In the blink of an eye, Marc Marquez's Championship advantage vanished at the Grand Prix of the Americas.

Marc Marquez lost the lead in the MotoGP World Championship after crashing out of the Grand Prix of the Americas.

The Spaniard had total control of the 19-lap race and was in the lead, but on lap nine, he ended up crashing out of the race after taking too much kerb.

Marquez's DNF ended his unbeaten run but also means that he is now one point behind his brother, Alex Marquez, in the 2025 MotoGP World Championship.

"We did the most difficult thing in the easiest moment of the race," Marquez said.

"When I was controlling the distance, I cut a bit too much that kerb in Turn 5, and I lost the front. It was completely my mistake. Sorry to the team, I can say only this.

"Positive for us - because I always try to find the positive - is like we are equal in the championship, one point behind Alex, so we restart the championship."

Marquez also believes that he has used up his points margin in 'the worst way' because it was 'an easy race'.

"The kerb I already cut some laps before. So, just I cut it too much - I was too optimistic," he said.

"I was fully concentrated, I was not with extra confidence, I was just riding, taking care about the hard brake points where you do some mistakes - like at Turn 12.

"But the rest of the track I felt super safe. I cut the kerb too much.

"There was the mistake, I lost 25 points, but we need to keep going in the same way, keep the same speed because I feel fast everywhere, so now tomorrow is a new week.

"We will have a good atmosphere in the family, in training, because we are first and second in the championship.

"We had that margin that we used in the worst way because we used it in an easy race. But at the moment we were there in the championship."