2025 German MotoGP, Sachsenring - Friday Practice Results

Friday practice results from the 2025 German MotoGP at Sachsenring, round 11 of 22.

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2025 German MotoGP
Fabio di Giannantonio, 2025 German MotoGP
2025 German MotoGP, Sachsenring - Practice Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)1'19.071s25/26304k
2Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)+0.337s26/27303k
3Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP25)+0.390s23/29303k
4Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.453s28/30300k
5Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.489s24/27303k
6Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)+0.521s22/25303k
7Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP25)+0.524s23/26306k
8Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.566s25/28303k
9Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP25)+0.627s23/26307k
10Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.662s25/26306k
11Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.709s25/26303k
12Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+0.893s23/25303k
13Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*+0.933s26/29304k
14Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)+0.934s28/30303k
15Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.028s26/28303k
16Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*+1.120s24/24301k
17Miguel OliveiraPORPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.131s17/23302k
18Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.238s25/27301k
19Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.597s21/23298k
20Lorenzo SavadoriITAAprilia Factory (RS-GP25)+1.651s27/29302k

* Rookie

Official Sachsenring MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Jorge Martin Ducati 1m 19.423s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Jorge Martin Ducati 1m 20.667s (2024)

Fabio di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez surprise by knocking Marc Marquez from the top of the Friday practice timesheets at the German MotoGP.

Chasing a ninth Sachsenring MotoGP win, Marc Marquez began the weekend in ominous form by dominating FP1 despite shunning new tyres at the end of the session.

The Ducati Lenovo star then set the first sub-1m 20s laps of the weekend early in the afternoon, keeping him on top until a hot lap by Pedro Acosta on new tyres.

Marquez restored order on fresh rubber of his own, but injured brother Alex and then di Giannantonio surged ahead on their final laps.

The Italian smashed the lap record to end the day 0.337s clear of Gresini rider Alex, with Marc +0.390s behind but having switched from a new soft to a used medium rather for his final run.

Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), Pedro Acosta (KTM), Franco Morbidelli (VR46), Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia), Jack Miller (Pramac), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Brad Binder (KTM) completed the top ten.

Meanwhile, the likes of Maverick Vinales (Tech3), double faller Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) and all the Honda riders will need to try and fight through Saturday’s Qualifying 1.

Most of the frontrunners began the session on the hard front and soft rear tyres.

Title contender Alex Marquez, given the all-clear after his hand injury was reviewed following FP1, was among those to start on the medium rear.

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi was an early faller at the final corner.

2022 Sachsenring winner Fabio Quartararo was riding with the new Yamaha rear wing previously tried by Miguel Oliveira and seen on the V4 during recent testing at Brno.

It didn’t appear to hold the rear of his M1 down much, with the Frenchman running on after a massive stoppie into Turn 1 before safely securing a place in Qualifying 2.

2025 German MotoGP, Sachsenring - Free Practice (1) Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP25)1'20.372s7/23304k
2Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.109s20/22299k
3Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP25)+0.315s22/23303k
4Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+0.508s13/16301k
5Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.575s17/20302k
6Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+0.610s12/20302k
7Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.642s20/21299k
8Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.644s6/22298k
9Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP25)+0.700s7/23303k
10Miguel OliveiraPORPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.718s19/22301k
11Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.847s5/24304k
12Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*+0.872s18/19299k
13Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.881s7/21302k
14Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)+0.904s13/19301k
15Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)+0.992s6/22297k
16Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)+1.001s7/21299k
17Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.039s6/19298k
18Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.106s17/21299k
19Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*+1.522s22/26303k
20Lorenzo SavadoriITAAprilia Factory (RS-GP25)+2.367s20/21296k

* Rookie

Official Sachsenring MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Jorge Martin Ducati 1m 19.423s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Jorge Martin Ducati 1m 20.667s (2024)

Marc Marquez starts his quest for a ninth German MotoGP victory by dominating opening practice for the 2025 event.

The threatening weather meant riders wasted no time in taking to the track, with title leader and Sachsenring king Marquez moving to the top after seven of the 45 minutes.

With occasional rain spots falling, the factory Ducati star kept improving to remain 0.644s clear by the midway stage.

Marquez eventually finished the session with an advantage of 0.109s over nearest rival Jack Miller (Pramac).

However, Miller, like Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia), Johann Zarco (Honda) and Maverick Vinales (KTM) just behind, used new rubber at the end of the session while Marquez remained on old tyres.

Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), were closest to Marquez on old tyres - but some 0.6s adrift of the #93.

Second in the championship, Alex Marquez, who fractured a bone in his left hand at Assen, will be reviewed by the MotoGP medical team after FP1.

The Gresini rider completed 19 laps for 14th place this morning, the Spaniard gesturing at team-mate Fermin Aldeguer after seeing a puff of smoke from the back of the rookie’s bike.

LCR’s Zarco and KTM's Pedro Acosta were the only fallers this morning. Both were unhurt.

Tech3 KTM's Enea Bastianini is absent after being diagnosed with appendicitis.

Marc Marquez is chasing a ninth MotoGP victory at the anti-clockwise Sachsenring, featuring 10 left-hand turns and only 3 rights, but also a first German win since 2021.

The Ducati Lenovo rider has a 68-point advantage over brother Alex.

Defending German MotoGP winner Francesco Bagnaia is currently 56 points behind Gresini rider Alex, in third, heading into the halfway stage of the 2025 campaign.

HRC’s Luca Marini is returning to MotoGP action after missing the last three rounds due a dislocated hip, fractured sternum, fractured collarbone and a collapsed lung, sustained during a Superbike testing accident at Suzuka.

However, another Honda rider is missing, with LCR’s Somkiat Chantra undergoing surgery after knee ligament damage during training.

Chantra will not be replaced for Sachsenring, but HRC test rider and former LCR racer Takaaki Nakagami will step in for Brno.

Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori is again replacing injured reigning world champion Jorge Martin at Aprilia.

Martin is planning to finally return at next weekend’s Brno round.

Rain is a threat throughout the German MotoGP weekend, with Saturday forecast to see the wettest weather.
 

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