Sunday MotoGP Race
Just like he did in the Sprint, and once again, it wasn’t a good start from Bezzecchi from pole as Acosta earned the holeshot. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) made a cracking start from P6 and was an early second as huge drama unfolded at Turn 6.
Bezzecchi was behind Marc Marquez and went for a gap that didn’t really exist at the furiously fast right-hander. Contact was made, Bezzecchi hitting Marc Marquez’s Ducati, and both went down in a big way. The pre-race favorite and the World Champion were out of the Grand Prix after six corners, with both thankfully able to walk away.
However, Marc Marquez did suffer an injury to his right collarbone in the crash, meaning the #93 will fly back to Europe for further checks to see if surgery will be needed. In addition, post-race, Aprilia Racing confirmed that Bezzecchi was taken to the local hospital for further examinations.
Back on track, another podium contender then crashed on Lap 2, as Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) went down at Turn 16 to end his positive weekend prematurely. So, where did that leave us? Acosta led from Aldeguer and Marini, with Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) a close P4. Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was in P5 ahead of his teammate Fabio Quartararo.
On Lap 7, Aldeguer hit the front for the first time. Turn 10 was the passing place; a classic up the inside move was done, but Acosta retaliated at Turn 1 on the next lap. But the #37 was wide, allowing Aldeguer back through, and a fastest lap of the Grand Prix was landed by the rookie to stretch his lead to 0.509s over the line.
While lapping in P16, Francesco Bagnaia’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) disappointing weekend ended with a Turn 17 crash, in what quickly turned into a Grand Prix to forget for the newly crowned Teams’ World Champions.
At the front, Aldeguer had checked out. On Lap 11, the rookie’s lead was 2.5s, as Marini began to climb all over the tailpipes of Acosta. Fernandez was right there too, and if anyone had hopes of winning this contest, getting past Acosta as soon as possible was key.
But we were witnessing superiority from Aldeguer here. The #54 was lapping a good half a second and the rest faster than anyone else on track, and with Marini and Acosta engaging in battle, that lead grew to 4.3s at the start of Lap 13. And all this was bringing Rins, Alex Marquez, Quartararo, and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) into the podium picture.
Lap 14 saw Fernandez and Marini scrap it out through Turn 16 and Turn 17, and as contact was made going into the final corner, Rins said, ‘Thank you very much’, and moved into P3. Alex Marquez cruised through as well and suddenly, Fernandez and Marini were P5 and P8.
At this stage, Aldeguer was 6.5s up the road. The win, if no mistakes were made and his tyres didn’t fall off a cliff, was his. But this fight for the final two rostrum spots was superb. P2 down to Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in P12 was just over three seconds.
Acosta was digging deep in P2. His personal best lap of the Grand Prix came on Lap 17, a 1:31.107, and it was enough at this stage to keep Rins and the rest at arm’s length. That safety net didn’t last though. Rins was through on Lap 20, and now it was Alex Marquez who began to hound the KTM.
And a move from the #73 arrived on Lap 22 at Turn 10 to shove Acosta out of the podium places for the first time. Then, Marquez powered past Rins into Turn 1 to make it a Gresini 1-2 in Indonesia as Rins began to really struggle on that soft rear tyre. Fernandez and Binder were through, Acosta was back into P3, with Binder – from P15 on the grid – fending off Fernandez to see the South African sit in P4 behind teammate Acosta.
With three laps to go, Acosta was back into P2 at Turn 10 to return the favour on Alex Marquez, as a 0.9s gap opened up behind the battle for P2 and P3 to Binder.
Starting the final lap in a different postcode to the field, Aldeguer just had to cruise home to a dream debut MotoGP victory. 8.6s was the gap, and it looked like Acosta had P2 in the bag too as Alex Marquez dropped to 0.9s back.
And of course, Aldeguer made no mistakes. What a ride. What a win. Aldeguer adds his name to that illustrious MotoGP winners’ list, and he’s also the second youngest to ever do it after the famous #93. Acosta did hold onto a very, very hard-fought P2, with Alex Marquez strengthening his grip on second in the championship with a P3 in Indonesia.
