2025 Valencia MotoGP News and Results

Sunday MotoGP Race

For the final time in 2025, it was almost lights out for MotoGP, but before we got to that part, there was a strange crash for Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) while the grid pulled up to their starting slots. The #21 hit the back of Aleix Espargaro (Honda HRC Test Team) as the Spaniard stopped in hit grid position, and after heading back out, Morbidelli pulled into the box to signal the end of his 2025. Later, it was confirmed that Morbidelli had picked up a left-hand fracture, meaning he’s also ruled out of Tuesday’s Valencia Test.

Then, the Grand Prix got underway. Bezzecchi secured the launch he had wanted and held the lead over Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), as drama unfolded in the midfield at Turn 4.

Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) was out of control into the right-hander and in the wrong place at the wrong time was Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team). The Italian was forced into the gravel and then couldn’t stop a small tip-off from unfolding, and that was Bagnaia’s GP and season over. Zarco, meanwhile, was handed a Long Lap Penalty for the incident.

At the front, Fernandez was making strong progress and after passing Di Giannantonio, the Australian GP winner set about reeling in Bezzecchi and Marquez on Lap 3 of 27. Successive fastest laps followed as the Trackhouse rider sat 0.6s off of Marquez’s rear tyre. 1.2s further back was Acosta, who was also able to pass Di Giannantonio in the early laps.

The top three, by Lap 10, were 2.6s clear of Acosta in P4. And at the end of Lap 11, Fernandez pounced on Marquez at the final corner. At this stage, Bezzecchi held a 1.3s lead over his fellow Aprilia star, with Fernandez immediately putting 0.7s into Marquez, who was now by far the slowest rider of the top five. Acosta and Di Giannantonio were closing in on the Tissot Sprint winner.

With 11 laps remaining, Acosta got the gap below half a second, with Fernandez chipping away at Bezzecchi’s lead, which was now hovering around the 0.8s mark. And in the battle for P3, after a few laps of Marquez engaging defensive mode, Acosta struck at Turn 4 on Lap 20. It was a successful pass too, and now, Di Giannantonio was climbing all over the exhaust pipes of Marquez, who seemingly had no more pace in his back pocket. Then, sure enough, Di Giannantonio mirrored Acosta’s move at Turn 4 a lap later to wrestle his way into P4.

Bezzecchi’s lead remained narrowly north of half a second on Lap 22 of 27, with both the Italian and the hunter, Fernandez, lapping equally. At this stage, Bezzecchi was buckling under the pressure, but with five laps to go, the gap was down to 0.6s for the first time as Bezzecchi dipped his boot into the 1:31s, with Di Giannantonio a good three tenths faster than anyone else on circuit. Acosta was now the rider feeling the heat in P3.

At the front, it was now 0.540s between Bezzecchi and Fernandez. Would Bezzecchi blink? Any small error from the #72 now would open the door for the #25. On the next lap, it came down again. 0.4s. This was excellent from Fernandez, but with three to go, time was running out.

And it was for Di Giannantonio too in the chase for Sunday’s bronze medal. Acosta was defending well, with the Italian hounding the KTM.

Two laps of 2025 to go! Bezzecchi vs Fernandez for the win, Acosta vs Di Giannantonio for P3. And at Turn 4, Acosta was passed. Could the KTM star respond? He was going to give it a mighty good go.

Last lap time! Bezzecchi led Fernandez by 0.3s, with Di Giannantonio a tenth ahead of Acosta. Halfway around, Bezzecchi was keeping that much-needed breathing space between himself and his fellow RS-GP rider, and that was how it stayed at the chequered flag. Bezzecchi bagged back-to-back victories for the first time in MotoGP, and it was the first Aprilia 1-2 since the Catalan GP after Fernandez’s brilliant ride to P2. Di Giannantonio held off Acosta after his late move, meaning the Italian ends his season with a double podium in Valencia.

Acosta’s efforts ended with him unable to respond to Di Giannantonio’s late attack, meaning it’s a P4 to end the Spaniard’s season that also finishes with a P4 overall finish. Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) picked up P5 with a final corner overtake on teammate Alex Marquez, who crossed the line in P6 following a tougher Sunday at the office.

