Sunday MotoGP Race
Having held off a heap of constant pressure from Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) in the second half of the Grand Prix, Marc Marquez’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) title-winning comeback is drawing ever closer after the #93 clinched victory on a fascinating Sunday in Misano. It means we head to the Japanese GP knowing Marquez can be crowned MotoGP World Champion if results go his way, and the only rider who can stop that from happening was third place finisher Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP).
Before a wheel had been turned in anger, there was drama for Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) after his RS-GP encountered an issue on the sighting lap. Because of that, he started the warm up lap from pit lane, would retake his original grid slot and then had to take two Long Lap penalties.
Once we got going, Bezzecchi held onto P1 at the start and just like in the Tissot Sprint, Marc Marquez got a pearling start and was immediately climbing all over Bezzecchi in P2, while Alex Marquez and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) sat in P3 and P4.
There were three early DNFs to report as Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) were both down at Turn 4 on Lap 1, with Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) crashing on Lap 3 in Sector 3. Then, Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) was out of the Grand Prix on Lap 5, as fellow KTM rider Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) started to look threatening in P5.
On Lap 6, the top three – Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez and Alex Marquez – were 1.5s clear of Acosta, who picked off Quartararo at Turn 8. However, a couple of laps later, Acosta’s RC16 said no more – the #37 was out after his chain fell off on the way down to Turn 8, the same problem teammate Brad Binder suffered on Friday.
Then, another big name was out of contention. This time, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team). While running in P7, the Italian crashed at Turn 10 to end a forgettable weekend in Misano.
At the front, Bezzecchi had Marc Marquez for close company, while Alex Marquez sat around a second back in P3 on Lap 10 of 27. Then, a mistake came at Turn 8 for the leader. Bezzecchi was wide and that opened the door for the #93 to stroll on through to hit the front for the first time on Lap 12.
Now then Marco, what did you have in return? On Lap 17, the pair were separated by 0.2s as Bezzecchi clung onto Marc Marquez’s coattails, with Alex Marquez still lapping 1.1s behind. However, on Lap 20, Alex Marquez dropped to two seconds back and it looked like the fight for Sunday’s top honour was between Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi.
Lap 21 saw Marc Marquez set the fastest lap of the race, which saw the gap rise to 0.495s. Was that the warning shot? Was it the hammer blow? It was certainly a statement, but Bezzecchi responded by going slightly faster on the next lap – but it was only by 0.010s. The Italian was digging in, but would it be enough?
At this stage, it wasn’t. Marquez’s advantage rose to 0.6s with four laps to go, but then Bezzecchi threw in the fastest lap of the race. 0.3s in one lap, had Bezzecchi saved his best until the last three laps? But in response, the six-time MotoGP World Champion threw another stinging punch to set the fastest lap and go 0.5s clear.
So then it was last lap time. The gap? 0.415s. The penultimate lap was Bezzecchi’s personal best of the Grand Prix, but it didn’t look like it would be quite enough. And unfortunately for the Italian, it wasn’t. A tantalisingly tense affair saw Marc Marquez hold on to put his Sprint crash behind him and collect 25 points ahead of Bezzecchi, who did brilliantly to pile on the pressure for the second half of the Grand Prix. The top two were in a league of their own on Sunday, with Alex Marquez handing Gresini a special home turf podium 7.7s behind the top two.
Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) beat teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio as the VR46 duo finish P4 and P5, as rookie Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) leaves Misano with a solid P6. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) continued his fine form to finish P7 on home soil, the Italian crossing the line ahead of Quartararo, Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Binder, the South African completing the top 10.
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) was P11, Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) earned P12 ahead of Martin in P13, Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha Factory Racing Team) on the V4-Powered YZR-M1 in P14 and Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda LCR) in P15.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | 41m 20.898s |
| 2 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.568s |
| 3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +7.734s |
| 4 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +10.379s |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +11.330s |
| 6 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +16.069s |
| 7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +17.965s |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +20.964s |
| 9 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +21.565s |
| 10 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +23.109s |
Moto2 Race
Blasting off from P2 and leading by the first turn, Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) didn’t put a foot wrong as he eased to a first win of the season in front of a packed home crowd. A sensational ride by the winner and also by the rest of the podium finishers as Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) climbed from fourth to take P2 and Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) backed up his Barcelona win with P3 at the San Marino GP.
Snatching the holeshot to Turn 1 from P2 on the grid, Vietti made a lightning start to get ahead of polesitter Holgado and Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) and Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP). Further back and on the exit of Turn 6, Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) was forced out and that dropped him down and outside the top ten after a decent start.
