2025 Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island - Friday Practice Results
Friday practice results from the 2025 Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, round 19 of 22.
A battered and brusied Marco Bezzecchi smashes the Phillip Island lap record to lead Friday practice for the 2025 Australian MotoGP.
Raul Fernandez completes an Aprilia one-two with Fabio di Giannantonio best of the rest - but 0.420s behind Bezzecchi - for VR46 Ducati.
Monster Yamaha team-mates Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins sandwiched Alex Marquez, with Luca Marini the leading Honda in seventh.
KTM stand-in Pol Espargaro impressed as the top RC16, in eighth.
Ducati Lenovo's Francesco Bagnaia salvaged ninth, ahead of Pedro Acosta, after another difficult start to the session.
Rookie Mandalika winner Fermin Aldeguer was among those left outside the top ten and heading for Saturday’s Qualifying 1.
Home hero and FP1 leader Jack Miller was another to miss out on direct Q2 access.
2025 Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island - Practice Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | 1'26.492s | 28/28 | 348k |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +0.291s | 28/28 | 347k |
| 3 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.420s | 19/23 | 346k |
| 4 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.434s | 21/26 | 342k |
| 5 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.453s | 26/27 | 342k |
| 6 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.514s | 18/23 | 346k |
| 7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.559s | 24/24 | 351k |
| 8 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.562s | 22/23 | 352k |
| 9 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.640s | 20/21 | 345k |
| 10 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.653s | 19/24 | 353k |
| 11 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +0.658s | 24/24 | 341k |
| 12 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.777s | 27/27 | 350k |
| 13 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.817s | 24/24 | 350k |
| 14 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.827s | 26/26 | 347k |
| 15 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.884s | 25/25 | 347k |
| 16 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.204s | 27/27 | 348k |
| 17 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +1.414s | 24/25 | 346k |
| 18 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +1.428s | 27/28 | 345k |
| 19 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) | +1.486s | 26/27 | 350k |
| 20 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.623s | 22/22 | 351k |
| 21 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Test Rider (GP25) | +2.548s | 16/18 | 341k |
| 22 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +2.620s | 23/24 | 338k |
* Rookie
Official Phillip Island MotoGP Records:
Best lap: Jorge Martin, Ducati, 1m 27.246s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 27.765s (2024)
Home hero Jack Miller fits fresh rubber at the end of opening practice for the 2025 Australian MotoGP to lead the Phillip Island timesheets on Friday morning.
Miller, the only rider in the top ten to change both front and rear tyres for his final run, got the better of long-time leader Alex Marquez.
Marquez suffered a scare when he clipped the back wheel of Miller's team-mate Miguel Oliveira at Turn 1, but stayed upright. The incident was put under investigation by the Stewards with no further action taken.
Young Spanish stars Pedro Acosta (KTM) and Marquez's Gresini Ducati team-mate and Mandalika winner Fermin Aldeguer completed a top four covered by just 0.185s.
Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi set the early pace and also practised the long lap penalty loop he will need to visit twice in the grand prix.
Francesco Bagnaia's day began with the Italian gesturing angrily to his crew about more violent shaking from the GP25. But he later made progress to finish seventh.
Franco Morbidelli was the first faller of the weekend while HRC's Joan Mir suffered a dramatic engine failure on the main straight...
2025 Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island - Free Practice (1) Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'28.281s | 19/19 | 347k |
| 2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.036s | 12/20 | 345k |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.135s | 14/19 | 350k |
| 4 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +0.185s | 18/18 | 340k |
| 5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.239s | 22/22 | 340k |
| 6 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.251s | 20/22 | 343k |
| 7 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.275s | 15/16 | 342k |
| 8 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.337s | 13/19 | 346k |
| 9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.350s | 15/16 | 346k |
| 10 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.373s | 11/23 | 347k |
| 11 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +0.479s | 18/20 | 344k |
| 12 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.596s | 13/18 | 348k |
| 13 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.695s | 21/21 | 348k |
| 14 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.705s | 18/20 | 345k |
| 15 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.738s | 19/19 | 350k |
| 16 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.757s | 19/20 | 350k |
| 17 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.958s | 18/20 | 344k |
| 18 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.048s | 18/21 | 343k |
| 19 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) | +1.510s | 18/20 | 341k |
| 20 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +2.028s | 21/23 | 337k |
| 21 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Test Rider (GP25) | +2.364s | 19/21 | 334k |
| 22 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +2.474s | 18/20 | 335k |
* Rookie
Official Phillip Island MotoGP Records:
Best lap: Jorge Martin, Ducati, 1m 27.246s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 27.765s (2024)
Last year’s Australian Grand Prix front row of Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales are all missing from the 2025 event due to injuries.
2025 world champion Marquez is absent for at least the next two rounds after undergoing surgery for ligament damage to his right collarbone, caused by contact from Marco Bezzecchi in Indonesia.
Aprilia’s Martin, who also missed the Indonesian round after undergoing surgery for a collarbone fracture sustained in a Turn 1 clash with team-mate Bezzecchi at Motegi, continues to be absent.
Tech3’s Vinales withdrew after qualifying at Mandalika due to ongoing issues with his healing shoulder.
Marquez, Martin and Vinales are all former Phillip Island MotoGP winners, leaving only Alex Rins (2022) and Johann Zarco (2023) with previous premier-class Australian victories.
Marquez is replaced by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro, Martin by Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori and Vinales by KTM test rider Pol Espargaro.
Bezzecchi is back for Phillip Island but needs to serve a double long lap penalty on Sunday for causing the scary opening lap incident with Marquez at Mandalika.
Trackhouse rookie Ai Ogura, who withdrew from his home Japanese Grand Prix and then skipped the whole of the Mandalika event due to pain from the wrist injury at Misano, is also back on track this weekend.
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