Fair play to Binder. That was some effort to bring his RC16 home in a season-best P4, with Marini battling his way back to P5. Fernandez backed up his Sprint podium with a solid P6 in the Grand Prix, with Quartararo the lead Yamaha rider in seventh. Eighth went to Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), P9 was his teammate Di Giannantonio, with Rins’ charge ending with a P10 – but how good was it to see the #42 back in the rostrum scrap?
Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) was 11th across the line ahead of Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR), Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda LCR), and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) – the Australian crossing the line in P14 after he crashed out of the top 10 group in the closing stages.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results
| 1 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | 41m 7.651s |
| 2 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +6.987s |
| 3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +7.896s |
| 4 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +8.901s |
| 5 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +9.129s |
| 6 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +9.709s |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +9.894s |
| 8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +10.087s |
| 9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +10.350s |
| 10 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +13.223s |
Moto2 Race
It was a stellar display from Brazilian star Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) as he took more points out of Manuel Gonzalez’s (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) points lead before post-race drama unravelled. The championship leader crossed the line in P2, but the #18 was handed a DSQ for a technical infringement, resulting in a 0 scored in Indonesia. Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) celebrated a second Moto2 podium, initially in P3 but that turns to P2 now, with Aron Canet’s (Fantic Racing) classy comeback to P4 from outside the top 20 now earning him a P3 – and with it, a lifeline in the title chase.
Snatching the lead on Lap 1, Guevara hit the front ahead of polesitter Moreira but it didn’t last long as the Brazilian was able to take over at the helm on Lap 2. Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) soon got himself into contention too, moving past Guevara to hit P2, a fast start from the middle of the second row. Having had exceptional pace on Friday, Gonzalez was sitting in fourth ahead of David Alonso (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) but the Colombian suffered a huge crash at the penultimate corner, thankfully able to walk away.
Lap 6 brought with it the start of the battle between ‘Manugas’ and Guevara with the Championship leader getting the better of the 2022 Moto3™ World Champion but there was drama ahead as the second of the Aspar machines fell; Holgado tucked the front at Turn 17 but was all OK. Meanwhile, Canet had charged through the field and having started from 21st, he had climbed to fourth and was one of the fastest riders on the track, just ahead of 2020 Moto3 Champion Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2).
Into the second half of the race and the gap was stable at around one second between title contenders Moreira and Gonzalez, nothing able to split their lap times. Elsewhere, Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing) had moved into P6 ahead of Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team), Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) who completed the top ten with six to go. Baltus’ charge continued on Lap 16, getting ahead of Arenas for fifth at Turn 16.
Nobody could land a blow on Moreira though, who cut into Gonzalez’s points advantage for a second consecutive weekend. Taking victory at the same circuit as his maiden Moto3 win, Moreira was flawless throughout the 22 laps. Gonzalez remains the Championship leader but now, the gap is just nine points going to Australia following the DSQ.
Guevara takes P2, that’s his first of the year and second in the class, whilst Canet’s climb to fourth (now third) keeps him in contention. Teammate Baltus rounded out the top four on a positive Sunday for Fantic.
Arenas was back in the top five for the first time since the Austrian GP in August, ahead of Roberts who was back in the top ten for the first time since his victory at Brno. Rookie Ortola made it P7 whilst Veijer, Dixon and Adrian Huertas (Italtrans Racing Team) rounded out the top 10.
2025 Indonesian Moto2 Results
| 1 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | 34m 23.800s |
| 2 | Izan Guevara | SPA | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +7.261s |
| 3 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing (Kalex) | +9.050s |
| 4 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing (Kalex) | +9.518s |
| 5 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +11.109s |
| 6 | Joe Roberts | USA | OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex) | +11.544s |
| 7 | Ivan Ortola | SPA | QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI (Boscoscuro) | +14.591s |
| 8 | Collin Veijer | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +15.022s |
| 9 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +15.363s |
| 10 | Adrian Huertas | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +19.100s |
Moto3 Race
Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) sealed the 2025 Moto3 World Championship in style with a win at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia. A dramatic race ended early in a Red Flag, causing a parc ferme shuffle before the podium was confirmed as Rueda, Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) following post-race penalties for Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team).