By Lap 7, the battle at the front had settled down somewhat with a gap forming between Holgado in P2 and Moreira in P3. On Lap 9, Gonzalez made a lunge at Turn 14 to pass the #10 but ran wide, allowing the Brazilian to retake third but it wasn’t done yet. Gonzalez tried again at the start of Lap 11 at Turn 1 but Moreira retaliated again at Turn 4, the battle now allowing Baltus and Senna Agius (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) to form a queue for the last podium place. At Turn 11, Gonzalez launched his latest attack and this time made it stick as Moreira ran off track but then, on Lap 13, the #18 found himself under attack from Baltus and the Belgian took third.
Moreira continued to drop back as he battled with Agius from Turn 10 and down to Turn 11 on Lap 15, the Australian now breaking into the top five. Meanwhile, the fight for P1 had seen Vietti stretch his advantage to over a second for the first time in the Grand Prix, now looking on course to take a first win of 2025 and a second consecutive win at Misano. Holgado was encountering problems of his own as he was under attack from a charging Baltus, who got P2 with four to go.
In the battle behind, Agius cleared Gonzalez after a Turn 1 error for the Spaniard, also allowing Moreira to come by too. However, on the penultimate lap, a mistake by Agius at Turn 8 as he ran wide, leaving him vulnerable to Gonzalez as both of them struggled for grip in the closing stages. Moreira, now a safe fourth, ready to take vital points out of the #18’s lead.
Out front though, Vietti was perfect, resisting a late charge by the #7 to take a first win of 2025 and a third podium of the season, and it also sees him become the 10th different winner of the season – a Moto2 record. Baltus was a fine second for the fifth time this season, whereas Holgado was on the rostrum again in third. Moreira got to the chequered flag in fourth ahead of Agius, whilst Gonzalez was sixth; only three points taken out of Manugas’ lead but that could prove vital going into the final six rounds of the season.
Injured back in Barcelona, it was a solid ride from Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) to take seventh place and not lose too many points to Gonzalez. David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) clinched eighth from 11th on the grid, ahead of Tony Arbolino (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and the Italian’s teammate Izan Guevara. After his Lap 1 excursion at Turn 6, Dixon came home in 16th.
2025 Misano Moto2 Results
| 1 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Beta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | 35m 03.863s |
| 2 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +0.747s |
| 3 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex) | +3.911s |
| 4 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +4.246s |
| 5 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +7.973s |
| 6 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | +8.394s |
| 7 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO (Kalex) | +9.752s |
| 8 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex) | +10.446s |
| 9 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +11.078s |
| 10 | Izan Guevara | SPA | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +12.722s |
Moto3 Race
Last lap, last corner. That’s a proper way to win a race, and that’s exactly what Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) did in Misano as the championship leader takes a giant leap towards the title ahead of our flyway tour. Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) was the rider to lose out on the win but it’s a return to the rostrum for the star rookie, as Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) earns a late P3 to stand on the podium for the first time since Argentina.
From the off, Joel Kelso (LEVEL-UP MTA) and Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) swapped positions three times in the opening three corners and coming out on top was the Australian. David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) made a positive start, he was P3 before he overtook Perrone for P2 going through Turn 12 and 13, as Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Rueda completed your early Moto3 top five.
By Lap 5, a front group of eight had formed that included Kelso, Perrone, Muñoz, Rueda, Fernandez, Quiles, Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Roulstone. Then, a mistake from Muñoz. Turn 4 saw the #64 launch a move up the inside of Perrone that wasn’t really on and once Perrone – who was running his normal racing line – closed the door, contact was made. Both ran wide, with Muñoz going gravel tracking. Perrone lost a couple of places and dropped to P6, with Muñoz down in P19 and out of victory contention.
On Lap 7, Kelso and Rueda were now 0.7s up the road and at Turn 8, Rueda struck. The championship leader led for the first time, so what did the #99 have in his pocket – and what did Kelso and the chasers have in response?
The response, in fairness, was strong – especially from Quiles, who aggressively overtook Kelso on Lap 10, before the Aussie returned the favour a lap later as the top six bunched up, with Roulstone just losing touch at this stage.
With five to go, Rueda, Perrone, Kelso and Quiles were 0.6s up the road from Fernandez and Piqueras, and this could be crucial points lost for the #36. And with three to go, it certainly looked like it was between the top four for victory in Misano.
