Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 San Marino MotoGP: Qualifying LIVE UPDATES

Live coverage of qualifying from the 2025 San Marino MotoGP at Misano.

Qualifying for the 16th round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, the San Marino MotoGP at Misano, is set to get underway at 10:50 local this morning. The Sprint is scheduled for 15:00 this afternoon.

Marc Marquez was fastest on Friday and is chasing his sixth grand prix win at Misano this weekend. The Spaniard has a 182-point championship lead over Alex Marquez who was fifth-fastest on Friday.

Marco Bezzecchi has looked strong again so far this weekend on the Aprilia, second-fastest on Friday and with decent race pace. He was able to give Jorge Martin a tow in Practice to get both factory Aprilias directly into Q2.

Francesco Bagnaia had a better day on Friday than he's had for a while at a MotoGP race, ending fourth-fastest despite a mistake at turn 10 on his fast lap. 

Luca Marini and Joan Mir were both able to put Honda in Q2 yesterday, but only Marini is riding today, Mir electing to sit out to focus on Sunday after a crash at the end of Practice.

13 Sep 2025
10:51
Marco Bezzecchi stuns in Misano to take pole position

San Marino MotoGP Qualifying Report - Bezzecchi stuns to take Misano pole

10:35
10:32
Bezzecchi on pole in Misano

It's pole position for Marco Bezzecchi in Misano with a 1:30.134.

Alex Marquez and Fabio Quartararo complete the front row.

Marc Marquez, Morbidelli, and a late improvement from Marini puts him on the back of the second row.

Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia, Acosta row three.

Aldeguer, Martin, Mir on the fourth row, Mir obviously a doubt for tomorrow and certainly not racing in the Sprint.

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10:31

Here comes Quartararo again, 0.033s up after split three, but he stays third on a 1:30.228. A bit annoyed with himself for that.

10:30

Bezzecchi was almost 0.2s up after two splits but lost all of that in sector three, but he finds it back in sector 4 to go pole with a 1:30.134.

10:29

Morbidelli improved to go third-fastest, but he's bumped by Quartararo who goes second.

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10:28

Bagnaia up to fourth with the first lap of his second run.

Di Giannantonio behind goes only 7th.

Bezzecchi was looking good but lost out in sector 3.

10:27

Marquez up to second with his latest lap. He had Acosta in his tow for almost all of it, but the KTM rider crashed at turn 14.

10:25

Bagnaia blows his first lap of his second run at turn one, runs on through turn 2 much to the annoyance of Davidee Tardozzi.

Bezzecchi and Martin both run on at turn one as well.

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10:23

7 minutes on the clock and first riders heading out for second runs now.

10:23

Order after first runs:

A. Marquez

Bezzecchi

Acosta

Morbidelli

Bagnaia

Di Giannantonio

M. Marquez

Quartararo

Marini

Martin

Mir (No time)

Aldeguer (No time)

10:21

Alex Marquez has just obliterated Marc's first lap, 1:30.222 for the fastest lap of the weekend.

Bezzecchi up to second with his second attempt on a 1:30.394.

Acosta onto the front row in third place.

Marc Marquez bailed on his second lap and has pit early. P7 at the moment. He was improving on the second lap but sat up out of turn 14.

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10:19

1:30.624 the opening benchmark from Marc Marquez who is top at the moment but only 0.024s over Alex Marquez.

Bagnaia had his first lap cancelled for track limits.

Quartararo bailed on his first lap and is P9.

10:15
Q2 start

Pit lane is open in Misano and we're underway for 15 minutes of Q2.

10:15
Q2 contenders

Marc Marquez comes into Q2 as surely the favourite for pole position after topping Practice yesterday. He's looking for his ninth pole of the season.

Hard to discount Marco Bezzecchi, though, whose pace has looked strong all weekend and who seemed to take a step forward in FP2 this morning.

Times have been close all weekend, so expect fine margins to decide the order here; Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia, Luca Marini all also in the mix for the top positions. If Quartararo can repeat the lap time he managed in Q1, he is surely a contender for the front two rows at least as well.

No Joan Mir in the session, he's sitting today out after his Practice crash.

 

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10:09
Quartararo tops Q1

Chequered flag is out on Q1 now and it's Fabio Quartararo who transfers as the fastest rider while Fermin Aldeguer moves through in second.

Grid from 13th back:

Oliveira, Raul Fernandez, Ogura

Binder, Vinales, Rins

Zarco, Bastianini, Miller

Augusto Fernandez, Chantra

 

Q2 coming up next in around 7 minutes at 11:15 local time.

10:07

Quartararo has had his fastest lap cancelled for track limits but he's improving again and gets down to a 1:30.481. Almost the fastest time of the weekend.

Vinales finally gets a lap on the board to go 7th.

10:05

Quartararo now looking for further improvements.

1:30.671 to now go 0.181s clear of the field.

Improvements from Ogura and Oliveira now as well who are 5th and 3rd respectively.

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10:03

Raul Fernandez improves on his latest lap. P3 but feel like he could've been fastest without making a mess of the last turn.

10:00

Bastianini down at turn 15. Out lap crash for him, must be a cold tyre - not unusual in that turn. He's been able to walk away but a miserable qualifying for the Italian.

09:59

Bastianini heading out now for his second run with just under 7 minutes on the clock.

Worth noting that Vinales' lack of a time is for track limits cancellations, not because he's not circulating.

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09:58

Looks like that's the first run over.

Order with 7 minutes to go:

Quartararo

Aldeguer

Binder

Fernandez

Ogura

Rins

Bastianini

Oliveira

Zarco

Miller

Fernandez

Chantra

Vinales (No time)

09:57

Quartararo going again, showing his class there to go fastest, beating Aldeguer - who just improved seconds before the Yamaha rider - by 0.010s.

09:56

Now Ogura goes up to third, just over half-a-tenth behind P2 Adeguer.

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09:55

Shocking third sector from Bastianini and he stays third even with a PB.

Binder behind him goes fastest, and Quartararo up to third so Bastianini now back to fourth.

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