Plenty of riders got a brilliant launch but it was Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) who emerged from Turn 1 in the lead, with David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Fernandez and early P2 and P3. Rueda dropped to P13 by the end of Lap 1, while title rival Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) had made great progress – the #36 was up to P6. That turned to P4 on Lap 2 as the Spaniard got his elbows out, with Fernandez and Quiles now ahead of Kelso at the front of the freight train.
At the start of Lap 5, Piqueras was forced to run wide after being sandwiched by Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Muñoz, which saw Piqueras drop to P10, one place behind Rueda. Then, one of the frontrunners was on the floor as Kelso tumbled out of contention at Turn 10 to end his podium hopes in Indonesia.
Lap 7 saw Quiles lead for the first time as Rueda climbed to P6. It was a front group of twelve and at this stage, Piqueras was eighth – but with Quiles leading, Rueda wasn’t yet in a title-winning position. However, later around the lap, he was. Rueda was up to P3 at the halfway stage and as things stood, the Moto3 crown would be his.
On Lap 12 of 20, Rueda remained in a title-winning place. He was P2, Quiles was nipping at his heels in P3, while Piqueras was struggling to make progress in P9. Fernandez was leading the way until the #99 slid through into the lead at Turn 10 on Lap 13. Did the chasers have a response, or was Rueda about to clinch his first World Championship title in the perfect way possible?
It was getting better for Rueda too because Quiles dropped to P8, one place behind Piqueras, before three riders crashed at Turn 16 on Lap 14. Carpe, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) were down and out of contention and then, Quiles and Piqueras were handed Long Lap penalties for short cutting Turn 9 as the drama amped up.
Barring a mistake from Rueda, something he’s barely made all season, the 2025 title was about to be his. Piqueras took his Long Lap on Lap 17 and the #36 was then P8, but Quiles continued on his way in P4.
With three laps to go, Rueda was leading until Turn 10. Muñoz then slipped up the inside to take the lead before huge drama for the #64 as Fernandez attacked him and made contact, with Muñoz left skittled out into the run off and the #31 in the lead.
Rueda then hit the front but just after he’d taken over, the red flag came out. With the countback, not only was Rueda was officially the 2025 Moto3 World Champion – after a double Long Lap penalty was handed to Fernandez, Rueda was also the winner in Indonesia. Quiles completed his Long Lap penalty just before the red flag but it wasn’t soon enough to count, and the #28 was handed a three-second post-race penalty. That promoted Lunetta to P2 and Pini to P3, the latter celebrating his first Moto3 podium.
Quiles dropped to P4 after his penalty, as Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) collected his best result of the season – and his Moto3 career. Fernandez ended the race in P6, with Piqueras seventh as he sees his title chances officially disappear. Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), Stefano Nepa (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Kelso, despite his crash, completed the top 10 in Indonesia.
2025 Indonesian Moto3 Results
| 1 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 29m 28.292s |
| 2 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.305s |
| 3 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.388s |
| 4 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +3.027s |
| 5 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +4.978s |
| 6 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +5.747s |
| 7 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +6.154s |
| 8 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +16.144s |
| 9 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +16.483s |
| 10 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +20.248s |
Ducati seal Team’s Championship, but…
On paper Saturday spelt joy for Ducati as the factory team wrapped up the Team’s Championship. Yet that was at odds with the mood in the camp, as Marc Marquez had his worst Sprint finish of the year and Pecco Bagnaia was mired in another crisis.
The fact the grid is using a harder, heat resistant rear Michelin carcass here has deprived many of rear grip. “We cannot brake late and hard. normally that’s our strong point. plus we can’t use our drive because it’s more slippery,” said Marquez. “So, you need to flow a lot and keep the corner speed in this circuit. It’s the weak point of our bike.”
Bagnaia’s performance was frankly embarrassing. Finishing last, 29s off the victory and being more than 3s slower than the leaders per lap represented a new nadir. “I’m not riding, I’m just a passenger of my bike. I cannot control anything. I’m just having a lot of movement. I think four times I arrived to Turns 1 and 10 without brakes.”
Rins v Marquez
The Sprint was an eventful one for Marc Marquez, who barged Alex Rins off track at Turn 10. The recently crowned champ was immediately handed a Long Lap Penalty, and admitted it was merited.
