14:52
Super tight coming into the final eight minutes.
Top 10 split by 0.456s.
So, everyone is going to have to go again.
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Live updates from Friday practice at the 2025 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
The 2025 MotoGP season continues with its ninth round from 20-22 June, as the series heads to Italy for its first of two visits this year.
The Italian Grand Prix held at Mugello is one of the most popular events on the calendar among the riders thanks to the circuit's picturesque setting and fast, flowing layout.
Marc Marquez comes into the Italian Grand Prix leading the championship by 32 points after a perfect weekend last time out at Aragon, where he topped every single session on his factory Ducati.
He has been without a win at Mugello since 2014, with Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia king of the venue in recent years with three wins on the bounce coming into this year's event.
Bagnaia made a breakthrough with his motorcycle at Aragon and is expected to take another step forward at his stronghold of Mugello this weekend. And he'll need to, with 93 points separating him from championship leader Marc Marquez.
Alex Marquez comes into the round as his elder brother's nearest challenger in second in the standings.
FP1 begins at 9:45am BST, while Practice starts at 2pm BST.
20 Jun 2025
14:51
Quartararo improves to sixth.
14:50
Marc Marquez crosses the line and goes top with a 1m45.044s.
14:50
That's very encouraging for Bez and Aprilia, as time attack has been his weakness this year.
Aprilia said earlier that it used the high grip of the Aragon test to work on curing the stability issues he's been having on new rubber in time attack trim. Clearly, it's worked!
14:49
Quartararo leaps up to seventh on this lap. Good effort.
Bezzecchi fastest with a 1m45.154s.
14:48
Now Bagnaia goes fastest on a 1m45.324s from Alex Marquez, 0.060s splitting them.
14:47
Franco Morbidelli goes fastest from Raul Fernandez on a 1m45.432s.
14:47
Zarco goes up to 12th but I'm not sure there's much more in there because he was really pushing, to the point where he was nearly crashing.
14:46
Quartararo is heading back out for the final 15 minutes, but he really didn't look very comfortable.
He's currently eighth in the order.
14:41
These early time attack efforts may well proved to quite useful. We've had two crashes already in PR.
When everyone pushes for a Q2 spot, we'll likely see a few more - which will bring out yellow flags and cancel laps.
Getting an early banker is pretty sensible.
14:40
Joan Mir jumps up to sixth on the Honda, also on a fresh soft rear.
14:39
Di Giannantonio goes up to second on a fresh soft rear, 0.094s off the best time set by Acosta so far.
14:34
Marc Marquez is out there on a new aero update on his factory Ducati.
Bagnaia had it on his bike this morning but it doesn't look to be in his garage this afternoon.
14:31
Standings after 30 minutes:
- Acosta
- M.Marquez
- Vinales
- A.Marquez
- Bagnaia
- Quartararo
- Bezzecchi
- Binder
- Di Giannantonio
- Miller
14:27
Quartararo suffered a slight dislocation of his left shoulder in that crash, according to Dr. Charte.
14:25
Quartararo is heading back out of pitlane now.
14:24
Crash - Jack Miller
Jack Miller has now gone down at the final corner. Front washed mid-turn.
He's up and ok.
Not a good afternoon for Yamaha so far.
14:23
Positive news!
Quartararo is back in his garage with some fresh leathers on and is ready to go again.
14:21
Not too much in the way of timesheet changes right now as everyone focuses on used tyre running.
14:21
Fresh from aa strong run at the 24 Hour of Le Mans with BMW prior to the car breaking down, Valentino Rossi is on site at Mugello watching on from the sidelines.
He's got a week off before he's back behind the wheel at the 24 Hours of Spa next weekend.
14:17
Quartararo has made it back to the paddock and is going into the Yamaha truck.
Dr. Angel Charte is already on the scene to assess him.
14:16
Standings after 15 minutes:
- Acosta
- M.Marquez
- Vinales
- A.Marquez
- Bagnaia
- Bezzecchi
- Quartararo
- Binder
- Di Giannantonio
- Miller
14:14
Quartararo is now holding onto his bike, so maybe he's gotten away with just a nasty whack.
He's pleading with the marshals to be able to take his bike back to the pits.
There is a shortcut into pitlane at Turn 6. But he looks like he's lost that battle.
14:13
Replay shows Quartararo go down going into Turn 4. He's up on his feet but he looks in a lot of discomfort.
14:12
Crash - Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo has had a heavy crash and is pointing at his collarbone.