P7 went to Honda HRC Castrol’s Luca Marini, a seismic result amongst the Sunday storylines because it means the Japanese factory move up to concession Rank C, signalling their impressive progress in 2025. It was P8 for Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), P9 for Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP), and P10 for Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3), who complete the last top 10 of the campaign.

Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) ended his MotoGP career with a P11 as we wish the Portuguese star good luck in his new WorldSBK adventure in 2026. After his Long Lap Penalty, Zarco crossed the line in P12 ahead of Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol), who also had a Long Lap Penalty after his Sprint incident, as Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Nicolo Bulega (Ducati Lenovo Team) collected the final points of the campaign in P14 and P15.

And just like that, 2025 is signed, sealed and delivered. Bezzecchi and Aprilia end it on a high and celebrate a top three finish in the Championship, as we look forward to the new season getting underway on Tuesday with the Valencia Test. Ducati remain the benchmark after Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Alex Marquez’s 1-2 finish in the World Championship, but Aprilia have certainly sent out a warning sign in 2025.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Sunday MotoGP Race

1	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	40m 52.458s
2	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+0.686s
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+3.765s
4	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+4.749s
5	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*	+8.048s
6	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+8.166s
7	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+12.644s
8	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+14.582s
9	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+15.497s
10	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+17.460s

Moto2 Race

Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) is the 2025 Moto2™ World Champion. A 10th place in a dramatic final race of the season was more than enough to secure the crown as sole remaining rival, Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), faced a must win and pulled in from the latter half of the top ten.

Up at the front, Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) took his first Moto2 win in some style too, becoming a record 11th different winner this season as he held off Daniel Holgado (CFMoto Inde Aspar Team). Ivan Ortola (QJMotor – FRINSA – MSI) charged up the order to make it another first in third place, taking his maiden Moto2™ rostrum.

After a tense orchestra of revs on the grid, it was Guevara who emerged with the early lead, with Gonzalez holding station in fifth and Moreira getting his elbows out to do the same in ninth.

Guevara, polesitter Holgado, Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) and Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) was the quartet leading Gonzalez, with relative calm across the group early doors, before Ortola attacked Gonzalez for fifth on Lap 5. Moreira remained ninth, with Celestino Vietti (Sync SpeedRS Team) and Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) for company.

Ortola then attacked Arenas for fourth on Lap 7 as Guevara and Holgado started to eke out a gap in the lead. Agius and Ortola cut it back down, but then had their own fight and gave the ground back up. Gonzalez then went wide and gathered it back up. On Lap 14 he went wide again and gathered it back up. But the pressure was building and his pace was dropping. Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) pipped past the #18 not long after, leaving him at the head of a three-bike train – and Arenas and Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) needed no second invitation.

Guevara led Holgado at the front, and in the pack Gonzalez was now eighth and Moreira ninth, split by a second and a half with five to go. Then suddenly, Gonzalez was slowing, gesturing to the rear of the bike. Moreira sliced past him, Gonzalez dived into pitlane, and that was that despite the #18 heading back out after a rear tyre change. The 2025 Moto2 World Championship was decided: Brazil’s first ever champion in Grand Prix history is Diogo Moreira.

As he ticked down the laps, at the front there remained a race victory to be decided. Holgado was hounding Guevara but the #28 held firm, and on the very final lap Holgado couldn’t find a gap and then had a moment looking for one. Guevara takes his first Moto2 win, Holgado takes another podium and Ortola rounds off his rookie season on the rostrum.

Veijer takes fourth ahead of Salač crossing the line fifth, but the Czech rider then got a tyre pressure penalty dropping hin down the order. Arenas takes fifth to sign off his Moto2™ career, Dixon leaves for pastures new with a P6 after a charge through the field, with Agius fading to seventh ahead of Vietti. Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) takes P9 with Moreira promoted to tenth.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Moto2 Race

1	Izan Guevara	SPA	BLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)	34m 19.229s
2	Daniel Holgado	SPA	CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	+0.717s
3	Ivan Ortola	SPA	QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI (Boscoscuro)	+2.327s
4	Collin Veijer	NED	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+2.888s
5	Filip Salac	CZE	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)	+5.714s
6	Albert Arenas	SPA	Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)	+7.867s
7	Jake Dixon	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)	+8.595s
8	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)	+8.944s
9	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Sync SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)	+11.075s
10	Tony Arbolino	ITA	BLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)	+11.520s

Moto3 Race

In his 86th Moto3™ Grand Prix, it’s finally gold for Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) as he converted his pole position into victory in Valencia. Always in contention and leading the majority of the 20-lapper, the Spaniard headed compatriot Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia). Elsewhere, sixth was good enough for Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) to wrap up P2 in the standings.

