Sunday MotoGP Race
Mr P2? Not anymore. Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) is a MotoGP winner after the new World Championship leader emerged victorious in what was a hugely dramatic Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain that saw Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) crash out on Lap 3 – and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) hold off Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) to clinch his first Grand Prix podium since 2023.
Corr, what a first lap. Quartararo launched superbly from pole, and so did Bagnaia from third. Marc Marquez didn’t get away as well as he would have wanted, and immediately the #93 was P3. Bagnaia tried to show a wheel to Quartararo at Turn 2 but thought better of it as Turn 6 saw Alex Marquez almost collect his older brother. The Spaniard was in way too hot but managed to hook it back up and hold into P4, as Marc Marquez and Bagnaia went into battle at Jerez’s famous stadium section.
Marquez dived underneath his teammate at Turn 9 to the roar of 100,000 fans. But Bagnaia, hanging it around the outside and getting a better run out of Turn 10, got back alongside the six-time MotoGP World Champion. Then, contact between the Ducati duo! Both were fighting for the same piece of asphalt, and it was the #63 who came out on top.
An opening lap for the ages was then followed by monumental drama. The home hero, Marc Marquez, while shadowing Bagnaia, crashed at Turn 8 on Lap 3 while sitting in P3. Seemingly asking too much of that front end, the Spaniard was down and out of victory contention – but not the Grand Prix.
Where did that leave us then? Quartararo led from Bagnaia, but Alex Marquez shoved his way past the Italian to climb into P2 and set his sights on trying to latch onto and pass El Diablo. Further back, there was more drama as lead rookie Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) crashed at Turn 6 from fourth place.
On Lap 10 of 25, Quartararo was keeping Alex Marquez at bay and Bagnaia was lapping 0.6s behind the Gresini star. Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) was 1.3s behind the factory Ducati rider in P4 before Lap 11 saw a change of the Grand Prix lead.
Turn 1 saw Alex Marquez strike. An aggressive but great move up the inside of Quartararo saw the Sprint silver medallist snatch the race lead baton, and within a lap, his lead was up to 0.8s. Now, what could Bagnaia do about passing Quartararo?
After a few laps, the answer was nothing. And Viñales was beginning to reel in Quartararo and Bagnaia, while Alex Marquez’s lead grew to 1.7s on Lap 16 of 25. On Marc Marquez watch, he was now back in the points after crashes for Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) promoted Marquez into P15.
With five laps left, Marquez’s lead was 2.4s over Quartararo, and the latter was keeping Bagnaia 0.6s behind. Viñales was now 0.4s away from a podium spot, as we saw Marc Marquez and Aleix Espargaro (Honda HRC Test Team) enjoy a little battle for P13 on Lap 21.
Three to go. Was there life left in the fight for P2? Bagnaia was trying, but Quartararo was hitting all his markers in his efforts to keep the #63 behind him, as Alex Marquez edged closer to a maiden MotoGP win.
Two to go. It was as you were, with Viñales seemingly now settling for a P4 – the #12 was 0.9s away from Bagnaia’s tailpipes.
Only a mistake now would cost Alex Marquez a famous win, and Quartararo was still far enough ahead of Bagnaia that it wasn’t allowing the latter to show a wheel. And after being Mr P2 for much of 2025 so far, Alex Marquez clinched a well-deserved maiden MotoGP Grand Prix win to crown himself Mr P1 in front of his adoring home fans.
Quartararo did fend off Bagnaia for an outstanding P2 finish and his first Grand Prix podium since the 2023 Indonesian GP. What a weekend for Yamaha, and although it’s not a fourth Jerez victory in a row, Bagnaia’s second P3 of the weekend brings solid points to the Italian’s camp.
After the disappointment of a post-race penalty in Qatar, Viñales backed up his quality display by earning P4 in Spain, with Top Gun finishing three seconds up the road from fifth place Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team). Brad Binder and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Pedro Acosta crossed the line in P6 and P7 in what was a much more positive Sunday for KTM, as Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) rounded out the top 10.
Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) took the chequered flag in P11 and having crashed early doors, a disappointed Marc Marquez managed to salvage a P12. Not the Sunday Marquez was searching for, but those four points could prove pivotal.
Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Espargaro and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) – following an early crash – closed out the points scorers in Jerez.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results
| 1 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | 40m 56.374s |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.561s |
| 3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +2.217s |
| 4 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +3.678s |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +7.267s |
| 6 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +8.529s |
| 7 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +9.764s |
| 8 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +10.923s |
| 9 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +15.879s |
| 10 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +17.239s |
Sunday Moto2 Race
The perfect weekend on home turf always goes down a treat, and that’s exactly what Moto2 Spanish GP winner, Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), enjoyed in Jerez. The Spaniard was in a class of his own on Sunday afternoon; now, he’s the Championship leader again too. Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) was Gonzalez’s nearest challenger as the Belgian produced a fine ride to bag P2 and his first podium of the year, while Senna Agius made it two Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP riders on the famous Jerez podium with a hard-fought P3 finish.
From pole, Gonzalez grabbed the holeshot from teammate Agius as Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) lost ground from the front row. Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) made a fast and aggressive start to see the Brazilian climb to an early P2, as the top four – Gonzalez, Moreira, Agius and Baltus – built an early 0.8s lead over Arenas and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo).
Further down the order, Championship leader Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) was in P8 behind seventh place Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team), as we saw both CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team riders crash out. First, Daniel Holgado following contact with teammate David Alonso at Turn 13, and then the latter crashed on Lap 5. The reigning Moto3 World Champion collected the luckless Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) along the way as both saw their races prematurely end at the Jorge Lorenzo corner.
The following laps saw the race settle down as Gonzalez stretched his lead to 2.6s by the end of Lap 11. Baltus was keeping Moreira and Agius behind him for the time being, with the latter making a move into the podium places with three to go. The Australian was past Moreira on the run down the hill into Turn 6, and then he faced a 1.2s gap up to Baltus in second place.
However, no one could lay a glove on Gonzalez. A pole position, lights to flag victory from the Spaniard saw him retake the Championship lead in front of his home fans, a simply wonderful weekend from the #18. Baltus bagged his first podium of the season with a classy P2, while Agius did eventually fend off Moreira to stand on the rostrum for the second time in 2025.
Moreira was forced to settle for P4, while Öncü picked up a P5 after his Qatar GP podium finish. Arenas was less than a second away from the Turk in P6, Vietti led home the Boscoscuro charge in P7, with Canet conceding the Championship lead after a P8 finish on home turf. Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) claimed some valuable points in P9 ahead of teammate Filip Salač, as Joe Roberts, his OnlyFans American Racing teammate Marcos Ramirez, Adrian Huertas (Italtrans Racing Team), Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) finished in the points-paying places.
2025 Spanish Moto2 Results
| 1 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | 35.30.634s |
| 2 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +2.256s |
| 3 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +3.781s |
| 4 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +4.781s |
| 5 | Deniz Oncu | TUR | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +6.390s |
| 6 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +7.049s |
| 7 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Beta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | +7.919s |
| 8 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO (Kalex) | +8.511s |
| 9 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscoro) | +12.537s |
| 10 | Filip Salac | CZE | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +14.783s |
Sunday Moto3 Race
The cliché goes that every Spanish rider wants to win the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez but for some, it means even more. Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) is one of those; born an hour away in Sevilla, he’s gone from watching it on TV with friends and family to winning it with them in attendance. A childhood dream was achieved with domination as Rueda gave the home crowd a victory in Moto3™ to start off Sunday in style for the home fans.
