2025 Spanish MotoGP: Friday Practice As It Happened

Yamaha is targeting a MotoGP wildcard for its V4 engine later this year, according to according to the Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Paolo Pavesio.

Speaking to MotoGP.com during Practice today, Pavesio said: “The target is to make the [V4] bike as good as possible and, as soon as the bike [is] ready, to challenge ourselves in a wildcard."

He added that the engine could be raced as soon as next year if it proves to be more competitive than the current inline-four engine.

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The chequered flag is out in Jerez and it's Alex Marquez who completes a sweep of Friday's practice sessions.

Bagnaia second and Franco Morbidelli in third place, while Marc Marquez takes fourth.

Quartararo is the top-non-Ducati in fifth, ahead of Aldeguer, Zarco, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, and Mir who completes the top-10.

Acosta improves on his final lap for eighth, Binder improves as well but only 11th for him.

Mistake from Marquez at turn six and that's his final lap gone. He'll be safe for Q2, though, in P3.

Marc Marquez perhaps the rider most affected by yellows in this session. He hasn't improved yet on his second time attack but just starting a final lap now, although it's no improvement in the first sector.

Quartararo gets the factory Yamaha back in the top-10 in fifth, and immediately sends it into the gravel at turn one with less than a minute left on the clock.

Another one at turn six, Joan Mir this time.

Alex Marquez with a new lap record on a 1:35.991. That's a bit of history there. Not a bad recovery for the rider who was half-an-hour in the medical centre earlier on this afternoon.

A crash for Ai Ogura now at turn six. Maverick Vinales ran in hot behind him, too.

Raul Fernandez has crashed at turn six.

Some lap from Bagnaia, goes to the top with a 1:36.094.

Jack Miller crashed behind him at turn nine but seems okay.

Aleix Espargaro not exactly here this weekend for headline times, and he goes 20th with his latest lap on a 1:37.392.

Di Giannantonio off-sequence with the rest and he goes fifth, just behind Bagnaia, and all of the six Ducatis are now in the top-six positions. Bezzecchi the first non-Ducati in seventh.

Quartararo's crash has left him eighth after the early time attacks. But he's back in the pits now with his crashed bike.

Alex Marquez goes third with his latest lap, and Aldeguer's gone fifth on the second Gresini bike.

Marquez again improving, and this time he's uninterrupted at the last corner and goes to the top on a 1:36.258. 0.078s advantage for Marquez.

Bagnaia now going strongly, but Morbidelli behind him goes fastest on a 1:36.336.

Meanwhile, Marc Marquez is flying. He was almost 0.3s up after three splits but with yellows out for Quartararo's crash at the last corner he's bailed out.

Quartararo was on an incredible lap, 0.3s up after three splits but he folded the front in the final corner. A big shame for the Frenchman but he looks ok at least.

Di Giannantonio the only rider currently on track. He just did a PB to go 15th.

He's now on his way in as the two factory Yamahas head out.

17 minutes still to go in PR.

Two laps in a row now Ogura has lost 0.3s or so in the final split. Seventh after his first time attack.

TV world feed reporting that Alex Marquez is about to head back out. Some reported concern over his right wrist after his crash now over 30 minutes ago.