Overview

• Marco Bezzecchi advanced from Q1 to seize his first pole of the season with a 1:28.060 lap, marking Aprilia’s maiden pole of 2025 and his first since 2023.
• Championship leader Marc Marquez crashed in Q2, recovered to start fourth and then captured the 14-lap sprint win.
• Marquez’s sprint victory, his sixth consecutive in that format, widened his championship lead to 123 points over his brother Alex Marquez.
• Francesco Bagnaia suffered wheelspin off the line and retired mid-race with a rear-tyre issue, denting Ducati’s prospects for Sunday’s main event.
• Sunday’s grid and race tactics will be further influenced by Alex Marquez’s long-lap penalty and Maverick Vinales’s withdrawal due to a shoulder injury.