Polesitter Rueda hit the front and snatched the holeshot on the opening lap, holding position in front of his home crowd. At Turn 6 on Lap 1, there was drama as Ruche Moodley (DENSII Racing – BOE) took out David Almansa (Leopard Racing) and David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP); the #64 of Muñoz was able to remount but an already-difficult GP due to his back of the grid penalty was made a whole lot harder. Lap 2 was likewise eventful, as Riccardo Rossi (Rivacold Snipers Team), Vicente Perez (LEVELUP-MTA) and Cormac Buchanan (DENSII Racing – BOE) all fell in separate incidents, with New Zealander Buchanan rejoining.
With Rueda demonstrating his pace and supremacy that we already knew from Friday and Saturday, the field stretched out but Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) and Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) were digging deep and keeping him honest. With three seconds back to Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) behind, all three were alone for the podium places. Just past half-race distance, Rueda set the fastest lap, asking more from his rivals to see if they could keep up with his pace. On Lap 13 and sensing his compatriot breaking clear, Piqueras picked off Kelso at Turn 1 but the gap was bordering on a second. In his attempt to keep with Rueda, the #36 went wide, allowing Kelso back through, with the gap now at 1.5s.
That exchange was enough for the #99 to put his trademark on the Grand Prix, easing clear where he remained until the chequered flag, taking a magical home victory that never looked in doubt across the weekend. P2 was to be sorted out on the final lap however, with Kelso vs Piqueras at Turn 5 and Turn 6; it was close but eventually, it went the way of the Valencian to make it a Spanish 1-2, leading to a memorable celebration at Turns 9 and 10 on their slow-down lap. Kelso’s podium is his second of the season whereas Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) made it three Spaniards in the top four, pipping Yamanaka, who was P5.
Furusato was solid in sixth, with Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) a career-best seventh. Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) made it all three of the most recent JunioGP™ Champions in the top eight, with Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) and teammate Valentin Perrone completing the top ten after their Long Lap Penalties from qualifying.
2025 Spanish Moto3 Results
| 1 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 33.17.979s |
| 2 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +4.334s |
| 3 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +4.486s |
| 4 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +6.308s |
| 5 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +6.409s |
| 6 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +6.494s |
| 7 | Guido Pini | ITA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +6.588s |
| 8 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +8.007s |
| 9 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +21.703s |
| 10 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +21.795s |
2025 Spanish MotoGP News—Saturday
Marquez still finding limits
Despite winning five Sprints from five, Marc Marquez believes he still isn’t riding at his best, and is unsure where the limit is when riding his current Ducati.
“It’s not that I feel better of worse,” he said in Jerez, where he comfortably held his brother at arm’s length to become the first rider in history to win five straight Sprints. “I feel different, I feel like I’m fast but still it’s difficult to understand where the limit is. On that bike [the Honda], after 10 years, I understood exactly where the limit was and which points I needed to improve, to attack.
“With this bike this year, I’m still discovering some areas that I introduce a bit in Qatar, trying to improve in those right corners and here I will keep going because I think I can do a step there. And yeah, let’s see, but now I’m different. Better or worse? Different. I will not say if I’m better or worse.”
KTM experimentation continuing
After Maverick Viñales’ success in Qatar, a number of KTM riders were keen to see if the Spaniard’s setting could aid their fortunes. “The way he could enter the corners, it looked like he had a lot of front confidence,” said Binder coming into the weekend. “The braking and entry point looked really good.”
Yet there was no visible uptick in Jerez, with Pedro Acosta (tenth) and Brad Binder (eleventh) continuing to struggle in the Sprint, almost five seconds behind Viñales, who was the first non-Ducati in seventh.
Despite reverting to his ’24 setting, Acosta’s Sprint was undone by a chronic lack of rear grip. “It now looks like all the manufacturers have more grip than us. The first laps of the Sprint race were completely a disaster grip-wise, traction-wise. Also, the vibration we are having (was bad).”
Jerez safety called into question
The safety of the iconic Circuito de Jerez was called into question after a series of big crashes over the weekend. Sessions were stopped when the bikes of Alex Marquez (Practice, Turn 5) and Franco Morbidelli (FP2, Turn 4) punctured the airfence.
