13:44
Riders are arriving on the grid now after the sighting lap. Slow sighting lap here because of the thirsty nature of the layout in Spielberg.
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Austrian MotoGP: Sprint LIVE UPDATES
Live coverage of the Sprint race from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring.
The 13th round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship takes place this weekend at the Red Bull Ring. The Sprint is set to get underway at 15:00 local time.
Marc Marquez enters Saturday as the fastest rider having topped both practices on Friday, but a crash in qualifying leaves him fourth on the grid. He's chasing his sixth successive Sprint win this afternoon and is defending a 120-point championship lead over Alex Marquez, who starts second.
Marco Bezzecchi came through Q1 to grab pole position this morning despite Aprilia's struggles this weekend. He has been on the podium in two of the last four Sprints.
Pedro Acosta was second-fastest in Practice on Friday, but was only seventh in qualifying this morning. The top KTM on the grid is that of Enea Bastianini.
Francesco Bagnaia has won the last three grands prix in Austria, and both Sprints to have taken place at the Red Bull Ring. He starts third this afternoon but showed good race pace on Friday.
Maverick Vinales was attempting to return from injury this weekend after missing the German and Czech grands prix. However, he was declared unfit after qualifying.
16 Aug 2025
13:42
Marc Marquez
It's a 120-point lead for Marc Marquez coming into this weekend. On the one hand, that means he can sit back, on the other hand it gives him the freedom to push on knowing that he has a big margin in the championship to fall back on.
Marquez being Marquez, the first option has probably barely entered his mind.
He starts fourth this afternoon after a crash in Q2, his second Q2 crash in as many rounds, but he is also looking to extend his five-Sprint win streak which stretches back to Aragon in June.
13:36
Marco Bezzecchi
Marco Bezzecchi starts on pole position for the first time since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix this afternoon after taking a surprise pole in qualifying this morning after coming through Q1.
It's been a tough weekend for Aprilia in general, and the Italian is the only RS-GP rider on the front two rows: Raul Fernandez starts 9th, Jorge Martin 14th, and Ai Ogura 19th.
The Italian is aiming for his third Sprint podium of the season this afternoon.
13:32
Sprint
Welcome back to live coverage of today's action from the Austrian MotoGP, where the Sprint will be coming up in under 30 minutes at 15:00 local time.
10:34
Austrian MotoGP Qualifying Results
10:32
Marco Bezzecchi on pole
It's pole position for Marco Bezzecchi in Austria, which is quite remarkable after Aprilia's Friday struggles.
Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia complete row one.
Marc Marquez, Bastianini, Aldeguer on row two.
Then Acosta, Morbidelli, Fernandez on row three.
Mir, Binder, Zarco make up row four.
10:31
Acosta again up by almost 0.2s at split two but it all goes away in the second half and he goes on seventh after a final corner front slide.
10:30
No improvement for Marquez on his final lap - P4 for the championship leader.
10:30
Raul Fernandez has crashed at turn three. He's P9 at the moment. Yellow flags cleared in time to not cancel Marquez's latest lap.
10:29
Bagnaia's run on again at turn four.
10:28
Marc Marquez has crashed at turn 2b. Only P4 at the moment but he's up and going again with time remaining.
10:28
Bastianini 0.2s up on Bezzecchi after split two, lost a bit in sector three and goes only fifth in the end.
10:27
Bagnaia was up after the second split but he's blown it at turn six.
10:26
Bagnaia and Bezzecchi both improve on the first lap of their second run.
Bezzercchi 0.142s ahead of Bagnaia, 1:28.060.
Alex Marquez imrpoves behind them to go second, 0.016s behind Bezzecchi.
10:24
Acosta now back in the pits with 6 minutes on the clock.
10:23
Acosta has stopped on track and is riding back on the service road now. Looks like a bike problem of some kind, maybe run out of fuel?
10:22
Acosta improves on his second lap and he goes up to fourth - lost quite a lot in the second half of the lap.
Mir also improves to a 1:28.747 to go P6.
10:20
Bezzecchi set the early benchmark but Marquez has taken over at the top now, 1:28.220 to lead the session by 0.275s over Alex Marquez. Bagnaia third.
Now Bezzecchi P4 from Morbidelli and Acosta on row two.
Zarco now back on his bike and riding back to the pits.
10:19
Zarco has crashed at turn four. That's his second crash of the morning after his FP2 spill at turn eight.
10:19
Looks like a lap of tyre preparation this first 'flyer' for the group with Marc Marquez, which includes Zarco and Aldeguer. They're starting their first proper flyer now.
10:15
Q2 starts
Pit lane re-opens in Austria and Q2 is underway.
10:12
Q2 up next in just a few minutes.
Championship leader Marc Marquez is aiming for his eighth pole of the season, while Francesco Bagnaia is after his second in a row.
Pedro Acosta is also in the mix for a maiden pole at KTM's home race.
10:08
Marini a couple of tenths shy of advancing in the end. He's third, ahead of Martin and Di Giannantonio who completes the top-five. Only sixth, so 16th on the grid, for Quartararo.
Alex Rins the next best Yamaha in seventh, then Oliveira in eighth.
Ogura disappointing after some decent speed yesterday, only ninth for the Japanese in Q1.
Jack Miller was 10th, and Maverick Vinales did do a run at the end of Q1 there but was slowest in the session.
10:06
Bastianini tops Q1
Run-on for Bezzecchi in the penultimate corner on his final lap but it's not going to cost him.
He moves through to Q2 with Bastianini.
10:06
Bezzecchi is going to get through here but he's still visibly struggling to get stopped in turn four.
