09:42
Just 10 minutes until Q1 begins.
2025 Catalan MotoGP
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2025 Catalan MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Live text coverage of qualifying and the sprint at the 2025 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
The 2025 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona continues on Saturday with qualifying and the sprint.
KTM topped Friday's practice sessions, with Brad Binder leading a 1-2 ahead of Pedro Acosta. It continued KTM's recent upwards trend since introducing updates to the RC16 in Austria.
Binder hadn't topped an official session since Japan last year prior to Friday at Barcelona and looks like he has finally figured out how to get the best out of the bike in time attack trim.
KTM also showed strong race pace with Binder, Acosta and Enea Bastianini, and starts Saturday as a legitimate Ducati challenger.
Alex Marquez led the Ducati charge in third at the end of practice, with championship leader Marc Marquez fourth. Both looked strong on race pace too, with Alex Marquez currently emerging as the best of the field.
But it was a disaster for last year's double Barcelona winner Pecco Bagnaia, who was left completely lost as to what he can do on his GP25 after failing to move out into the top 20 in either session on Friday.
2025 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix: Saturday
Qualifying - 9:50am BST
Sprint - 2pm BST
06 Sep 2025
09:44
2025 Catalan MotoGP - Q1 group
The riders going through Q1 are:
- Fabio Quartararo
- Miguel Oliveira
- Joan Mir
- Fermin Aldeguer
- Jack Miller
- Alex Rins
- Fabio Di Giannantonio
- Jorge Martin
- Raul Fernandez
- Aleix Espargaro
- Pecco Bagnaia
- Lorenzo Savadori
- Maverick Vinales
- Somkiat Chantra
09:41
FP2 has just come to a closer with Honda's Joan Mir leading the way with a 1m39.119s.
It's been a good weekend for Honda, so far, with Luca Marini and Johann Zarco straight into Q2 on Friday.
Fabio Quartararo was up there in third and was furious yesterday at missing Q2. He felt Yamaha didn't get its strategy right for the time attack and he ended up catching yellow flags.
Team-mate Alex Rins had a small crash this morning at Turn 5.
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09:39
Aprilia had a mixed Friday. Marco Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura have gone straight into Q2, but Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin struggled.
Martin says his way of pushing on a time attack isn't something the RS-GP likes, so he's still very much learning how best to ride the bike.
09:37
Yesterday was probably the worst of the season for double world champion Pecco Bagnaia.
He was at a total loss to explain why he couldn't be fast on the GP25, even with the Hungary set-up that filled him with so much confidence a couple of weeks ago.
Read his thoughts here: https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1080949/1/pecco-bagnaia-between-two-test-riders-cant-figure-out-barcelona-motogp-woes
09:36
Ahead of qualifying, check out our analysis of Friday practice below:
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09:35
Ducati still very much in the mix despite the additional threats. Alex Marquez edged ahead of Marc Marquez, and was the best on the field in terms of race pace.
09:35
KTM topped the day on Friday with Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta.
The updated RC16 really seems to be running well on the low-grip surface. Binder, Acosta and Bastianini were also really strong on race pace on Friday afternoon.
09:33
Lap times were tight on Friday, so this is shaping up to be a bit of a thriller this morning.
Conditions are good, though a lot of riders bemoaned the lack of grip from the Barcelona surface yesterday.
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09:31
2025 Catalan MotoGP - Qualifying
Good morning and welcome to live coverage of Saturday at the 2025 Catalan Grand Prix.
Qualifying is coming up in 20 minutes.
