This is the fight for the title before MotoGP’s return to the Assen event

After three long weeks without MotoGP due to the postponement of the Kazakhstan event scheduled for June 16 due to a weather emergency last spring, the MotoGP World Championship is back in action with two back-to-back events in Assenthis weekend, and Sachsenring which will give way to another break, this is the norm for summer holidays.

That the ‘mercato’ for 2025 exploded during this bracket also adds spice to the championship. There will be changes in the team that are amazing Marc Márquezfrom Gresini Racing to Ducati Lenovo; Jorge Martinfrom Ducati Pramac to Aprilia Racing; Maverick Vinalesfrom Aprilia Racing to Red Bull KTM Tech3, Enea Bastianini from the Ducati Lenovo to the Red Bull KTM Tech3 or the Marco Bezzecchi, from VR46 Ducati to Aprilia Racing. Some of them are among the favorites for the title, including current MotoGP leader Martín, and with the exception of Marc Márquez the rest will switch brands. Here the main doubts are formed about how the teams that will leave them will behave, if there will be ‘fair play’ at Ducati in the case of Jorge Martín.

Jorge Martin He has led the championship, at certain moments with a very tight hand, since the second GP in Portugal. He has reached 42 points on two-time champion Pecco Bagnaia after the Jerez Sprint. But his margin was reduced to just 18 points after Bagnaia’s double at Mugello, the previous GP, while Martín finished with zero in the Sprint and a third in the GP race.

From Catalunya, the sixth Grand Prix, the ‘Martinator’ started with 39 points ahead of Bagnaia and 41 of Marc Márquez, who combined second and third in the table since Le Mans, and one GP later he came out with 18 points against Bagnaia and 35 against Marc Márquez.

This is the MotoGP classification

1. Jorge Martín (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 171 pts
2. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 153
3. Marc Márquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 136
4. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Ducati) 114
5. Pedro Acosta (ESP/GasGas-Tech3) 101
6. Maverick Viñales (ESP/Aprilia) 100
7. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 85
8. Aleix Espargaró (ESP/Aprilia) 82
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 74
10. Alex Márquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 51
11. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 45
12. Raúl Fernández (ESP/Aprilia-Trackhouse) 32
13. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 32
14. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Ducati-Pramac) 31
15. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Aprilia-Trackhouse) 31
16. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 27
17. Augusto Fernández (ESP/GasGas-Tech3) 13
18. Joan Mir (ESP/Repsol Honda) 13
19. Johann Zarco (FRA/Honda-LCR) 9
20. Alex Rins (ESP/Yamaha) 8
21. Takaaki Nalakami (JAP/Honda-LCR) 8
22. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/KTM test) 7
23. Luca Marini (ESP/Repsol Honda) 0