With two left, things started to heat up. Quiles and Perrone exchanged P2 in the opening sector, with Perrone coming out on top. Rueda led, but it was all change through Turn 12 and 13 and coming out of it with the race lead baton was Quiles. Perrone went from P1 to P4, as we strapped in for a last lap that now included Fernandez and Piqueras in the podium equation.
Halfway around the final loop, Quiles led from Rueda, Perrone and Fernandez, with Kelso now P5 and Piqueras P6. It all came down to the final sector and after a mistake into Turn 13, Perrone was wide and out of victory contention. Quiles held firm into Turn 14, but Rueda set up a phenomenal last corner move. A beauty right out of the top drawer saw the #99 clinch a huge 25 points to pinch the win from Quiles, as Fernandez clinched the final podium spot ahead of Kelso and Piqueras, with Perrone 0.9s off the win in P6.
Muñoz completed a fine comeback from P19 to P7, with Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) and Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the top 10. Roulstone crossed the line in P11 after fading in the latter half of the race, as Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), Almansa and Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) pick up the final points on offer.
2025 Misano Moto3 Results
| 1 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 33m 48.906s |
| 2 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.113s |
| 3 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.117s |
| 4 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.164s |
| 5 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.456s |
| 6 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.936s |
| 7 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +8.623s |
| 8 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +8.806s |
| 9 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +9.056s |
| 10 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +9.523s |
2025 Misano MotoGP News—Saturday
Marquez’s Sprint run ends
After 14 Sprint victories and one second place from the first 15 rounds, Marc Marquez finally slipped up on a Saturday in 2025, as he crashed out of the lead at Turn 15.
“In that corner I was on the limit, but I was not riding over my limit,” he explained. “aI was riding well, for that reason I attacked him, because I saw that I had a better pace on those laps. I did the most difficult thing, and then I made a mistake in the easiest thing, the easiest part. I forced too much, I went a bit wide on that Turn 15. Typical crash of Misano.
“I had the concentration in the correct way, just the first mistake of the sprint race. It can happen. With the soft, I’m struggling, because it’s pushing the front a bit, and in fact on the quali, I was struggling a bit on that point.
“I take a lot of risk in the sprint races during the season, and it has been a success every time, and one day is a day, and today was the day. Since Austria last year I didn’t make a mistake in the sprint, so it can happen.”
Pecco’s nightmare
Pecco Bagnaia’s horror show season showed few signs of abating at his home race as he ended a miserable Sprint race in 13th.
“The pace this morning was to fight for the podium,” he said. “No more, no less. And as soon as I started, I struggled from the first brake, Corner 4. And from that moment, every time I was trying to stop, trying to lean, the front was going everywhere I haven’t any answer also. I was struggling from the third corner.
“I’m living a nightmare and I just want to raise my head up just to see some light. Because today also it’s quite strange. I just would like to finish the interviews as soon as possible to go back to the garage and speak with the team to understand something.”
Honda ‘growing up’
Saturday showed just how far Honda has come. Luca Marini was quite disappointed with his seventh place in the Sprint, after qualifying sixth.
Honda brought an updated chassis, swingarm and aero package for both the Italian and Joan Mir in Austria. And Johann Zarco believes the Italian has been the perfect rider to develop these parts.
“He’s working well and Luca is a very clever rider,” said the Frenchman. “And I think the way he’s riding can also help to fix the bike in a good way because he’s always in control of what he’s doing.
“So lately the bike, Honda, it seems they have done good improvement because Mir and Marini, they were step by step, having positive comments and getting better.”
MotoGP Sprint Race
The run into the first corner in terms of the holeshot was a hotly contested one and hanging it around the outside through Turn 1 and into Turn 2 was Bezzecchi, as Marc Marquez got aggressive to get past Alex Marquez to earn an early P2. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) lost one place and was P4 at the end of Lap 1, as Bezzecchi held off Marc Marquez on the opening lap.
On Lap 2, Bezzecchi and Alex Marquez traded fastest laps of the Sprint, which meant Quartararo sit 0.4s away from the latter’s rear wheel. Lap 3 passed by and it was a very good one from leader Bezzecchi, a 1:30.970 meant his advantage was up to 0.4s over Marc Marquez and Alex Marquez.
Quartararo’s Sprint then came to a premature end on Lap 5 as Turn 2 bit. The Frenchman slid out of P4 to promote the Pertamina Enduro VR46 duo into P4 and P5 – Fabio Di Giannantonio leading Franco Morbidelli.