Stealing the advantage into Turn 1 and muscling his way through, Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team) got the initial holeshot but it was Fernandez who got back ahead at Turn 2. Starting from second, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) dropped initially but was into P2 by Turn 4 and led across the line at the end of Lap 1. A lap later however and he was pushed out by teammate Fernandez at Turn 14, sending him back to P8 and left with an uphill task.

Fernandez led the way ahead of Quiles whilst Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) had got his way through the chaos and into the top three. The pace was fast at the front, with the leading eight riders all in a group, with Piqueras hoping to make up ground in ninth. By Lap 8, Almansa’s had recovered to fourth but soon found himself shuffled back again as Furusato, Lunetta, Carpe and Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) all pounced on the #22. There were no such problems for his teammate though as Fernandez continued to lead the way with Quiles right behind.

Into the second half of the Grand Prix and Fernandez was starting to put the hammer down, stretching the group with the fastest lap. Furusato had climbed into second ahead of Quiles and wasn’t done yet whilst Pini was giving chase in P4. A few bike lengths back, Carpe continued to battle with Lunetta but now detached from the group, Almansa was left to scrap it out with Piqueras and Marco Morelli (GRYD – MLav Racing) for P7.

Despite Fernandez trying to edge clear, he had company in the closing stages; it was a lead group of five going into the final lap and they all chased the #31. Carpe and Quiles battled through Turns 6 to 8 but Fernandez had it all sorted out. Despite Furusato’s best efforts into the final corner, it wasn’t enough.

Fernandez can now call himself a Grand Prix winner. Furusato crossed the line in P2 but due to exceeding track limits on the last lap, was demoted a place. Carpe inherited P2 for his joint-best finish of 2025, finishing in the same place he started back in Buriram. Both Carpe and Pini barged through on Quiles at the final corner with the #94 taking P4 whilst Quiles’ P5 means he’s third in the standings. Piqueras, Lunetta, Almansa, Jesus Rios (Rivacold Snipers Team) and Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) rounded out the top ten.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Moto3 Race

1	Adrian Fernandez	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	32m 48.909s
2	Alvaro Carpe	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)	+0.286s
3	Taiyo Furusato	JPN	Honda Team Asia (Honda)	+0.386s
4	Guido Pini	ITA	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM)	+0.674s
5	Maximo Qulies	SPA	CFMoto Valresa  Aspar Team (KTM)	+0.725s
6	Angel Piqueras	SPA	FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM)	+6.121s
7	Luca Lunetta	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda)	+6.211s
8	David Almansa	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	+6.212s
9	Marco Morelli	ARG	GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda)	+12.298s
10	Jesus Rios	SPA	Rivacold Snipers Team (Honda)	+14.513s

 

2025 Valencia MotoGP News—Friday

Marquez recovery ‘going in good way’

Marc Marquez was back in the paddock for the first time since he damaged his right should in the Indonesian Grand Prix and insisted he will be ready to attack once more in 2026.

“It’s coming better,” said Marquez, who suffered a fracture at the base of the shoulder blade and ligament damage in his right shoulder. “It takes time, because in the end the right shoulder we need to take care about all the small details. This week I started with some rehabilitation; now I need to be patient, like two or three more weeks, then when the bone will be fully fixed I will start a bit better.

“But it looks like everything is going in a good way, and the most important thing is that this new injury didn’t affect the other injuries. So, I will be in a good shape in 2026.”

Miller infuriated by FIM Stewards’ inconsistencies

Jack Miller was furious after being handed a Long Lap Penalty for contact with Fermin Aldeguer in the Sprint, as well as perceived inconsistencies from the FIM Stewards.

The Australian was initially asked to drop three positions for a tough pass on the Spaniard at Turn 2, but he ignored that. Then came the Long Lap. Another bone of contention was how he felt Aldeguer “invited contact”.