After similarly violent falls for Pecco Bagnaia (Turn 7) and Alex Rins (Turn 4), it felt as though MotoGP machines have outgrown the tight Jerez circuit. “Year by year we are going faster and faster, and this makes the track a little bit more dangerous,” said Rins. “I wrote to Loris Capirossi after my crash, because, fuck, when I went under the fence it scared me.”
“He said that the plan that Jerez had was to improve year by year the condition. For this year we have like more space in Turn 1, Turn 2, they made a really good job. For next year it is in the plan to make a bigger runoff area on Turn 4.”
MotoGP Sprint Race
Five Saturday victories in a row are something that only reigning World Champion Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) has been able to achieve before – until now. Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team), after polesitter Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) crashed out on Lap 2, delighted a magnificent Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain crowd by clinching a gold medal in Jerez as the World Championship leader beat Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) by just over a second in Jerez. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) took the chequered flag in P3 to pocket a decent haul of Tissot Sprint points, the Italian was just over three seconds adrift of Sprint King Marquez.
From a historic pole, Quartararo was beaten off the line by Marc Marquez but late on the brakes into Turn 1, the Yamaha star grabbed P1 back expertly to lead the pack around the opening lap. Alex Marquez was up to P3 from P4 on the grid, with Bagnaia holding off Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) – the Italians sat fourth and fifth.
Then, drama unfolded on Lap 2. Marc Marquez managed to get alongside Quartararo going into the Dani Pedrosa corner at Turn 6. The latter, hanging it around the outside on the dirtier part of the circuit and braking ultra hard, saw his Sprint cruelly end as the front end washed out from underneath him. A real shame after a stunning Saturday in Jerez for Quartararo.
So, where did that leave us? Marc Marquez led Alex Marquez by half a second, with Bagnaia 0.8s behind the Gresini Ducati in third. Morbidelli was 0.4s away from Bagnaia in P4, rookie Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) was fifth after an early scare on Lap 1, with Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) a close sixth.
With eight laps to go, Marquez’s lead over Marquez was up to a second, but that closed to 0.9s a lap later. However, the #93’s lead rose to 1.4s with five laps remaining and with three laps left, it was still hovering around that number. Bagnaia wasn’t attacking Alex Marquez, and Morbidelli was now a second off his compatriot, so it looked like no late challenges for the podium positions were coming unless a mistake was going to be made.
And those potential mistakes didn’t arise. To the tune of 100,000 Spanish supporters filling the famous Jerez hillsides, Marc Marquez held off Alex Marquez to clinch his fifth consecutive Tissot Sprint victory, as the #73 collects another Saturday silver medal. Bagnaia secured important points in P3, but the Italian will be searching for more in Sunday’s Grand Prix.
Morbidelli was P4 with Aldeguer impressing again to collect a Sprint P5 in front of his home crowd, as Di Giannantonio managed to hold off Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) to earn P6. Viñales crossed the line in seventh, 2.3s ahead of eighth place Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), as 2020 World Champion Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) picked up the final Saturday point in P9 ahead of tenth place Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—MotoGP Sprint Race
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | 19m 32.107s |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +1.001s |
| 3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +3.077s |
| 4 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +3.530s |
| 5 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +5.791s |
| 6 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +7.691s |
| 7 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +7.849s |
| 8 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +10.175s |
| 9 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +10.414s |
| 10 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +12.673s |
Moto2 Qualifying
Home is where the heart is and whilst some crack under the pressure, others rise to the occasion and that’s exactly the case for Manuel Gonzalez (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Team) and Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2), who head a Spanish 1-2 in Moto2™ at Jerez. Both put in superb late laps to bag the first two grid slots and with both split by just 0.032s, it’s a mouthwatering prospect in the offing for Sunday’s Grand Prix. In third it’s a first front row for Australian Senna Agius (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP), who is likewise close on the chase.
