07:54
Pedro Acosta is flying the KTM flag alone in the top 10 from fifth. He had decent pace yesterday, but won't have any tailgunner support from his stablemates Brad Binder in 15th and Enea Bastianini in 17th.
Marc Marquez
2025 Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika: Sprint + reaction as it happened
Live updates from Saturday’s sprint 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
07:57
Tyre choice
The current tyre selection is everyone on the soft rear and soft front, but for Acosta on a hard front and Binder on the medium front.
07:52
Just 10 minutes till lights out.
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07:51
Leading factory Ducati is Marc Marquez, the new world champion, down in ninth. It just hasn't really improved for the rest of the Desmosedicis since yesterday.
Fabio Di Giannantonio is 11th, Franco Morbidelli 13th and Pecco Bagnaia only 16th a week on from his pole/sprint/grand prix treble at Motegi.
07:48
Fermin Aldeguer remains the best Ducati as he goes from second on the grid. He will be a major podium threat this weekend. Pecco Bagnaia noted yesterday that his data shows he's got amazing traction.
The last time we had this stiffer rear tyre casing, Aldeguer was on the podium in Austria.
07:47
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07:45
Fourth for Alex Rins is a best qualifying for him as a Yamaha rider. His previous best was an eighth last year.
07:43
The clouds are gathering at Mandalika. We're not expecting rain, but the cloud cover may just cool things down a bit.
07:40
The field has headed out for their sighting lap.
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07:38
Injury update
The grid, as you can see, has shrunk to 19 riders.
Maverick Vinales withdrew from the remainder of the weekend earlier today to focus on his shoulder recover.
Jorge Martin was a pre-weekend withdrawal due to injury, likewise Ai Ogura.
07:35
The last time Marco Bezzecchi started on pole, he won the sprint. That was at Misano. And so far he's very much on course to keep sweeping up this weekend after breaking the lap record in Q2.
07:34
2025 Indonesian MotoGP sprint - starting grid
It's a very mixed up grid for today's sprint at Mandalika.
Row 1 - Bezzecchi, Aldeguer, Fernandez
Row 2 - Rins, Acosta, Marini
Row 3 - A.Marquez, Quartararo, M.Marquez
Row 4 - Oliveira, Di Giannantonio, Mir
Row 5 - Morbidelli, Miller, Binder
Row 6 - Bagnaia, Bastianini, Zarco
Row 7 - Chantra
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07:31
2025 Indonesian MotoGP - Sprint build-up
Good afternoon and welcome back to our live coverage of the 2025 MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix.
We are now building up to the sprint, which gets going at the top of the hour.
06:31
Vinales Pulls Out
Maverick Vinales has pulled out of the Indonesian GP after qualifying.
The Spaniard is still recovering his shoulder injury sustained back in July in qualifying at the German GP.
He complained of pain after practice yesterday and said he would speak with the Tech3 team and with the medical staff to decide whether to continue or not.
Tech3 has now made the announcement after qualifying confirming his withdrawal.
Full story here.
Maverick Vinales, 2025 MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix, pit box. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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05:49
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04:38
Indonesian MotoGP: Qualifying Results
04:32
Qualifying ends
Marco Bezzecchi blasts to pole position at Mandalika. Rookie Fermin Aldeguer takes his best MotoGP grid place with second. Raul Fernandez makes it two Aprilias on the front row.
04:32
Yellow flags for the Rins accident deny the likes of Luca Marini a final lap.
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04:31
Crash
Alex Rins falls at the same corner where team-mate Fabio Quartararo tumbled.
04:30
Meanwhile, Raul Fernandez makes it two Aprilias on the front row.
04:29
Marc Marquez is clearly wrestling with his Ducati and simply doesn't have the pace.
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04:28
Marc Marquez is now 12th and last.
04:27
Crash
Aldeguer team-mate Alex Marquez crashes, he's currently 6th.
04:27
Marco Bezzecchi is on pole by a huge 0.671s... but not for long, rookie Fermin Aldeguer cuts it to 0.398s on his spare bike.
Alex Rins jumps to a front row place in third.
2mins to go.
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04:26
Raul Fernandez is first to strike, knocking Marini off the front row in 3rd.
But fellow Aprilia rider Bezzecchi stuns with a 1m 28s!
