Overview

• Márquez secured the 2025 title by finishing second in the Japanese Grand Prix, matching Valentino Rossi with seven premier‑class championships and reaching nine world titles overall.
• Francesco Bagnaia won both the Motegi sprint and the grand prix from pole, with Ducati leadership crediting recent technical progress for the step forward.
• Aprilia confirmed Jorge Martín sustained a displaced fracture of the right clavicle in the sprint’s first‑corner crash and is scheduled for surgery on Monday at Barcelona’s Clínica Dexeus.
• Marco Bezzecchi, also caught in the sprint incident, suffered a heavy contusion to his right leg, with examinations finding no fracture.
• Miguel Oliveira said his sprint was compromised after being forced wide in the first‑corner chaos; he recovered from 20th to finish 15th, outside the points.