Q1 was always going to be a close-fought contest to scrape through. The likes of Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP), Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR-FRINSA-MSI) all booked their slot, although not without a potential late scare. Darryn Binder (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) was looking on course to move into the all-important top four but fell at the final corner, ending his hopes of moving up further.
In Q2 itself, there were surprises in store right the way through; Agius was the long-time session leader ahead of Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) but it was a set of late laps by Gonzalez and Arenas that propelled them up the order into pole and P2 respectively. Agius remains third, making it a double front row for the LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt squad. Baltus heads up the second row ahead of Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo), so whilst it’s a Spain 1-2 on home turf, there’s an international flavour to the opposition behind.
There were costly crashes for Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) and David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), with the #44 crashing at Turn 6 on his final flying lap and the reigning Moto3™ World Champion at the final corner halfway through the session. Both came home in P7 and P8 respectively and Alonso improved on his last lap. Elf Marc VDS Racing Team duo Jake Dixon and Filip Salac complete the top ten. Two shocks outside the top ten in P13 and P14 were the Beta Tools SpeedRS Team duo of Celestino Vietti and Alonso Lopez, with work to do and a busy Sunday ahead.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—Moto2 Qualifying
| 1 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | 1m 39.858s |
| 2 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +0.032s |
| 3 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.068s |
| 4 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +0.077s |
| 5 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) | +0.098s |
| 6 | Deniz Oncu | TUR | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.197s |
| 7 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO (Kalex) | +0.293s |
| 8 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO GaviotaAspar Team (Kalex) | +0.383s |
| 9 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscoro) | +0.418s |
| 10 | Filip Salac | CZE | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscuro) | +0.448s |
Moto3 Qualifying
Home hero Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) has been mighty all weekend at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain, and he bagged a first pole of 2025 as he aims to retake the Championship lead he relinquished in Qatar through no fault of his own with that late technical issue. Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) takes a third front row of the season in second, with David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) forced to settle for third. Championship leader Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) only just missed out, set to start fourth on home turf.
Having to fight through Q1, riders such as David Almansa (Leopard Racing), Riccardo Rossi (Rivacold Snipers Team) and Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) were some of the big names in the hunt to move into Q2. Despite being provisionally inside the top four, late lap time cancellations meant Almansa, Ogden and Tatchakorn Buasri (Honda Team Asia) all missed out and instead, it was Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse), Dennis Foggia (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team), Cormac Buchanan (DENSSI Racing – BOE) and Vicente Perez (LEVELUP-MTA) who moved into Q2.
The fight for pole position in the opening stages of Q2 was tight too, with just 0.047s separating home heroes Rueda and Muñoz at the halfway point. Going into the second half, it was all to play for but Rueda, like he had been all weekend, was in a class of his own and secured pole by just under three tenths of a second. A late charge welcomed Kelso to a third front row of the season in second, pipping Muñoz, and Piqueras in P4 is primed for a good home GP as he looks to protect his lead. Top rookie Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) could be one to watch at a venue where he’s got a wealth of experience, and he’s just ahead of Lusail pole-sitter Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI).
There was drama late on for Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing), who was held up on a fast lap by a touring Buchanan, before crashing on his final flying lap. He held onto P7 though ahead of Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3), Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) and Argentine star Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) who complete the top ten. Stand-out performances further down included super-sub Perez in P11 and South African rookie Ruche Moodley (DENSSI Racing – BOE) with a personal best of P15.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—Moto3 Qualifying
| 1 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 1m 43.755s |
| 2 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +0.287s |
| 3 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +0.410s |
| 4 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.425s |
| 5 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +0.452s |
| 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +0.492s |
| 7 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +0.756s |
| 8 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +0.769s |
| 9 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +0.944s |
| 10 | Valentin Perrone | ARG | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | +1.032s |
MotoGP Qualifying
They say class is permanent and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) would most certainly agree with that after taking a stunning pole position in Jerez, putting in a new lap record on his final dash around the packed out venue. It’s a first pole for Yamaha and the Frenchman since 2022, and he denies Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) on the #93’s home turf as he is forced to settle for second. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), winner here for the last three years, lurks in P3 too after running the gauntlet with only one bike following an FP2 crash at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain.