“I did that mistake on the first lap,” said the Ducati man. “I already said sorry to Alex. I couldn’t control that first lap in first hard brake point. I jump in on the first place a bit, start to slide the rear, plus the slipstream of the front riders… Me and Rins, both of us were a bit wide. But I was inside and couldn’t stop. if I jumped more in Marini was there.”
“I was so angry with Marc because he destroyed my race,” said Rins. “And I was there. One time can happen to me, one time can happen to him. I mean, this is racing.”
Viñales withdraws from round, possibly season
Maverick Viñales withdrew from the Indonesian GP on Saturday due to continued issues with the left shoulder he injured at the Sachsenring in July.
The Catalan knows he’s months away from full fitness but returned in Barcelona in the hope of building up strength in the joint. But at Mandalika he admitted he may need some time away. “To keep going like this is very hard for me, because I have pain and I’m losing a lot of feedback from the bike,” he said on Friday. “So we must be very smart and see what is the best way to recover faster.
“I’m not improving now. And especially in terms of strength, a lot of strength. So basically in this track that is very challenging in terms of change of direction, I’m very slow, and then I lose from Turn 5 to Turn 9, I lose 1 second to my teammates. This is a lot.”
MotoGP Sprint Race
From the off, Bezzecchi didn’t get a good launch from pole as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) briefly led from P6, but the Italian was wide to allow Aldeguer and Fernandez through, as well as Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
Turn 10 on the opening lap saw Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) make contact, which saw both run wide, with the Yamaha star coming out the worse of the two. It was an incident that saw the World Champion handed a Long Lap penalty, which he took on Lap 3, and that dropped him to P13 – ahead of where Rins had been shuffled back to.
At the front, Aldeguer was leading by half a second from Acosta, with Fernandez still third ahead of Marini and Bezzecchi. As we watched Bezzecchi attempt a pass at Turn 1 on Marini, we then cut to Acosta in the gravel at the same corner. The KTM star was down and out of P2 which handed Aldeguer a 1.8s lead, with Bezzecchi now chasing Fernandez for P2.
As soon as he got a bit of clean air, Bezzecchi set the fastest lap of the Sprint. With eight laps left, the Italian was just over two seconds away from the leader. Aldeguer’s best friend in this Sprint was second place Fernandez and on Lap 8 of 13, Bezzecchi was swarming all over the rear tyre of the Trackhouse rider.
A pass for P2 came at Turn 10 on Lap 8 and at this stage, the gap between Aldeguer and Bezzecchi sat at 1.9s. A lap later it was 1.2s because Bezzecchi slammed in a 1:29.638 – a new fastest lap of the Sprint, and that compared to Aldeguer’s 1:30.379. This was some sensational pace from the polesitter and after a very sluggish start that saw him drop to P8, the #72 was well in the victory hunt.
With two laps to go, the gap was down to 0.5s as Bezzecchi took another four tenths off of Aldeguer’s lead and at the start of the last lap, it was 0.3s. Then, it was nothing.
Turn 10 was the place again for Bezzecchi and he got the job done despite being slightly wide. He picked up Aldeguer but the rookie wasn’t giving this up without a fight. It was close through Turn 12, but Bezzecchi had the advantage and he managed to hold it to the line. A stunning comeback from Bezzecchi to catch and pass Aldeguer on the last lap as the pair treat us to a brilliant Saturday Sprint in Mandalika, as Fernandez held onto his first Sprint podium in P3.
Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crossed the line in a fairly lonely P4 to strengthen his grip on P2 in the overall championship, with Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) completing the top five. Marini dropped to P6 in the end but after a post-race eight-second tyre pressure penalty, the Italian dropped out of the points. That meant Marc Marquez finished the Sprint in P6 after he cut his way back through some of the pack after his Long Lap penalty.
P7 and P8 went to Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio, while Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) was promoted from P10 to P9 and the final point after Marini’s penalty.
