The 16th round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, the San Marino MotoGP, takes place today at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The race is due to get underway at 14:00 local time over 27 laps.
Marco Bezzecchi will start from pole position thanks to a 1:34.134 in Q2 yesterday morning. He backed that up with victory in yesterday's Sprint - his first with Aprilia and first since Assen 2023.
When he won at Assen two years ago, Bezzecchi and Francesco Bagnaia swapped places in the grand prix, Bagnaia winning and Bezzecchi taking second place. Bagnaia would certainly like that to be the case again today after he finished 16th in the Sprint, but more likely is that, if Bezzecchi is to be beaten today, it will be by the rider who finished second yesterday: Alex Marquez.
A victory for the Gresini rider would mark his first back-to-back wins in the premier class after his Catalan triumph one week ago, and he starts second today.
Marc Marquez, of course, cannot be discounted either, and is likely to be more comfortable with the medium-compound rear tyre than the soft used yesterday when he crashed from the lead on lap six.
Marquez's Sprint crash was his first on a Saturday race all year, and he enters today's race with 173 points in hand over his brother.
Fabio Di Giannantonio finished third yesterday thanks to Marquez's turn 15 crash, but will have to come from the third row again today to take his first GP podium since Mugello.
Joan Mir is set to line-up for today's race after missing Saturday following his crash on Friday afternoon which resulted in neck pain. Mir was 10th this morning in Warm Up. His teammate, Luca Marini, was seventh yesterday and starts from the second row in P6, six places ahead of Mir.
Martin has got back to the pits. The pit lane has closed. He will have to start the warm-up lap from pit lane. He will then start the race from his 11th-place grid position and then have to serve a double long lap penalty in the race.
Jorge Martin has stopped at turn 14 on his sighting lap. He's hopped on a scooter to get back to the paddock to go for his second bike.
Riders are arriving on the grid now after their sighting lap. Very slow one here with all the stop-start corners increasing fuel consumption.
Starting order for today's race is below, with Marco Bezzecchi starting on pole position and Joan Mir reinstated in his 12th-place qualifying position after missing yesterday.
2025 MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera | Starting Grid | Sprint | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat. | Team | Bike |
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | ESP | BK8 Gresini Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP24 |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP25 |
| 5 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina Endurance VR46 Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP24 |
| 6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 7 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina Endurance VR46 Racing Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP25 |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati Desmosedici GP25 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 10 | Fermin Aldeguer | ESP | BK8 Gresini Racing | Ducati Desmosedici GP24 |
| 11 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 12 | Joan Mir | ESP | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 13 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 14 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 15 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 16 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 17 | Maverick Vinales | ESP | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 18 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 19 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 21 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 22 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | Yamaha Factory Racing Team | Yamaha YZR-M1 (V4) |
| 23 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda RC213V |
Welcome to live updates from the San Marino MotoGP, which is due to get underway in just under 30 minutes at 14:00 local time.