“Everything (was) under control but when I got side by side with him, he started to release,” he said. “I then have to go tighter and tighter and tighter. At one point we were going to make contact because we were both releasing the brakes. The smart move, if he believed he was going to pass me back, would be to brake and cut under. But if you ride like this then you’re forcing contact. This is not correct. Then you take wings off a rider last week… you t-bone me last week… and nothing? Then this week you force the contact and I get the penalty…”

On consistency of recent decisions, he went on: “If you look at consistency. What happened with (Aldeguer and) Binder last week (in Portugal)? No penalty. What happened with (Aldeguer and) me last week (in the Portugal Sprint)? Not one penalty.

“So, speak about consistency. It’s not even remotely in the picture. I get banned for 10 minutes of a session because my bike is smoking. And we let a bike complete nearly half the grand prix, and win the grand prix, smoking. I get 3,000 Euro fine for the same, the fucking consistency is not there. It’s clear.”

Bagnaia philosophical after qualifying mistake

Pecco Bagnaia’s weekend was condition by a mechanical issue which brought his Q1 to an end prematurely, causing him to qualify in 16^th place.

Asked whether the issue caused him frustration, he said, “Yeah, but last year I crashed in Barcelona when I was winning, and that made the team lose the championship. So everybody can make mistakes. My one was worse.”

On his day, he said, “Qualifying was missing,” he said. “Fuel was missing,” referring to his issue. “This morning we improved, I was faster, I was able to improve my performance and lap-by-lap I was getting more feeling. Then, in qualifying, I started not in a fantastic way but in the second attempt I ran out of fuel.

“So, it’s something that everyone makes mistakes: I make mistakes, the team can make mistakes, it’s normal, it’s part of the job. So, it can happen. In this moment it looks worse because already the situation and the season was quite tough, so it looks worse, but it is what it is.”

MotoGP Sprint Race

Getting the perfect launch from P2 on the grid, Marquez grabbed the holeshot to beat polesitter Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) into Turn 1. It was a rapid start from Acosta, who elevated himself from fifth to third and by Turn 2, into P2. ‘Bez’ dropped down to sixth behind the likes of Fernandez, Di Giannantonio and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) after a Lap 1 to forget for the polesitter.

At the start of the second lap, there was drama for Honda as Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) lost the front at Turn 2, taking out teammate Luca Marini, ending their Sprint. Mir has a Long Lap penalty for the GP race for the incident. At the same corner a lap later, there was contact between Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), resulting in the #54 being pushed wide. Miller was soon handed a penalty to drop three places for that, which he failed to do and was therefore given a Long Lap Penalty, hurting his charge to Sprint points.

After battling hard, Bezzecchi had finally cleared Quartararo for fifth but the Italian now had over a second to catch up on Fernandez and ‘Diggia’ ahead of him. At the front, the gap had grown to 1.4s by the halfway stage with Marquez managing it perfectly over Acosta, the latter still chasing a first win in MotoGP. The #37 needed to start thinking about those behind as those behind started to close him down. On Lap 9, meanwhile, Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) got through on Quartararo as ‘El Diablo’ dropped back.

In the fight for third, the gloves had really come off between Di Giannantonio and Fernandez as they swapped places all the way from Turn 4 to Turn 6 on the penultimate lap. All of the fighting was giving Bezzecchi second wind and with the last lap looming, time was running out for the final rostrum place.

On the last lap and it was all settled at the front with Marquez taking honours ahead of Acosta who made it four consecutive Sprint podiums. Not only did the Spaniard take P2 but that, combined with a P14 for Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), means he is now into P4 in the standings with six points over Pecco.

Di Giannantonio held on to take third ahead of Fernandez, whilst Bezzecchi will be wanting more on Sunday after P5 on Saturday. The Italian does at least secure third in the Championship and with that, the first time Aprilia finish in the top three of the Riders’ Championship in MotoGP. Morbidelli was able to hold off Quartararo for P6 whilst Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) came home eighth from P15.

Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) takes ninth for a first Sprint point since his home GP at Motegi. That means Honda are just out of scoring range with Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) in tenth – making it nine points they still need from Sunday to change concession rank from D to C.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—MotoGP Sprint Race

1	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	19m 37.49s
2	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.149s
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+2.637s
4	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+3.519s
5	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+3.727s
6	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	+6.349s
7	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+7.102s
8	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+7.352s
9	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+7.685s
10	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V)	+9.346s

Moto2 Qualifying

A fourth pole of the season for Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) made it another record-breaking Moto2 qualifying session in Valencia. World Championship leader Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) qualifies in P9 for the finale, with title rival Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) starting from P5 as he guns for victory on Sunday.

