Overview

• Marco Bezzecchi secured his first pole since 2023 and his first with Aprilia by posting a 1:28.060 lap after progressing from Q1.
• Marc Marquez, despite sweeping all practice sessions, crashed at Turn 2 in Q2 and remounted to qualify fourth.
• Pedro Acosta endured a fuel or technical issue that forced him back to the pits and clipped the final corner, dropping him to seventh.
• All four factory Yamaha riders failed to reach Q2, with Fabio Quartararo crashing in practice and qualifying a season-low 16th.
• Alex Marquez will start second with a long-lap penalty pending in the sprint and is joined on the second row by Enea Bastianini and rookie Fermin Aldeguer.