Overview

• Marco Bezzecchi rebounded from two FP1 crashes to top Motegi’s main practice at 1:43.193, with Pedro Acosta second and Marc Marquez third after a late surge.
• Francesco Bagnaia headed FP1 on his Ducati before securing automatic Q2 in seventh during the later session following an early bike issue.
• Alex Marquez missed direct Q2 for the first time in 2025 after a Turn 9 fall and a track-limits breach on his final attempt, increasing Marc Marquez’s title-clinch prospects.
• Friday running featured multiple incidents without serious injury, including Acosta’s post-lap crash, a double fall for Jorge Martin that left him 13th, and offs for Morbidelli, Miller, Bastianini and Raul Fernandez.
• In WorldSBK at Aragon, Toprak Razgatlioglu’s FP1 benchmark stood as the day’s best by roughly half a second over Nicolo Bulega, who topped FP2 to narrow the gap heading into Saturday.