Moreira got the job done in Q1 to come through to the pole fight, and he is 24 points clear – making it a must-win for Gonzalez.

Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) is P2 and Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) P3.

Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) spearheads the second row in P4 ahead of his farewell ride in Moto2. Alex Escrig (KLINT Forward Factory Team) will line up on the other side of Gonzalez in P6.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Moto2 Qualifying

1	Daniel Holgado	SPA	CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	1m 31.715s
2	Izan Guevara	SPA	BLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)	+0.158s
3	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.171s
4	Albert Arenas	SPA	Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)	+0.305s
5	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.350s
6	Alex Escrig	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+0.362s
7	Collin Veijer	NED	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.383s
8	Daniel Munoz	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.394s
9	Diogo Moreira	BRA	Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)	+0.416s
10	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Sync SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)	+0.442s

Moto3 Qualifying

Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) clinched pole position for the Moto3™ Grand Prix of Valencia on Saturday afternoon with a mega lap of 1’36.990s enough to finish ahead of the opposition. Behind, teammate David Almansa (Leopard Racing) made it a Honda 1-2 whilst Maximo Quiles’ (CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team) charge for runner-up spot will go from P3.

Fernandez stormed to pole on his final run to deny his teammate as 0.136s splits the Leopard Racing bikes.

Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) heads up the second row ahead of Marco Morelli (GRYD MLav Racing), who makes it four Hondas in the top five.

Rookie Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completes the second row.

Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), currently P2 in the standings and looking to hold off Quiles, starts P10.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Moto3 Qualifying

1	Adrian Fernandez	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	1m 36.990s
2	David Almansa	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	+0.136s
3	Maximo Qulies	SPA	CFMoto Valresa  Aspar Team (KTM)	+0.175s
4	Luca Lunetta	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda)	+0.261s
5	Marco Morelli	ARG	GRYD – MLav Racing (Honda)	+0.306s
6	Alvaro Carpe	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)	+0.400s
7	Stefano Nepa	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda)	+0.411s
8	Valentin Perrone	ARG	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM)	+0.434s
9	Taiyo Furusato	JPN	Honda Team Asia (Honda)	+0.469s
10	Angel Piqueras	SPA	FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM)	+0.478s

MotoGP Qualifying

The opening stint in qualifying began with Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha Factory Racing Team) crashing at Turn 8 on Yamaha’s V4, while it was the other Fernandez, Raul, who put his Trackhouse MotoGP Aprilia at the Q1 summit by 0.032s. Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) was an early P2, with Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) third in an incredibly close session. Aleix Espargaro (Honda HRC Test Team) was P4, but there was just 0.099s splitting the lead quartet.

With just under five minutes left, Pecco climbed into the top two to sit 0.030s off Raul Fernandez’s table-topping time. However, the #25 then slammed in a 1:29.036 to extend his advantage by over half a second. And then, there was a problem for Pecco. The double MotoGP World Champion was forced to stop at the side of the track, and then, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) knocked the Italian outside of the top two before Espargaro and then Zarco exchanged P2, meaning Pecco was shuffled down to P5 in the session.

And after Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) moved up to P3 late on, that was all she wrote in a dramatic Q1 session. Raul Fernandez and Zarco earned Q2 entry tickets, with Bagnaia set to start from P16 on the Valencia grid, one place ahead of the returning Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing).

And so, after a brief pause, the final Q2 of 2025 roared into life. Home hero Acosta fired in the fastest lap of the first attacks, a 1:29.298, with Fernandez and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) going close. Bezzecchi had a huge moment at Turn 2 on his second flying lap, a trip into the gravel was the result for the Portuguese GP winner, as Alex Marquez slammed in the first 1:28 of the weekend.

A 1:28.967 was now the time to beat, as Morbidelli improved again to go P2, with Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) again working his magic over one lap to stick his YZR-M1 onto the provisional front row in P3.

Acosta, Fernandez and Di Giannantonio were making up the second row with six minutes left, with Bezzecchi down in P9 after his mistake. But the Italian was lighting up the timing screens on his first lap out on fresh rear Michelin rubber. And sure enough, the #72 was the new session leader with a 1:28.809. A new all-time lap record.

