GP24	7.253
6	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16	7.801
7	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina Enduro VR46	Ducati GP23	10.063
8	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	10.979
9	Maverick Vinales	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprila RS-GP	11.217
10	Pedro Acosta	ESP	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM RC16	20.762
11	Raul Fernandez	ESP	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	23.508
12	Joan Mir	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	23.584
13	Alex Rins	ESP	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1	28.452
14	Takaaki Nakagami	JAP	Idemitsu Honda LCR	Honda RC213V	29.049
15	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1	32.015
16	Stefan Bradl	GER	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda RC213V	41.433
17	Luca Marini	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda RC213V	43.323
DNF	Jorge Martin	ESP	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati GP24	DNF
DNF	Dani Pedrosa	ESP	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16	DNF
DNF	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati GP24	DNF
DNF	Augusto Fernandez	ESP	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM RC16	DNF
DNF	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR	Honda RC213V	DNF
DNF	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16	DNF
DNF	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	DNF
DNF	Aleix Espargaro	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	DNF