There were big names aplenty in Q1, meaning that there were always going to be some disappointments. Following the opening roll of the dice, Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) were sitting pretty but with the second half of the session to go and riders such as Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) in contention, there were opportunities to shake things up. On the five-minute mark, Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing) was a faller at Turn 9 but OK, although the yellow flags hampered flying laps.
Improving his time on his penultimate flying lap, Viñales went quicker again to secure his place in Q2 ahead of Bezzecchi, who despite not improving, held on to move up. Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) missed most of the session due to a check-up at the medical centre following an FP2 fall and got out to set two laps at the end of the session.
A blistering opening lap saw Marc Marquez set a new lap record behind his brother Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), with a 1’35.643 being his first attempt. Behind the Marquez brothers, Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was right there too, ahead of Quartararo, Bagnaia and Q1 graduate Viñales. However, the final five minutes would come alive and be the determining factor for the grid.
This time, it was Marc Marquez who led Alex Marquez around the track. The #93 was in a class of his own until he lost time in the final sector and thus was unable to better his first stint benchmark. One rider could though: Quartararo. The #20 was putting in some of his best qualifying laps for some time and on his final flying lap, set a new lap record to stun the crowd, everyone watching around the world, and the #93 who loses his 100% pole record in 2025. For the first time since Mandalika 2022, Yamaha and Quartararo are on pole, and it’s his fifth at Jerez – the scene of his first pole in 2019 and first MotoGP™ win in 2020. Bagnaia challenged too, but couldn’t quite pip his teammate.
Alex Marquez heads up the second row of the grid ahead of Morbidelli and Viñales, once again inside the top six for the second round in succession and eyeing up a strong Spanish GP. The third row is a power packed one with Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) taking best rookie honours, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in eighth and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) making it a third top ten on the grid in four Grands Prix. Fellow Honda rider Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) rounds out the top ten on the head of row four with Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) for company.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—MotoGP Qualifying
| 1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1:35.610s |
| 2 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.033s |
| 3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.145s |
| 4 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.148s |
| 5 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.218s |
| 6 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.242s |
| 7 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +0.368s |
| 8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.444s |
| 9 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.551s |
| 10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.597s |
2025 Spanish MotoGP News—Friday
Yamaha sees V4 as ‘the way’
While he has yet to test Yamaha’s new V4 engine, Fabio Quartararo is already convinced that is the way of development the Japanese factory must follow for 2026 and beyond.
Test riders Cal Crutchlow and Augusto Fernandez tested an early version of the new engine configuration at a private test in Valencia after the Qatar GP. And while it was much too early to assess its competitiveness, Quartararo feels he needs a V4 to compete with the Ducati dominance.
“Already next year for me the way is the V4,” he said. “We’re riding completely different to the others. There are five manufacturers. Four have the V4. The way it’s affecting us, clearly we have to go with the V4.”
The Frenchman also mentioned his decision to stay with Yamaha beyond 2026 will depend on its speed. “For my future it will be really important to see how is the bike for next year.”
Rivola rails at Qatar kerbs
Massimo Rivola was critical of the Lusail International Circuit in Qatar after Jorge Martin suffered eleven fractures in his ribs in his comeback ride.
The reigning champ faces another lengthy spell on the sidelines, and Rivola feels the kerbs on the exit of Turn 13, which are raised and brought in for Formula 1’s first race at the track, were to blame.
“I think honestly when you race in the same track as Formula One, it’s difficult. I remembered it was a nice battle in the past when I was in F1 with (ex-Race Director) Charlie Whiting because I felt that putting asphalt outside the kerb is not for safety, is against the safety, because I’m sure that if you put grass or gravel the drivers or riders make a slower corner or don’t use the very last 2cm of kerb.