Quartararo improved his time to go P3, and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) slotted himself into P5 too. Acosta set a personal best, but Marquez and Di Giannantonio’s improvements shuffled the KTM star back off the front row, and then Fernandez fired his way into P4 as 0.096s split the top five with two minutes to go. Incredible!

Did anyone have anything for Bezzecchi’s record-breaker? The answer was no for Acosta; there wasn’t enough life left in his tires, and the same could be said for everyone else. That meant Bezzecchi collected the curtain-closing pole position of the year in a fascinatingly close Q2 battle.

0.058s away from pole and not on the front row? The harsh realities of MotoGP ringing true for Fernandez, but from Q1, that’s a cracking result. Acosta will be frustrated to be P5 despite being less than a tenth off Bezzecchi’s time too, as Quartararo qualifies P6, 0.169s adrift of P1.

Morbidelli, Miller, and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) is the third row for the Tissot Sprint and Grand Prix, with Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol), Zarco, and Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) set to launch from P10, P11 and P12 respectively.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—MotoGP Qualifying

1	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	1:28.809s
2	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.026s
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+0.044s
4	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+0.058s
5	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.096s
6	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.169s
7	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	+0.257s
8	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.335s
9	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.360s
10	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+0.424s

2025 Valencia MotoGP News—Friday

Martin in ‘safe mode’

Jorge Martin made his first appearance since the Sprint in Japan and revealed he is riding in “safe mode” through the weekend as a further crash would be “a really big problem.”

The outgoing World Champion copped a double Long Lap Penalty for taking team-mate Marco Bezzecchi out at Motegi. And after Friday he revealed he is riding at “60 percent of my potential, maybe 70 percent – if I get injured again, then my body won’t support it. This is what my doctors tell me. So I have to be really easy and really smooth.”

On why he’s riding when so far off it, he explained, “I’ll try to make laps with no pressure, my long laps, and getting ready for Tuesday because it will be important to try some new parts and to get ready for next season.”

Aleix confident ’26 Honda better ‘in all areas’

HRC Test Rider Aleix Espargaro was present for a final Honda wildcard appearance of the season, as he put the early version of the 2026 RC213V through its paces at Valencia.

The former MotoGP race winner revealed he has been busy of test. “In the last two months, I’ve been testing a lot. We’ve been four times in Malaysia! Then also Aragon,” he revealed. “This ‘26 bike is to me a lot better than the bike I rode for the first time in Malaysia.”

Where? “It’s more stable,” he said. “We have improved the torque a lot since the beginning of the season. You can see that the top speed, we are basically one of the fastest bikes right now. And the aero allows us to stop the bike better.

“Still we have margin in the aero side. I think we have to work hard during the winter to improve, especially the fairing of the bike for next year.”

Yamaha’s V4 progress stalled

Augusto Fernandez made his third appearance of the season aboard Yamaha’s new V4 YZF M1, but said he had the same issues that he previously experienced at Sepang.

After riding with a chassis similar to the current inline-four M1 in Malaysia, the former Moto2 champ was pleased to have a different frame for this weekend. “It was slightly better,” he said. “But not the answer. The problems are the same at this track, which is a positive because it means we are touching similar problems on different tracks.”

And a base setting is still some way off.

“We are still looking,” he explained. “It’s centimeter changes (between sessions).”

Friday MotoGP

The rider to beat on MotoGP’s final Friday of the season? Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing). The KTM star set a 1:29.240 to beat Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) by just 0.053s at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, as Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) earned P3 in what was a very competitive opening day of action at the Motul Grand Prix of the Valencian Community.

It was Bezzecchi who led the way for the majority of the opening half an hour, but the Italian didn’t have it all his own way. A crash occurred for the Aprilia star at Turn 4 while he was shadowing Acosta, with fellow Aprilia rider Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) hitting the deck at Turn 3 just before we entered the final half an hour of Practice.

At the same time, Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team’s Fabio Di Giannantonio and Morbidelli climbed to P1 and P2, before Acosta stepped up his pace to go two tenths clear of the fluorescent yellow Ducati duo with a 1:29.790, and on his next lap, the sophomore set the exact same time. Consistency.

Elsewhere, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) encountered an issue with his YZR-M1 on the front straight as we dipped into the closing 30 minutes, which looked like it signaled the end to the session for the Frenchman’s number one machine.

