Marc Marquez held off his brother Alex to win the Qatar MotoGP sprint race on Saturday and regain the overall lead in the standings, and then beamed that the win was an ominous sign. Alex Marquez has finished runner-up in all four sprints and all three main races this season.

Marc Marquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at Lusail International Circuit, in Doha, Qatar. Riding his Lenovo Team

Marc Marquez says the “most important” result from his dominant MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix sprint win is that he is fast at a track “I struggle at”. The factory Ducati rider warned coming into the fourth round of the season that Qatar was the first venue where Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia would be faster than him.