“I think we need to consider that when you are together with Formula One, at the moment in the balance between F1 and MotoGP, F1 decides!”
Diggia expecting “more sportsmanship”
It wasn’t Fabio Di Giannantonio’s first concern in the aftermath of Qatar. But the Italian was disappointed by Alex Marquez’s reaction to the collision that took both riders out of podium contention in Sunday’s race.
The Catalan claimed he came to the Italian to apologize in the aftermath. But Di Giannantonio, who was recovering his composure after clipping Jorge Martin, was keen to dispel that.
“He never came,” he said. “Nobody from the team saw him. He has my number, he never sent me a text. Just (Michele) Massini (Gresini Team Manager) came to our garage, tried to come. But honestly it was a particular moment for me, I was quite shocked by the Jorge thing. So, the team cleverly said it’s not the right moment because Fabio’s having his moment for Jorge.
“Then nobody came to us to ask for something. I don’t want to put so much focus on this. We have to move on. I expected a bit more sportsmanship, let’s say. But now we’re at Jerez, here to do our job and that’s it.”
Friday MotoGP
A fast Turn 5 Practice crash for Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) didn’t stop the #73 from ending Friday as the rider to beat in MotoGP at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain – and with an all-time lap record too. Marquez’s stunning 1:35.991 was enough to beat Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) by 0.103s, Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) claimed P3 as World Championship leader Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) settled for P4 to set us up nicely for the rest of the weekend.
There was early drama for FP1 pacesetter Alex Marquez after the Gresini star suffered a fast crash at Turn 5 while shadowing Marc Marquez. The #73 was able to walk away from the incident but the red flags were shown because the air fence that his Ducati GP24 collected needed re-deploying.
Once we were back underway, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) led the way with a 1:37.071, with Bagnaia moving into P2 just north of the 30 minutes to go mark. With 28 minutes left, Johann Zarco (LCR Honda Castrol) went P1 before Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Pedro Acosta and then Quartararo again climbed to the summit, as we witnessed the first 1:36 lap times of the afternoon.
So heading into the business end of the session, how were we looking? Quartararo led Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech3) by 0.090s, with Marc Marquez, Acosta and Binder your top five – the latter though hit the deck at Turn 9 with just over 20 minutes to go. Zarco was P6, Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) had climbed into P7 ahead of Bagnaia, with Alex Marquez still inside the top 10 in P9 and after a bit of time in his office, the Spaniard was ready to head back out on track.
The final 15 minutes had arrived and Quartararo was on a flyer – but the Frenchman’s front end washed away at the Jorge Lorenzo corner. That cost a few riders their times with the yellow flags out, but not Bagnaia, Morbidelli and Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing). The Italians went P1, P2 and P3 to shuffle Quartararo down to P4, with Morbidelli the rider now leading the way.
Not for long though. Marc Marquez set a 1:36.258 to go P1 with 11 minutes left, and Alex Marquez then shot to P3 from P14 on his first flying lap since the earlier fall. The goalposts were then moved by Bagnaia as the Italian set a 1:36.094 to go P1, 0.164s clear of teammate Marquez. Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) crashes, then one for Ogura too, brought out yellow flags before Alex Marquez delved into the 1:35s. The #73 was the first rider ever to lap in that bracket as Quartararo, back on his YZR-M1 that he crashed, pounced back to P5 after sitting outside the top 10.
A moment for Marc Marquez at Turn 6 cost the six-time MotoGP World Champion a chance at beating his brother to Friday honours, and with that, the all-important top 10 was set after no one else was able to improve enough to gain automatic Q2 entry.
