The Gresini rider went from third on the grid in the damp 10-lap sprint at Silverstone on Saturday to claim his first MotoGP victory after fending off a late charge from poleman Marco Bezzecchi.
It marked Alex Marquez’s first grand prix win of any kind since 2019 in Moto2, and the first for the Marquez family since Marc’s Emilia Romagna GP victory in 2021.
Despite struggling to a lowly 18th in the sprint on his Honda, Marc Marquez stopped on track to celebrate with Alex after the chequered flag.
“I know that he suffered a lot during the race, but when he saw me winning the race he was really happy,” Alex revealed afterwards.
“It was special. He said to me ‘you were really fast today, bastard’. It was really good and just I was trying to push like he did many, many times.”
Commenting on his race further, Marquez added: “I’m really happy. This was morning, the quali was really difficult but we saved it in a good way [after I crashed].
“I was expecting more rain this afternoon, but was quite dry. So, I was having some doubts before the start of the race.
“I felt really good already on the sighting lap going to the grid, and also on the warm-up lap.
“I started the race a little bit sleeping, because in the first corners many riders overtook me.
Source: Autosport