{"id":735,"date":"2025-11-05T07:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=735"},"modified":"2025-11-05T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:29:17","slug":"best-of-the-rest-who-will-join-the-marquez-brothers-in-2025-motogp-top-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/best-of-the-rest-who-will-join-the-marquez-brothers-in-2025-motogp-top-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the rest &#8211; who will join the Marquez brothers in 2025 MotoGP top three?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With two more stops to go in the 2025 MotoGP season, the battle for third in the riders&#8217; standings is the story to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Champion Marc Marquez, who has suffered a season-ending injury in Indonesia, and brother Alex are untouchable at the top with 545 and 413 points respectively.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPa8DrQEU4_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPa8DrQEU4_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV SEA (@spotvsea)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Marco Bezzecchi holds third on 291, five ahead of Francesco Bagnaia after the latter\u2019s consecutive DNFs in the last three Grands Prix. Behind them, Pedro Acosta has found form with three straight second-place finishes.<\/p>\n<p>As for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio, they are still mathematically in contention, but trailing by over 64 points means it is highly unlikely for them to challenge for P3.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/deyccdxjqwg?si=a19EJ50fTABn9iyF\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With a maximum of 74 points still up for grabs in the final two rounds in Portimao and Valencia, live on SPOTV and SPOTV NOW, here\u2019s how the three-way fight for P3 could unfold:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia wins all races and sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia wins all races and finishes second in sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bezzecchi if he finishes second in races and wins sprints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia wins all sprints and finishes second in races<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia if Bezzecchi is behind him in sprints and races<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia wins one race and finishes second in another, and wins both sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia finishes second, third or fourth in sprints and races<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia if he stays ahead of Bezzecchi in sprints and races<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia wins sprints and matches Bezzecchi\u2019s results in races<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Bagnaia finishes outside the points in a single race<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bezzecchi if he podiums all races and sprints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Acosta wins all races and sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Acosta if Bezzecchi finishes fifth in races and second in sprints, and Bagnaia finishes lower than third in all<\/li>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia if he finishes second in races and sprints<\/li>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia if he finishes third in sprints and races and stays ahead of Bezzecchi<\/li>\n<li>P3 for Bezzecchi if he finishes second in sprints and third in races<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Acosta wins all races and finishes second in sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Acosta if Bezzecchi finishes sixth in races and third in sprints, and Bagnaia finishes fourth in all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If Acosta finishes second in races and sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P3 for Bezzecchi if he finishes sixth in both races and sprints, and ahead of Bagnaia<\/li>\n<li>P3 for Bagnaia if he finishes third in both races and sprints, and ahead of Bagnaia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With two more stops to go in the 2025 MotoGP season, the battle for third in the riders&#8217; standings is the story to watch. Champion Marc Marquez, who has suffered a season-ending injury in Indonesia, and brother Alex are untouchable at the top with 545 and 413 points respectively. &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/best-of-the-rest-who-will-join-the-marquez-brothers-in-2025-motogp-top-three\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best of the rest &#8211; who will join the Marquez brothers in 2025 MotoGP top three?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[295,293,94,171,297],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-marco-bezzecchi","tag-motogp","tag-motorsports","tag-pedro-acosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}