Behind the fastest quartet was Quartararo, the 2021 World Champion recovered well after his final corner crash. Rookie star Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) sails into Q2 on home turf in P6, Zarco joins the Spaniard in P7 as Acosta ends Day 1 in P8 after a late PB time. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) are the final two Q2 qualifiers on Friday, as Binder misses out by 0.055s in P11.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—Friday MotoGP
| 1 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | 1:35.991s |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.103s |
| 3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.162s |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.267s |
| 5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.428s |
| 6 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +0.517s |
| 7 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.544s |
| 8 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.639s |
| 9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | |
| 10 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.695s |
Friday Moto2
Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) got his home Grand Prix off to the perfect start after a 1:40.142 saw the Spaniard beat second place Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) by a healthy 0.338s margin. Third place on Friday went the way of Deniz Öncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo), the Turk was four tenths adrift of top spot.
Just three-tenths of a second adrift of the all-time lap record after just Friday’s sessions, Gonzalez looks good to add to his win tally in 2025, but there’s plenty of track time left for the chasers to close in. Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) was P4, both having led at times throughout the session, with Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2) and Lusail winner Aron Canet (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego) rounding out the top six, making it three Spaniards inside the top six on home soil on Friday.
David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) continued his strength found in Qatar and is through to Q2 once again with P7 and teammate Daniel Holgado was right behind him, just 0.026s away in P8. Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team) completed the top ten, with the latter making a miraculous save at Turn 1.
Next up, his teammate Alonso Lopez in 11th and safely through to Q2, along with Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team), Turn 1 crasher Filip Salac (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Brazilian star Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team). Moreira just denied rookie teammate Adrian Huertas by 0.030s, forcing the #99 to go through Q1.
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—Friday Moto2
| 1 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) | 1:40.142s |
| 2 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO(Kalex) | +0.338s |
| 3 | Deniz Oncu | TUR | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) | +0.487s |
| 4 | Senna Agius | AUS | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP (Kalex) | +0.489s |
| 5 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) | +0.589s |
| 6 | Aron Canet | SPA | Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO (Kalex) | +0.597s |
| 7 | David Alonso | COL | CFMOTO GaviotaAspar Team (Kalex) | +0.644s |
| 8 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team (Kalex) | +0.670s |
| 9 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boscoscoro) | +0.676s |
| 10 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Beta Tools SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | +0.737s |
Friday Moto3
It’s safe to say Moto3’s Friday action at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain belonged to Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) after the former title chase leader ended the day over a second clear of second place Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo). Third place went the way of Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), who was +1.057s away from Rueda’s magnificent 1:43.770.
Having dominated FP1, there was no catching Rueda again in the afternoon heat as from the get-go, the Spaniard was P1. Once the out-and-out time attack laps landed towards the end of Practice, Rueda stretched his legs further to lap just under a second away from the all-time lap record.
Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) backed up his Qatar GP podium with a solid P4 to kickstart his weekend in Jerez, as Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) earned a fantastic top five – a top job from the Australian. David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), who suffered a bike issue for the majority of the session, was able to grab a late P6 to finish ahead of World Championship leader Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI). Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) ended Friday in P8 ahead of impressive rookie Ruche Moodley (DENSSI Racing – BOE), the South African securing his first automatic Q2 entry.
After a Turn 1 crash, Adrian Fernandez managed to set a late lap time good enough for P10 – and that knocked Leopard Racing teammate, David Almansa, outside the top 14. The other riders heading straight for Q2 are Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech3), Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP), Noah Dettwiler (CIP Green Power) and Joel Esteban (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team).
2025 Spanish MotoGP Results—Friday Moto3
| 1 | Jose Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | 1m 43.770s |
| 2 | Alvaro Carpe | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) | +1.042s |
| 3 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia (Honda) | +1.057s |
| 4 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +1.077s |
| 5 | Jacob Roulstone | AUS | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) | +1.214s |
| 6 | David Munoz | SPA | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (KTM) | +1.223s |
| 7 | Angel Piqueras | SPA | FRINSA -MT Helmets – MSI (KTM) | +1.281s |
| 8 | Joel Kelso | AUS | LEVELUP – MTA (KTM) | +1.290s |
| 9 | Ruche Moodley | RSA | DENSSI Racing – BOE (KTM) | +1.321s |
| 10 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing (Honda) | +1.383s |
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