04:03
di Giannantonio ups his pace again on the next lap, he topples Marc Marquez from P1.
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2025 Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika: Qualifying & Sprint - LIVE
Live updates from Saturday’s qualifying at the 2025 Indonesian MotoGP at Mandalika.
Having wrapped up the title last time in Japan, Marc Marquez needs to win two of the remaining five grands prix to beat his record of 13 wins in a season (2014).
However, his first target this weekend will just be to finish the grand prix, having never seen a Sunday chequered flag at Mandalika in his three previous visits.
Marquez was injured during a massive highside in warm-up for the inaugural 2022 event, crashed in 2023 and suffered an engine failure in 2024. His only Indonesian result so far is a third place, as a Gresini rider, in last year’s Sprint race.
After victories earlier this season in Austria, Mandalika and Portimao are the only circuits on the current calendar that Marquez has not yet won at.
Meanwhile, the battle for second is getting closer with factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia now 66 points behind Alex Marquez after a perfect weekend in Motegi.
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi lost ground in Japan, after being taken out by team-mate Jorge Martin in the Sprint, and is a further 32 points from Bagnaia.
However, Bezzecchi struck back by leading day one at Mandalika, while Bagnaia and Marc Marquez both failed to claim direct access to Qualifying 2, meaning they will have to fight for the last two transfer spots in this morning's Qualifying 1.
Martin, last year’s pole and grand prix winner, is missing this weekend after undergoing surgery for a right collarbone fracture sustained in the Japanese accident.
Rookie Ai Ogura, who withdrew from his home Japanese Grand Prix last Sunday due to ongoing pain from the wrist injury at Misano, also remains out of action, meaning Raul Fernandez is the only Trackhouse rider in the special Gulf livery.
Saturday October 4:
10:10am (local) / 3:10am (UK) - MotoGP FP2
10.50am (local) / 3:50am (UK) - MotoGP Qualifying
3pm (local) / 8am (UK) - MotoGP Sprint
04 Oct 2025
04:02
Meanwhile, others are now out, with di Giannantonio setting red sectors to challenge Marc Marquez, but crosses the line just 0.057s short.
04:01
It sounds strange but riders have been struggling to generate heat into the reinforced tyre construction this weekend, hence Marquez stayed out for 6 laps on his first run, while Bagnaia is likely to do several more flying laps.
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04:00
Bagnaia's rear tyre kicks out sideways into Turn 1 again, he's on a personal best lap but not threatening the Marquez or Diggia in the two transfer places.
03:59
While Marc Marquez is one of the last to pit, team-mate Bagnaia is one of the first to start his final run.
03:58
Order at the end of the opening run, as riders pit for a fresh rubber:
- Marc Marquez
- Fabio di Giannantonio
- Franco Morbidelli
- Brad Binder
- Jack Miller
- Johann Zarco
- Francesco Bagnaia
- Maverick Vinales
- Somkiat Chantra
- Enea Bastianini
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03:56
Marquez responds with red sectors in 1, 2, 3 and 4 to retake P1 by 0.146s from di Giannantonio.
Bagnaia is already back in the pits and gesturing that his bike is kicking at the rear.
03:55
Fabio di Giannantonio breaks into the 1m 29s to put his GP25 on top, with team-mate Franco Morbidelli making it a VR46 one-two.
03:54
Marc Marquez is in danger of being held up behind Bagnaia, but his first flying lap is still 0.574s clear of next best Morbidelli. Zarco 3rd, Bagnaia 4th.
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03:51
Marc Marquez leaves the pits behind team-mate Bagnaia.
03:49
Next up it's Qualifying 1, which features both factory Ducatis for the first time this season.
Qualifying 1 line-up:
Marc MARQUEZ
Franco MORBIDELLI
Brad BINDER
Johann ZARCO
Enea BASTIANINI
Jack MILLER
Francesco BAGNAIA
Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO
Maverick VIÑALES
Somkiat CHANTRA
03:48
Indonesian MotoGP: FP2 Results
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03:42
Meanwhile, Monster Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo jumps to second - between Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta - after changing from the hard front to a used soft.
03:41
Crash
A late crash for Miguel Oliveira brings his session to an early end. The Portuguese will finish the session in 5th. Oliveira is okay but he'll probably only have one bike for qualifying with his M1 looking heavily damaged.
03:39
Into the final minute of the session and the factory Ducatis have been pushed down to 10th (Marc Marquez) and 12th (Francesco Bagnaia). Their tough weekend continues.
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03:38
Behind the top two is the top Ducati of Fermin Aldeguer, the stand out Desmosedici so far this weekend.
Yamaha are also continuing to impress with Pramac riders Miguel Oliveira 4th and Jack Miller 6th, with Raul Fernandez in between for Trackhouse.
03:36
Marco Bezzecchi is still the fastest on old soft tyres, improving his best time after 11 laps on the soft tyres. But Pedro Acosta in second is matching him on the hard front and has just set his best lap time on lap 12. There's just 0.171s between them.
With Ducati on the back foot at the moment, this weekend looks like a great chance for both of them to stand on the top step - in Acosta's case for the first time ever in MotoGP.
03:31
Bagnaia has halved the 1.2s gap to the top on Friday, while Marquez is a few tenths closer but they are both currently over half-a-second behind Bezzecchi, on the same soft tyres.
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03:29
Fabio di Giannantonio has reverted to the 2024 aero, meaning he's now on the same aero as Bagnaia, who has kept the old aero all year. Marc Marquez runs the new 2025 aero.
03:24
Halfway:
- Marco Bezzecchi
- Pedro Acosta
- Raul Fernandez
- Miguel Oliveira
- Luca Marini
- Marc Marquez
- Francesco Bagnaia
- Brad Binder
- Fabio di Giannantonio
- Enea Bastianini
03:22
While soft tyres front and rear are the popular choice this morning, Pedro Acosta is second with a medium front, while Brad Binder (8th), Fabio Quartararo (11th) have the hard front.
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03:21
Marc Marquez is currently 4th and Francesco Bagnaia 7th. Ducati seem quietly confident they can make a step on a Saturday, after analysing Friday's data.
03:16
Friday leader Marco Bezzecchi is straight back on top for Aprilia after the initial laps, soft tyres front and rear.
03:14
Davide Tardozzi still refuses to confirm that Francesco Bagnaia had access to Franco Morbidelli's bike at the Misano test, despite VR46 saying that was the case.
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03:11
The big news from day on was that both factory Ducati riders, newly crowned champion Marc Marquez and double Motegi winner Francesco Bagnaia, were left outside the top ten and need to fight through Qualifying 1 today.
