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The eight-time World Champion had to fight back from an unfamiliar third place as he recorded his second career win at the QatarGP, and his first since 2014.
Marquez started on pole position and got another fantastic start to lead down into Turn 1 ahead of younger brother Alex Marquez.
However, the younger Marquez made contact with his brother on the exit of the corner, which compromised both riders as Franco Morbidelli took advantage to lead the race.
Bagnaia also made a good start from the fourth row of the grid, as he worked his way through to sixth by passing Fabio Quartararo.
Fabio Di Giannantonio made a pass on the younger Marquez for third, but as the Spanish rider attempted to respond, he made contact with the Italian and ran both riders wide.
Marquez rejoined in seventh and was awarded a long lap penalty for the incident, but Di Giannantonio was relegated to 20th after losing one of his mirrors.
Bagnaia, after being promoted into the podium positions, then found his way through on Marquez for second as the teammates went head-to-head on the track for the first time this season.
Marquez waited two laps to get back through on Bagnaia, and was able to use the slipstream to make his move in the first corner.
Vinales also had the pace to challenge the front runners, as the Tech3 KTM rider passed Bagnaia.
The Spanish rider clearly was in a position to challenge for the victory and stuck with Marquez before making his move into second on Lap 10.
Soon after Vinales took the lead of the race from Morbidelli, with Marquez also making his way through on the Italian for second.
Bagnaia and Morbidelli then commenced a duel for the final podium position as the VR46 rider managed to maintain his place.
The Ducati rider was eventually able to make a move stick on his fellow VR46 academy graduate, with Zarco the next to put the one-time race leader under pressure.
