Marc Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix, practice start. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Marc Marquez, 2025 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix, practice start. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Czech MotoGP: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES

Live coverage of the Practice session from the Czech MotoGP at Brno.

The 12th round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship brings the series back to Brno for the Czech Grand Prix.

MotoGP hasn't been in the Czech Republic since 2020, and the track has been resurfaced for this year's event.

Brad Binder is the most recent winner in Brno, but Marc Marquez is the in-form rider heading into the weekend with eight wins from his last eight starts and an 83-point championship lead over Alex Marquez.

It was Marquez who topped FP1 this morning on a drying track, finishing 0.615 seconds ahead of Jack Miller and with a time within a hundredth of his own pole position record from 2019.

18 Jul 2025
14:20
Practice underway

Practice has started in Brno. Still very much wet out there.

14:15
New schedule

Pit lane now set to open in around five minutes at 15:20 local time.

14:12

Still no updates on a schedule for Practice.

14:02

Rain is continuing in Brno. Information on a new schedule in 10 minutes (15:10 local time).

13:57
Session delayed

Session has been delayed due to weather conditions.

13:54
Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez comes into this weekend with an 83-point championship lead over Alex Marquez and having gone unbeaten in the last four grand prix weekends.

He was also fastest this morning by 0.615s over Jack Miller, and the only rider in the 1:54s.

Looking at conditions now, it seems unlikely the times from this morning will be beaten this afternoon, but whatever the case, the times from this afternoon's session will determine Q1/Q2 seeding for Saturday's qualifying session.

13:48
Practice

Welcome back to live coverage of the Friday practice sessions from the Czech MotoGP.

Practice is due to get underway  in just over 10 minutes at 15:00 local time.

However Moto2 Practice has been red flagged and the final three minutes cancelled due to heavy rain which continues to persist.

MotoGP Practice is still currently set to get underway at 15:00.

10:33
Chequered flag

Marc Marquez fastest in FP1 and into the 1:54s with his final lap - a 1:54.606 puts him 0.615s clear of the field.

Miller second, then Bagnaia, Alex Marquez, and Bastianini round out the top-five.

Acosta, Bezzecchi, Marini, Rins, and Nakagami complete the top-10.

10:29

Miller now fastest on a 1:55.221. Marquez on another lap but not improving.

10:29

Looks like that 55.0 has been cancelled for Marquez. He's back to his 55.324 but still 0.666s clear of Marini.

10:28

Marquez improving again. He has Bagnaia in front of him and the time he is taking out of him is visible and per-corner. Quite striking.

He goes another 0.3s faster on that latest lap and down to a 1:55.0 as Marini goes second for Honda.

10:27

Now Marc Marquez to the top on a 1:55.324. That's within a second of the all-time lap record and a second clear of the field.

10:26

Quartararo back to the top now from Bezzecchi and Acosta. Less than five minutes to go now.

10:24

Times really scrolling now as riders build temperature and confidence on the slicks. Quartararo into the 1:56s, and Espargaro beats him by 0.026s.

Bagnaia jumps up to P3, too.

10:23

Quartararo now to the top and it's Yamaha 1-3 with Rins in third. Pol Espargaro splitting them at the moment.

10:21

Augusto Fernandez - the Yamaha test rider who has previously tested at Brno - goes top of the timesheet.

10 minutes remain.

10:18
Crash

Ai Ogura goes down at Turn 3. Rider OK.

10:15

Several riders, including the returning Jorge Martin, have put on slicks.

10:14

Quartararo has just set his first flying lap on slicks.

Jack Miller currently top of timesheet.

10:11
Zarco fastest so far
  1. Zarco
  2. Bagnaia
  3. Miller
  4. Binder
  5. Acosta

With 19 minutes remaining.

10:11

Marc Marquez has gone out again - it's his third attempt to get going today after tech issues.

10:10
Marc Marquez issue

Marc Marquez's bike has cut out after only a few minutes.

10:08
Problems already

An Aprilia was quickly spotted in the gravel.

Thankfully it wasn't Jorge Martin!

It was teammate Marco Bezzecchi who was unhurt.

10:07
FP1 is underway

The first session at Brno is underway, Jorge Martin's first laps on an Aprilia in a MotoGP session for too long.