Meanwhile, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), last weekend’s Sprint and Grand Prix winner, finished 29s off the win in P14 to see Bezzecchi close in on P3 overall. Ducati Lenovo Team’s disappointing Saturday didn’t stop them from clinching the Teams’ Championship, though. Congratulations to all in red for another fantastic season, but they’ll be searching for a better day at the office tomorrow.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—MotoGP Sprint Race
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 19m 37.047s |
| 2 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.157s |
| 3 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +4.062s |
| 4 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +5.832s |
| 5 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +8.759s |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +9.772s |
| 7 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +11.980s |
| 8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +12.096s |
| 9 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +12.988s |
| 10 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +13.312s |
MotoGP Qualifying
With both Marquez and Bagnaia contesting Q1, it was always going to be a battle for graduation. Marquez led Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in the provisional graduation spots after the first run, with Pecco P7, the Japanese GP winner with work to do. Lapping together, ‘Diggia’ and teammate Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) managed to improve their times with the #21 briefly into Q2 before Di Giannantonio snatched P1, demoting the #93 to P2 but at the chequered flag, he was safe. Di Giannantonio and Marquez moved into Q2, Morbidelli missing out by 0.048s. Bagnaia was only sixth, leaving him 16th on the grid.
With Q2 underway, all eyes turned to the pole battle and pre-session favourite Bezzecchi, who was fastest on Friday and in FP2 on Saturday. He delivered the goods and by the end of the first run was the rider to beat, but there was still time for it all to change. Further down the order, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) suffered a fast crash at Turn 15 but was straight back on his feet and onto his second bike.
Going into the final run, Marc Marquez needed a lap and was down in P10 with less than three minutes remaining. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Fernandez were on the provisional front row, but Bezzecchi was in a different league up ahead, smashing the all-time lap record and becoming the first rider into the 1’28s at Mandalika. Just behind, Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) had put in a cracking lap to go third, whilst elsewhere, Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) fell at Turn 13.
Nobody could catch Bezzecchi, who stormed to pole position, a second in three GPs and with a margin of 0.398s. In second place, a first front row in MotoGP for Aldeguer, following Bezzecchi home just like on Friday afternoon. Fernandez recovered his front row starting position from Rins, a first front row for him since he was third at the Sachsenring in 2024. Rins crashed on his final flying lap but nevertheless takes a best qualifying since COTA in 2023, which he went on to win. Acosta and Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) round out the second row of the grid with all five manufacturers across the front two rows.
Despite a late fall that cost him a second row grid slot, Alex Marquez took the chequered flag for P7, ahead of Quartararo and Marc Marquez. It was the #93’s worst qualifying of the season and he’ll have to battle through before thinking about a podium. A first top ten since Aragon last year for Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) makes it three Yamahas inside the top ten too, ahead of Di Giannantonio and Motegi podium finisher Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol).
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—MotoGP Qualifying
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 1’28.832s |
| 2 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.398s |
| 3 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +0.452s |
| 4 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.504s |
| 5 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.511s |
| 6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.681s |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.909s |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.939s |
| 9 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.941s |
| 10 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.019s |
Moto2 Qualifying
Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) will start from pole for the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, with the Brazilian slamming in a new lap record right at the end of qualifying to deny David Alonso (CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team) the top spot. Alonso starts second ahead of Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), with Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) pushed down to P4.
Gonzalez is joined on Row 2 by Daniel Holgado (CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team) fresh from the top step in Japan, and Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing).
Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing) form up Row 3. Aron Canet (Fantic Racing) once again failed to make it up from Q1, outside the top 20 on the grid.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—Moto2 Qualifying
| 1 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | 1m 32.341s |
| 2 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.158s |
| 3 | Izan Guevara | SPA | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +0.175s |
| 4 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.257s |
| 5 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.330s |
| 6 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex) | +0.344s |
| 7 | Collin Veijer | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.484s |
| 8 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.568s |
| 9 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing (Kalex) | +0.577s |
| 10 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +0.584s |
Moto3 Qualifying
Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) made a late dash for pole at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, with the fight for the front rows going down to the final seconds in classic Moto3 style. David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) complete the front row.
Title fight protagonists Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and points leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) are both looking for more on Sunday. Piqueras, who led the way on Friday, will try and make a final stand in Lombok from P11, whereas Rueda takes aim at the crown from P9. Rueda is currently 93 points ahead and needs to be 100 or more clear by the end of the race to lift the crown.
Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) take fourth and fifth, the final two riders demoting provisional polesitter Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) in the final dash for the top. Quiles starts sixth.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—Moto3 Qualifying
| 1 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | 1m 37.022s |
| 2 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.099s |
| 3 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.152s |
| 4 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.159s |
| 5 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.218s |
| 6 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.341 |
| 7 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.361s |
| 8 | Luca Lunetta | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) | +0.488s |
| 9 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.525s |
| 10 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.555s |
2025 Indonesian MotoGP News—Friday
Bagnaia rode Morbidelli’s GP24 at Misano
Further details emerged of Pecco Bagnaia’s Japanese rejuvenation in Indonesia, where it was confirmed the triple world champion rode Franco Morbidelli’s GP24 at the post-race test at Misano in a bid to understand why his struggles were previously so pronounced.
“Ducati asked something to our team,” said Uccio Salucci in comments that would anger upper factory management. “We are a family. Ducati family, a VR46 family. And we tried to help him on Monday in Misano. We had our bike in our box and Ducati gave us another one.”
There were signs of Ducati management’s patience on the matter fraying at Mandalika. Team Manager Davide Tardozzi snapped at Italian TV for their continued line of questioning on Bagnaia’s current set-up. And the rider was under strict orders to reveal nothing more on the matter.
“I’m just the rider,” he told journalists. “I just say what people tell me to say.”
Martin KO’ed until Sepang
Aprilia was down to two riders in Indonesia with Jorge Martin recovering from the collarbone break he sustained in Japan. And Ai Ogura also withdrew on Thursday due to persistent pain in his right wrist, sustained in a terrifying fast crash in Misano.
Paolo Bonora, Aprilia’s Race Manager, confirmed Martin will also be absent in Australia in two weeks’ time. “It was a big injury for sure. The surgery was very good, very, very good. Now we are checking with the doctors the recovery plan and when he can come back to the race track. For sure I can confirm in Phillip Island he won’t join us, unfortunately.
“We don’t know about the future. We have to wait for the medical examination to understand his physical situation, day by day. It was a big injury. It is not a standard collarbone crack. There were two places [where it was broken]. Yeah, it is necessary to wait. A big hug to Jorge and I would like to say to him that all the team are close to him at this particular moment.”
KTM’s 2027 engine up and running
For the first time KTM has indicated on record that it intends to continue its MotoGP involvement beyond 2026 as it shared videos of its 850cc engine being started up for the first time.
After a winter of catastrophic losses which almost led to the company’s collapse, Motorsport Manager Pit Beirer has always been careful to stop short of confirming the Austrian factory’s participation in MotoGP’s new era, starting in 2027.
Yet his words indicate that is very much in their plans. “I am extremly happy that we could fire up the future of MotoGP already in September 2025,” Beirer said. “We are on a perfect time schedule to get the full bike up and running very soon.
“We have packed everything we have learned during the last years of MotoGP participation into this engine and I am very confident that this piece of art will become a benchmark in the seasons to come from 2027. I want to thank the factory and the whole team behind the project for this massive effort.”
Friday MotoGP
It wasn’t the start to the session that newly crowned World Champion Marc Marquez would have been searching for. The seven-time MotoGP title winner crashed at Turn 10 in the early exchanges to leave the #93 in P17 with half an hour of Friday afternoon’s important outing gone, as KTM, Aprilia, Honda and Yamaha riders sat in the top five.
P17 then turned to P20 and last for Marc Marquez, as we saw the Spaniard crash again – and this one was bigger. Turn 5 bit as Marquez was chucked over the handlebars of his factory Ducati, in what was turning out to be a bruising afternoon for the World Champion. Two crashes in the same session for the first time since the 2024 Indonesian GP wasn’t in the script.
With 17 minutes left, Marc Marquez ventured back out on track to try and get himself back into the top 10 to keep his 100% Friday top 10 record in 2025 intact. There was also work to do on the other side of the box because Bagnaia was sat in P18 – not what we expected after what unfolded in Japan less than a week ago.
Marquez’s first lap out of the box was good enough to promote him to P6, as Acosta went P1 ahead of Bezzecchi with a 1:29.718. Bezzecchi then returned the favour and in some style too. The Italian climbed back into P1 by a whopping four tenths to set the benchmark time at a 1:29.240, with Marc Marquez’s latest lap promoting the champion to P4 – albeit briefly.