Bezzecchi’s lead then vanished on Lap 5 and on Lap 6, the #93 pounced at Turn 6 following a small error at Turn 4 from Bezzecchi that opened a door. So, what did the title chase leader have in his pocket, and what did Bezzecchi have in response?
Well, it wouldn’t be long until a potential battle between the two ended dramatically. Marc Marquez, at Turn 15, crashed out of the lead. His first big Saturday blunder of the season unfolded and despite his best efforts to dig in his elbow and pick his Ducati up, that was his Sprint over.
Now, it was Bezzecchi vs Alex Marquez for the gold medal. At the start of Lap 9, Bezzecchi led by 0.5s and in the chase for what was now the bronze medal, Di Giannantonio was just under half a second clear of teammate Morbidelli.
With three to go, Bezzecchi had stretched his lead to just under a second now and it looked like the home hero had this one covered. Di Giannantonio didn’t have P3 under control though because Morbidelli began to swarm, the latter setting his best lap of the Sprint on Lap 11.
Last lap time! Bezzecchi led by 0.8s at the beginning of it, and the Italian held his nerve to bring his RS-GP home to back up his pole position into a Sprint win, as Alex Marquez and Di Giannantonio brought their Ducatis over the line in P2 and P3.
Morbidelli didn’t quite have enough to get the better of his teammate in the closing stages, so it’s P4 for the Italian on Saturday. Fifth went to Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) as he and rookie Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) came home a tenth apart, as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) collect the final Saturday points.
After Marc Marquez’s crash and Francesco Bagnaia’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) disappointing P13, it was a rare Saturday afternoon to forget for the factory Ducati squad. On the other hand, Aprilia will be delighted. Can they double up with victory on Sunday.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—MotoGP Sprint Race
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 19m 52.966s |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +1.000s |
| 3 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +2.551s |
| 4 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +3.526s |
| 5 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +6.834s |
| 6 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +6.960s |
| 7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +9.307s |
| 8 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +11.027s |
| 9 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +11.594s |
| 10 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +12.928s |
MotoGP Qualifying
Misano has a home hero on pole thanks to Marco Bezzecchi’s (Aprilia Racing) late run in a fascinating MotoGP Q2. The Italian landed a 1:30.134 on his penultimate flying lap to beat Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) by just 0.088s, while Q1 graduate Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) also got within a tenth of a Saturday morning P1. Championship leader Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) will launch from P4 ahead of a quartet of hungry Italians.
At the end of the opening efforts in Q1, Quartararo led the way with a 1:30.842, as Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) slotted into an early P2 thanks to a lap that was just 0.010s slower than the Frenchman.
Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3), Barcelona’s P3 podium finisher, needed a lap in the latter stages of Q1 but on his out-lap, ‘The Beast’ crashed at Turn 15 with five minutes to go, and that was session over. At best, it would be a P17 grid slot on home soil for Bastianini.
Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Trackhouse MotoGP duo, Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura, threatened to penetrate that top two in the closing stages, but a rapid Quartararo – who set a blistering 1:30.481 – and Aldeguer were the two sailing into Q2.
And then, it was pole position shootout time at Misano – and one that would be underway without Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) after the Spaniard and the team decided to sit out Saturday’s action following his crash in Practice.
On track, Marc Marquez sent the initial benchmark, a 1:30.624, but chasing him on the road was his younger brother Alex Marquez. The #93 sat up and out of his second flying lap but the #73 didn’t – and it was a time that sent the Catalan GP winner to the summit. A 1:30.222 was now the provisional pole time, the fastest lap of the weekend so far, as Bezzecchi slotted into P2 ahead of Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
After the small mistake, Marc Marquez dropped to P7, with Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) currently occupying the second row.
Bagnaia, Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) all got Turn 1 wrong on their opening second run laps, as Marc Marquez had Acosta for company – and both were setting red splits through the first two sectors. Then, Acosta crashed at the tight Turn 14, while the championship leader leapt to P2, 0.130s away from Alex Marquez.
Bagnaia got his next lap right and jumped from P6 to P4, as Bezzecchi and Quartararo then lit up the timing screens. First across the line was the latter, and it was a belter – the #20 leapfrogged Marc Marquez to go P2, 0.096s off Alex Marquez, before Bezzecchi delighted the Italian faithful to grab provisional pole.
