BURIRAM, Thailand (Reuters) -Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez made a dream start to life at factory Ducati when he led from lap one to the chequered flag to win the sprint at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday,

Alex Marquez says it took him five corners of the Thai MotoGP Sprint to work out that Marc Marquez was “too fast for us”. Finishing 1-2 in the Sprint meant the Marquez brothers made history as the first siblings to hold the top-two positions in the MotoGP World Championship.

Six-time world champion Marc Marquez won the sprint race Saturday at the season-opening Thai MotoGP for a dream debut with the factory Ducati team. Second at a sweltering Buriram was younger brother Alex,

Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez logged his factory Ducati debut with pole position at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix, edging out his younger brother Alex Marquez of Gresini at the Buriram International Circuit on Saturday.

New in the factory Ducati team, the six-time MotoGP™ World Champion was straight down to business and will start the Sprint and Grand Prix from pole

Six-time world champion Marc Marquez grabbed pole position ahead of brother Alex for Sunday's season-opening MotoGP race at Buriram in Thailand. The 32-year-old Marquez went quickest in opening practice on Friday before being pipped by brother Alex in the afternoon session.