Heading into the final 15 minutes, Acosta’s advantage grew to over half a second after setting a 1:29.240, with Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) jumping up to P2 to act as the #37’s closest challenger. Morbidelli changed that with under 12 minutes left; however, the Italian was still over 0.5s away from Acosta’s benchmark.

The gap then closed when Alex Marquez, Di Giannantonio and Quartararo wriggled their way above Morbidelli, with Acosta’s lead now three and a half tenths with seven minutes left on the clock. It was then down to 0.236s as Bezzecchi landed his session best lap, and on his next push, the Italian went 0.053s away from Acosta.

Miller was back into the top three as well now, as KTM led Aprilia, Yamaha and Ducati with three minutes left, with Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) still outside the top 10. Things then got worse for Pecco when Ogura shot from P15 to P3, as plenty of improvements were chalked in ahead of the chequered flag.

There weren’t many more after that though. Bagnaia couldn’t find time and found himself outside the top 10, with Acosta holding onto P1 thanks to that earlier time.

Alex Marquez ended the day in P4 behind the aforementioned top three, with rookie Ogura completing the top five. Miller was the top Yamaha on Day 1 in P6, Di Giannantonio ended the final Friday of 2025 in P7, with Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Quartararo earning automatic Q2 honors.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Friday MotoGP

1	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	1’29.240s
2	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+0.053s
3	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	+0.185s
4	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.233s
5	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*	+0.315s
6	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.316s
7	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+0.353s
8	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.357s
9	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+0.394s
10	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.433s

Friday Moto2

It was an early slice of drama into the Moto2 title deciding weekend with Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) due to battle it out in Q1 on Saturday afternoon at the Grand Prix of Valencia after finishing Friday’s Practice session in P19, while title rival Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) sailed into Q2 with a P10 result on Day 1.

Meanwhile, despite a late tumble, Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) led the way with a 1:32.408, with Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Daniel Muñoz (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completing the top three.

It’s the first time since the Czech GP that Moreira finds himself needing to climb out of Q1

2025 race winners Aron Canet (Fantic Racing) and David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) are also in the opening part of qualifying.

Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Alex Escrig (KLINT Forward Factory Team) completed the top five on Friday, as 0.7s splits the top 21 riders heading into Saturday.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Friday Moto2

1	Daniel Holgado	SPA	CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team (Kalex)	1m 32.408s
2	Jake Dixon	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro)	+0.123s
3	Daniel Munoz	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex)	+0.176s
4	Izan Guevara	SPA	BLU CRU  Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)	+0.228s
5	Alex Escrig	SPA	KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward)	+0.254s
6	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.276s
7	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Sync SpeedRS (Boscoscuro)	+0.345s
8	Barry Baltus	BEL	Fantic Racing (Kalex)	+0.357s
9	Tony Arbolino	ITA	BLU CRU  PramacYamaha Moto2 (Boscoscuro)	+0.374s
10	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)	+0.380s

Friday Moto3

Under sunny skies at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) was lightning quick on Friday to secure top spot and a pathway to Q2. He set fastest lap after fastest lap to shave almost a second off the old lap record. The Spaniard sported a margin of over three tenths of a second and goes into Saturday as the rider to beat, as teammate Adrian Fernandez and Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) completed the top three.

Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and back-to-back podium finisher Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) ended the opening day inside the top five.

In the fight for P2 in the Championship, Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) and Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) are safely into the pole position fight after finishing P8 and P9 on Friday.

2025 Valencia MotoGP Results—Friday Moto3

1	David Almansa	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	1m 37.333s
2	Adrian Fernandez	SPA	Leopard Racing (Honda)	+0.310s
3	Valentin Perrone	ARG	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM)	+0.489s
4	Guido Pini	ITA	Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM)	+0.523s
5	Taiyo Furusato	JPN	Honda Team Asia (Honda)	+0.579s
6	Alvaro Carpe	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM)	+0.686s
7	Jesus Rios	SPA	Rivacold Snipers Team (Honda)	+0.793s
8	Maximo Qulies	SPA	CFMoto Valresa  Aspar Team (KTM)	+0.797s
9	Angel Piqueras	SPA	FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM)	+0.837s
10	Joel Kelso	AUS	LEVELUP – MTA (KTM)	+1.005s

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