In the final five minutes, both Bagnaia and Marc Marquez needed to find some time, and both were on track together. The #93 was shadowing the #63, with the duo in P8 and P17 respectively. Nothing came of it for Pecco on his first two efforts as Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) suffered a fast crash at Turn 12 while sitting in P6, before Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) hit the deck at Turn 3 with just over a minute to go.
Then, Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) was down at Turn 8, and those yellow flags saw Bagnaia’s latest lap cancelled, meaning the Japanese GP winner had one more go at this if he wanted to avoid Q1. And at the same time, Marc Marquez was P9.
But again, Pecco was 0.8s adrift of Bezzecchi’s lap through split number two. A personal best lap time arrived by the end of the lap but it was only good enough for P16, and after late improvements from both the Monster Energy Yamahas of Alex Rins and Fabio Quartararo, Marc Marquez was dumped out of the top 10!
That 100% Friday top record vanished as Marc Marquez finds himself in Q1 for the first time since the 2024 German GP, and both factory Ducati riders found themselves in Q1 for the first time since the 2023 Valencian GP. How things can change in less than a week in MotoGP.
Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) was P4 on another positive day for HRC, with Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) an impressive P5 as the two Aprilias enjoy their Friday outings. Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) was P6 ahead of the late improving Quartararo, with Rins next up in P8. A third Yamaha in the form of Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) heads into Q2 in P9 while Alex Marquez narrowly holds onto the final top spot in P10.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—Friday MotoGP
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 1’29.240s |
| 2 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.408s |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.424s |
| 4 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.490s |
| 5 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +0.493s |
| 6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.528s |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.597s |
| 8 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.628s |
| 9 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.690s |
| 10 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.745s |
Friday Moto2
No one could get close to Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) on Day 1 at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia as the Moto2 championship leader set a new all-time lap record to top Friday’s timesheets. Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) was the only rider to get within two tenths of Gonzalez’s 1:32.996, the Japanese GP winner was P2, as Daniel Muñoz (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the top three.
Third in the Championship, Aron Canet (Fantic Racing) suffered a late crash that cost him dearly – Q1 beckons, again, for the #44 in Lombok.
Second in the standings, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team), had a solid day but will want more in qualifying as he ends Friday in P8.
Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) rounded out the top five ahead of Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing).
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—Friday Moto2
| 1 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | 1m 32.996s |
| 2 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.190s |
| 3 | Daniel Munoz | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.255s |
| 4 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | BLU CRU PramacYamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro) | +0.311s |
| 5 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.317s |
| 6 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | OnlyFans American Racing Team (Kalex) | +0.447s |
| 7 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | RW – Idrofoglia Racing GP (Kalex) | +0.461s |
| 8 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.464s |
| 9 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +0.464s |
| 10 | Collin Veijer | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.483s |
Friday Moto3
Not giving up without a fight, Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) may have his back against the wall in the title scrap but he came out meaning business on Friday in Indonesia. The #36 heads the field into Saturday’s all-important qualifying day, giving him a solid platform to build on in a vital weekend.
Piqueras’ 1’37.503 puts him 0.098s ahead of Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) who suffered a big highside in the last three minutes of the session at Turn 7 and will need to be reviewed before FP2.
Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) takes P3 as he looks to wrap up the World Championship on Sunday, 93 points ahead and needing to be 100+ clear.
Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) was the top Honda in fourth ahead of David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP), fastest in FP1. He headed LEVELUP-MTA duo of Joel Kelso and Matteo Bertelle.
David Almansa (Leopard Racing) is P8 and had a penultimate corner save which took down Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who remains P9 despite that bad luck. Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) completes the top ten.
2025 Indonesian MotoGP Results—Friday Moto3
| 1 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | 1m 37.503s |
| 2 | Maximo Qulies | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (KTM) | +0.098s |
| 3 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.113s |
| 4 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.132s |
| 5 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.285s |
| 6 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.350s |
| 7 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.355s |
| 8 | David Almansa | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.464s |
| 9 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.713s |
| 10 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.736s |
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