After three rounds of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, Alex Marquez is leading the MotoGP World Championship.

Sunday at the Grand Prix of the Americas was a disaster for Marc Marquez, but Alex Marquez continued his run of second places and took control of the MotoGP Championship.

This was the first time the younger Marquez brother has led the standings in the premier class. However, it also means that his winless run continues as he searches for his first Grand Prix victory.

Alex was in third place when his brother crashed from the lead on lap nine, which in turn promoted Francesco Bagnaia to first and Alex to second.

"If you said to me before the first race, ‘You will be leading the championship’ I would have said, ‘You're crazy!’" smiled Alex.

"We are 'Mr P2', but I'm happy with that! I don't have any problem making P2 from here until the end.

"We need to enjoy the moment. We know what we have, we need to approach every race like we are doing and try to extract the 100% potential. I will try to keep going like this."

'This was my worst performance in terms of feeling...'

Alex has now finished second in the Sprint Race and the Grand Prix in Thailand, Argentina and America. However, he believes that his performance at the Circuit of the Americas was his worst yet.

"If we compare my performance in Thailand, Argentina, and here, this was the worst in terms of feeling and how I was approaching all the corners," he explained.

"After the first few laps, I saw they were going faster than me. I had a big moment losing the front at Turn 10, and said, ‘OK, today we need to be third. We need to be really calm.’

"Then when I saw Marc crashing, I said, ‘OK, pay attention.’

"I’m really, really happy with how we are managing everything, how we are really consistent in the top three. That’s exactly what we need to keep doing.

"But above all, we need to enjoy this moment because, for an independent team, running last year’s bike and leading the championship is something really, really amazing."