However, this wasn’t done. Quartararo strung together another brilliant lap but it wasn’t quite enough. 0.094s was the gap between Bezzecchi and third place Quartararo, and with no more improvements coming, Misano pole position did land in Bezzecchi’s hands as the #72 leads Alex Marquez and Quartararo on the front row.
Behind the top three, Marc Marquez will launch from P4 at the San Marino GP, with Morbidelli starting fifth and a late lap from Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) saw the Italian earn a late P6 – his best qualifying result with HRC.
Di Giannantonio spearheads the third row in P7 ahead of Bagnaia and Acosta, with Aldeguer only 0.4s away from pole, but such is the competitiveness in MotoGP this weekend, that was only good enough for P10. Meanwhile, Martin had to settle for P11.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—MotoGP Qualifying
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 1’30.134s |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.088s |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.094s |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.218s |
| 5 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.249s |
| 6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.256s |
| 7 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.261s |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.280s |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.352s |
| 10 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.482s |
Moto2 Qualifying
Fresh from his first Moto2 win from his first pole on the class, Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Aspar Team) remains the class of the field post-qualifying in Misano. A new record 1:34.216 puts the Spanish rookie ahead of home hero Celestino Vietti (SUP Racing) by just 0.040s, with points leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) in third.
Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) is fourth, the Belgian looking to re-find some form on race day after his podium heroics earlier in the year, followed by teammate Aron Canet. Second overall, Canet will be looking to move forward quickly as he aims to cut down his 38-point deficit to Gonzalez.
Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) remains in the hunt too, and he’s completing Row 2 at Misano. Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) is next up ahead of another Q1 graduate in home hero Tony Arbolino (Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha Moto2).
Barcelona podium finisher Jake Dixon (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) is ninth completing Row 3, ahead of Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) who rounds out the top ten.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—Moto2 Qualifying
| 1 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO ImpulseAspar Team (Kalex) | 1m 41.549s |
| 2 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.080s |
| 3 | Collin Veijer | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.189s |
| 4 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +0.212s |
| 5 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +0.251s |
| 6 | Daniel Munoz | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.258s |
| 7 | Filip Salac | CZE | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.288s |
| 8 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.316s |
| 9 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO (Kalex) | +0.322s |
| 10 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex) | +0.325s |
Moto3 Qualifying
Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) took another pole position at Misano in Moto3™, the second of his impressive rookie season after the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Still, the Argentinean left it late to fly up the order to head a KTM front row lockout ahead of Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) and Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3), the latter of whom who makes a first appearance on the front row.
Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) leads the second row of the grid from fourth ahead of David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) and Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) who secured top Honda honours.
Row 3 is Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) ahead of Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), the latter of whom made a mistake on his final flying lap.
Second in the Championship, Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) launches from P11.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—Moto3 Qualifying
| 1 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | 1m 40.328s |
| 2 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.025s |
| 3 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.092s |
| 4 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.110s |
| 5 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.112s |
| 6 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.180s |
| 7 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.199s |
| 8 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.255s |
| 9 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.277s |
| 10 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.435s |
2025 Misano MotoGP News—Friday
Yamaha V4 makes its debut
Yamaha’s new V4 YZR-M1 made its public debut on Friday as Augusto Fernandez showcased its potential at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
Fernandez ended the day one place higher than Alex Rins on the inline four engine, and just 1.1s off the fastest time—a hugely encouraging start.
“We improved a lot the rear part – as you all know was the main issue on the standard bike was the rear part, grip and management of the grip. This is much better already, since the beginning and now we are trying to find the balance of the bike to make the front work as (good as) the standard (bike).”
Enea’s new crew chief
After his success in Barcelona, Enea Bastianini confirmed he has split with crew chief Alberto Giribuola before the Catalan GP.
Giribuola, who previously worked with the Italian at Ducati, had agreed to join Yamaha to work with Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2026. When Bastianini found out, it’s believed he felt it best to terminate their relationship immediately.
Xavi Palacin has replaced Giribuola in the Tech3 box. “In Barcelona I had changed my crew chief but we didn’t talk about this. He’s leaving twice from my team. Now I have a new crew chief – Javi. The work will be the same. He knows my style. He was in the Monla team when I was in Moto3. He knows very well what I need.
“He (Giribuola) decided to leave KTM. It happened.”
Friday MotoGP
A 1:30.480 saw Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) pocket Day 1 honours at the Red Bull Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera in a tightly contested afternoon in the weekly MotoGP chase for the top 10 on a Friday. Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) was second fastest on home turf for him and the Noale factory, 0.147s the gap, as Franco Morbidelli handed Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team a top three heading into Saturday’s action at Misano.
