2025 Valencia MotoGP Practice Results – Friday
November 14, 2025
Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo shattered Phillip Island lap record on his final qualifying attempt to seize Australian MotoGP pole position from Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi.
The outstanding performance marked Quartararo’s fifth pole position of the season and affirmed his status as one of the top contenders in the championship.
Bezzecchi had been leading the session and had even set a new track record in Friday’s practice with a lap of 1:26.492, but the Frenchman delivered when it mattered most denying the Italian what looked like a certain pole position until the very end.
Bezzecchi faced setbacks during his attempts due to traffic issues; notably, he was impeded by fellow riders Francesco Bagnaia and Luca Marini during crucial laps, prompting an investigation into the incident.
As Bezzecchi battled with these obstacles, Fabio Quartararo who started from tenth position on the grid at the beginning of Q2, unleashed a phenomenal lap that shattered the existing Phillip Island lap record with a time of 1’26.465.
The remarkable performance ultimately denied Bezzecchi Australian MotoGP pole position by a razor-thin margin of just 0.031 seconds.
Meanwhile, home favorite Jack Miller secured third place on the grid with a time only 0.243 seconds behind Quartararo, ensuring a double Yamaha front-row.
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The Pramac rider started from Q1 and made his way to the final qualifying shootout where he managed to improve his time on his final lap, edging Trackhouse Aprilia’s Raul Fernandez and KTM’s Pedro Acosta who rounded out the top five.
The Gresini duo of Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer led Ducati’s charge in sixth and seventh, respectively despite two falls for Alex during qualifying.
The younger Marquez brought out the first yellow flags after sliding out at Turn 4 and later suffered his second crash at Turn 1, disrupting some of the final laps.
Meanwhile, KTM’s wildcard Pol Espargaro qualified eighth ahead of Luca Marini on the leading Honda, while Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the top ten.
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia struggled to find his best pace, finishing only 11th and he also faces a three-place grid penalty for potentially impeding Bezzecchi during the session, adding more drama to the day.
KTM’s Brad Binder was also handed a three-place grid penalty due to Q1 incidents involving Lorenzo Savadori crashing and later impeding Johann Zarco who qualified 15th.
Savadori, who started in Q1 as a substitute for the injured Aprilia factory team rider Marco Bezzecchi, had a challenging time and ultimately placed 19th in the session.
MotoGP rookies Ai Ogura and Somkiat Chantra had mixed fortunes, with Ogura making it to Q1 but unable to advance further, and Chantra qualifying towards the back in 21st, reflective of the ongoing learning curve in the premier class.
Ducati test rider Michele Pirro who is substituting for the injured Marc Marquez ended up last on the grid in 22nd place.
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