2025 Italian MotoGP - Friday Practice Results
Friday practice results from the 2025 Italian MotoGP at Mugello, round 9 of 22.
| 2025 Italian MotoGP - Free Practice (1) Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 1'46.199s | 19/19 | 359k |
| 2 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.000s | 14/17 | 355k |
| 3 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.053s | 16/18 | 362k |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.094s | 9/18 | 359k |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.387s | 17/17 | 353k |
| 6 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.416s | 4/16 | 354k |
| 7 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.449s | 15/18 | 356k |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.452s | 3/15 | 356k |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.507s | 6/16 | 352k |
| 10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.657s | 16/16 | 353k |
| 11 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.699s | 15/16 | 352k |
| 12 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.716s | 14/15 | 351k |
| 13 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.754s | 17/18 | 351k |
| 14 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.775s | 15/18 | 352k |
| 15 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +0.850s | 16/17 | 351k |
| 16 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.076s | 16/17 | 353k |
| 17 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.093s | 4/17 | 352k |
| 18 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +1.124s | 15/15 | 353k |
| 19 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +1.244s | 14/15 | 351k |
| 20 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.619s | 15/15 | 351k |
| 21 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +1.689s | 16/19 | 345k |
| 22 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) | +1.899s | 11/16 | 353k |
* Rookie
Official Mugello MotoGP Records:
Best lap: Jorge Martin Ducati 1m 44.504s (2024)
Fastest race lap: Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1m 45.770s (2024)
Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi and KTM's Pedro Acosta finish FP1 for the 2025 Italian MotoGP tied at the top of the timesheets at Mugello.
Bezzecchi's superior next-best time saw the Italian officially classified fastest, with Brad Binder just behind team-mate Acosta and title leader Marc Marquez the leading Ducati in fourth (after sticking with used tyres).
Francesco Bagnaia, unbeaten at Mugello since 2021, set the early pace, before countryman Bezzecchi and Yamaha’s 2021 winner Fabio Quartararo moved ahead.
Marc Marquez, who starts the weekend with a 32-point title lead over younger brother Alex, then hit the front just after the midway stage of the 45 minutes, using a soft front tyre vs the (revised) hard of Bezzecchi, Quartararo and Bagnaia.
Marquez, seeking his first Mugello win since 2014, kept control until Acosta and Binder moved into first and second in the final minutes, followed by Bezzecchi's Acosta-matching 1m 46.199s last lap.
Binder and Tech3's Maverick Vinales joined Enea Bastianini in running the mass damper system this morning, but Acosta appeared to continue without the ‘salad box’.
Meanwhile, Bagnaia doubts he will be able to use the bigger 355mm brakes that helped his Aragon form due to the flowing track layout this weekend.
The Italian duly looked to start the Mugello event on the standard 340 discs - and ran wide several times in the closing stages before raising his arm in frustration and pulling into the pits on his way to eighth...
Bagnaia and VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio have reportedly homologated the new Ducati fairing, most recently seen at the Aragon test. Marc Marquez still had both his bikes fitted with the original GP25 aero, but with the latest chassis, in FP1.
Under-pressure Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez was the first faller of the weekend, suffering a fast accident at Arrabiata 1 after just ten minutes, damaging the latest RS-GP parts.
Rookie team-mate Ai Ogura is returning to action after missing Aragon due to his Silverstone leg injuries.
HRC’s Luca Marini is again absent from the track - but present as a spectator - due to multiple injuries while testing a Superbike at Suzuka in Japan.
Marini is replaced by Honda test rider Takaaki Nakagami.
Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori is again replacing injured reigning world champion Jorge Martin at Aprilia.
The all-time MotoGP top speed record of 227.5mph/366.1km/h was set by Brad Binder in the 2023 Mugello Sprint, then matched by fellow KTM rider Pol Espargaro (as a wild-card) during practice last year.
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