It was tight at the top for the first half of the session and leading the way was a familiar number #93. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was less than a tenth behind, with Bezzecchi P3 just before we tipped into the final 30 minutes of Practice.
The riders who were inside the all-important top 10 when the tipping point into time attack came around were Marc Marquez, Morbidelli, Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol), Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), with those riders split by just 0.461s. The top 17 were covered by 0.733s, so this was about to be an intense scrap for automatic Q2 promotion.
With 15 minutes left, the improvements began to roll in. Pecco moved up to P5 before the #63 went fastest by over two tenths, but that soon changed because Marc Marquez moved the goalposts by a further three tenths with a 1:30.480. Bezzecchi then clawed himself into P2 to sit 0.163s adrift of Marc Marquez, as reigning World Champion Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) briefly jumped into the top 10 before his lap was chalked off.
Alex Marquez’s best effort was enough for P4 with nine minutes to go, but then Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) slotted into P4 with a 1:30.819 – 0.339s off Marquez’s pace.
Bezzecchi then went faster to go 0.147s slower than Marquez, and just behind, teammate Martin earned a nice tow to pounce into P6, and that shoved Quartararo out of the top 10 with under four minutes to go.
Yellow flags were shown after crashes for Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha Factory Racing Team) at Turn 2 and then Mir at Turn 9, before Raul Fernandez crashed at Turn 15. And the latter’s fall meant laps were cancelled, including for Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) – the Italian was sitting in P18 with one lap left.
Would there be late changes in the top 10? Yes, because Marini was on a very good lap and the Italian managed to hold it to the line to grab P7 at the chequered flag, but Quartararo missed out – and so did Bastianini! Two big hitters from Barcelona were left frustrated.
So, Ducati lead Aprilia on Day 1, with Morbidelli the only other rider to get within two tenths of Marc Marquez’s time on Friday afternoon. P4 is a confidence booster for Pecco, while Alex Marquez has a little more work to do than he did in Barcelona vs his brother, as Mir and Marini hand HRC a double top 10. Martin heading straight into Q2 is a potential game changer for the #1’s weekend in Misano, as Acosta and Di Giannantonio earn the final two top 10 spots.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—Friday MotoGP
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | 1’30.480s |
| 2 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.147s |
| 3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.193s |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.230s |
| 5 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.272s |
| 6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.339s |
| 7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.368s |
| 8 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.377s |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.409s |
| 10 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.435s |
Friday Moto2
It was a perfect start to his second home round of the year for Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) as the Italian clinched P1 on Friday at Misano. Going into Saturday as the rider to beat, it’s a solid start for Vietti who continues to chase his first win of the year and where better to get it than at Misano? Elsewhere, title race leader Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) earned a Friday P2 ahead of Catalan GP winner Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) in third.
Fourth place went the way of Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) despite a final corner crash for the British rider. After a disappointing weekend in Barcelona, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) completed the top five and looks in decent shape ahead of Saturday’s action
The same can’t be said for Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) though because the rider second in the title chase is set for Q1 after finishing Practice in P15.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—Friday Moto2
| 1 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Beta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | 1m 34.650s |
| 2 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.097s |
| 3 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.205s |
| 4 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.276s |
| 5 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +0.319s |
| 6 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +0.390s |
| 7 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | NED | RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex) | +0.393s |
| 8 | Izan Guevara | SPA | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +0.411s |
| 9 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.419s |
| 10 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +0.517s |
Friday Moto3
That’s what a great afternoon at the office looks like for Leopard Racing as David Almansa and Adrian Fernandez hand the Honda outfit a 1-2 Friday finish at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, with the session leader 0.498s clear of the field. Almansa’s 1:40.596 was the only time below the 1:41 mark, as Joel Kelso (LEVEL-UP MTA) completed the top three.
Rookie Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and World Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) sail into Q2 after earning P4 and P5 on Friday.
Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) was sixth fastest ahead of Barcelona podium finisher Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), while Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), who has been confirmed to be moving to Moto2 in 2026, squeezed into the top 14 in P12
Bike issues for Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) mean the rookie is set for Q1 in Misano.
2025 Misano MotoGP Results—Friday Moto3
| 1 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | 1m 40.596s |
| 2 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.498s |
| 3 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.514s |
| 4 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.518s |
| 5 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.623s |
| 6 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.676s |
| 7 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.707s |
| 8 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.736s |
| 9 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.757s |
| 10 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.770s |
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