14:43
Bezzecchi ends Marquez's Sprint streak
2025 San Marino MotoGP Sprint Report - Bezzecchi wins as Marquez crashes out
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 San Marino MotoGP: Sprint LIVE UPDATES
Live coverage of the Sprint from the 2025 San Marino MotoGP at Misano.
The MotoGP Sprint at the 16th round of the 2025 World Championship, the San Marino MotoGP at Misano, is set to get underway at 15:00 local time this afternoon.
Marco Bezzecchi has had strong pace all weekend and converted that to a pole position in qualifying this morning.
Marc Marquez is unbeaten in the last eight Sprints but goes from fourth on the grid today.
Alex Marquez enters this afternoon's Sprint 182 points behind his brother, but starts once again from the front row in second place.
Fabio Quartararo has looked frustrated with his Yamaha YZR-M1 all weekend, but was able to come through Q1 to qualify on the front row in third place.
Luca Marini put in a solid qualifying effort to take his best grid position for Honda in sixth. His teammate, Joan Mir, has been ruled out of Saturday's action after his Practice crash on Friday.
Francesco Bagnaia had a better day on Friday than he's had for a while at a MotoGP race, but was only able to qualify eighth-fastest.
Enea Bastianini had a struggle in qualifying, only 10th-fastest in Q1 after a crash.
This afternoon's Sprint will also be the first race of any kind which has featured Yamaha's new V4 engine in its YZR-M1, ridden by Augusto Fernandez.
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14:45
San Marino Sprint: Points
14:23
San Marino MotoGP Sprint Results
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14:23
Marco Bezzecchi wins Misano Sprint
It's Sprint victory for the first time with Aprilia for Marco Bezzecchi, by 1s over Alex Marquez.
Di Giannantonio completes the podium.
Morbidelli and Acosta round out the top-five.
Solid ride for Aldeguer in P6 ahead of Marini, Martin, and Raul Fernandez who complete the points.
Bastianini comes from 19th to round out the top-10.
14:20
Lap 12/13
One to go now and it's still Bezzecchi from Marquez. Marquez a bit faster that time but still 0.7s lead for Bezzecchi.
Di Giannantonio has escaped a little from Morbidelli, too.
14:19
Lap 11/13
Two laps to go now and Bezzecchi has extended to around 1s over Marquez now. It's his to lose.
2s back then to Di Giannantonio, who still has Morbidelli all over him in the battle for P3.
Morbidelli now with a track limits warning..
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14:18
Binder OUT
Brad Binder has suffered his third mechanical of the weekend, and he's fairly furious about it.
Not the chain this time, at least.
14:18
POV: You're in the factory Ducati box when Marc Marquez crashed out of the San Marino Sprint.
Factory Ducati box as Marc Marquez crashes from San Marino Sprint. Credit: Lewis Duncan.
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14:16
Lap 9/13
Still around half-a-second between the two leaders with now four laps to go.
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14:15
Lap 8/13
Decent lap for Bezzecchi that time, 0.5s over Marquez now, and Alex has a track limits warning.
VR46s glued together for P3, Di Giannantonio ahead of Morbidelli.
Marc Marquez has returned to the factory Ducati box.
14:13
Lap 7/13
Bezzecchi has 0.3s over Alex Marquez but it's the Gresini rider who is a little faster at the moment.
14:12
Marquez out
Marc Marquez has crashed out at turn 15.
Bezzecchi back in the lead from Alex Marquez and Di Giannantonio.
Cheers from the crowd, which is a bit unsavoury, if expected.
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14:11
Marquez leads
Bezzecchi a little deep at turn four and Marquez makes the move at turn six on lap six.
14:10
Lap 5/13
It was a good push from Bezzecchi but Marquez has made the difference.
He's dropped his brother a bit and is now within a couple of tenths of Bezzecchi, who was wide at turn 14.
14:09
Lap 4/13
Marquez responding a bit on lap 4 to Bezzecchi's pace but still a 0.522s gap between the front two. Alex Marquez still there.
Crash for Quartararo at turn 2 on lap 5.
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14:07
Lap 3/13
Bezzecchi into the 1:30s that time, 0.5s over Marquez.
Bagnaia now back to 13th behind R. Fernandez and Zarco.
Track limits warning for Martin.
14:06
Lap 2/13
Bezzecchi continues to lead, no change at the front this time. Fastest lap of the race for Alex Marquez that time.
14:04
Lap 1/13
Bezzecchi leads the first lap, Marquezes still right there of course.
Quartararo and Di Giannantonio complete the top-five.
Bagnaia back to 11th from 8th on the grid.
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14:03
Sprint start
It's lights out in Misano for the MotoGP Sprint, and it's a holeshot for Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez up to second from fourth, Alex Marquez back to third.
14:00
Warm-up lap
Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead of this 13-lap Sprint.
13:58
Conditions, tyres
27C air temperature and 37C track temperature this afternoon, more or less identical to what the riders faced in Practice yesterday.
Absolutely zero dissenters on tyres: medium-compound front, soft-compound rear for all 22 riders lining up for this one.
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13:53
Bagnaia
If Marc Marquez's P4 matched his worst qualifying of the season, Francesco Bagnaia's P8 was a big improvement over the P21 he managed in Barcelona.
Still a disappointment, though, for the rider who has won here twice and has been off the podium at Misano only three times in his entire MotoGP career, and he will have work to do both today and tomorrow from eighth.
Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, pit box. Credit: Lewis Duncan.
13:46
The contenders
Marco Bezzecchi is certainly among the favourites for victory this afternoon, starting from pole position and having shown strong pace all weekend, including yesterday afternoon on a soft-compound rear tyre.
The absolute favourite? Well maybe not, but he's certainly up there.
Marc Marquez will be tough to beat even from fourth. It's tough to pass around here, but you know the championship leader will find a way to make progress from the second row. He's also unbeaten in the last 8 Sprints.
Perhaps Alex Marquez, who has shown decent long run pace all weekend and starts second with perhaps a better-launching bike than the Aprilia in the shape of the Desmosedici GP24, is the clear favourite for victory, if there is one at all. A win today would be a continuation of his success from Barcelona in one way, of course, but also redemption for his crash from the lead last Saturday.
13:39
Grid
Mir's absence from the Sprint means that everyone who qualified behind him, so everyone who missed Q2 and qualified 13th back, gets a one-place jump on the grid for the Sprint.
The full Sprint grid is below.
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 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 13 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 14 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 15 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 16 | Maverick Vinales | ESP | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 17 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 18 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 20 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 21 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | Yamaha Factory Racing Team | Yamaha YZR-M1 (V4) |
| 22 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda RC213V |
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13:37
Joan Mir
Joan Mir will not take part in today's Sprint after withdrawing from Saturday after his Practice crash yesterday.
Alberto Puig explained earlier that he has a "compression" in the cervical region of his neck.
