Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez claimed his first MotoGP race victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to snatch the championship lead from his elder brother Marc, who crashed early in the race and finished 12th.

Things didn’t look promising for Alex Marquez early in the Spanish GP, as he nearly took himself out on the first lap. But he could barely have written a better script for taking a first MotoGP grand

Alex Marquez scored his breakthrough MotoGP victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, reclaiming the lead of the world championship in the process. Alex’s brother and previous points leader Marc Marquez crashed his factory Ducati on lap three of the race at Jerez, thus falling a point behind the Gresini Ducati rider.