MotoGP, Valencia Race LIVE: Marco Bezzecchi wins the final race of the season ahead of Raul Fernandez and Fabio Di Giannantonio

Marco Bezzecchi qualified from pole position for the fifth time with Aprilia, following his victories in Austria, San Marino, Indonesia, and his most recent outing in Portugal, where he set a new lap record in Valencia. This is his first pole position in two consecutive MotoGP Grands Prix since Assen/Silverstone in 2023.

He finished fifth after starting from pole position, securing third place in the MotoGP World Championship, 34 points ahead of AcostaOn his four previous pole positions with ApriliaHe finished either on the Sprint podium or on the GP podium.

Alex Marquez He qualified second, marking his 14th front-row start of 2025. Of his 13 front-row starts, he has finished on the Sprint podium 12 times. He has 14 Sprint podium finishes so far this year.

He won his third Sprint victory in 2025, as well as Silverstone, and his last time in Portugal. He aims to secure his fourth Grand Prix victory MotoGP Sunday, alongside Jerez, Barcelona and Sepang this year.

Fabio DiGiannantonio qualified third for his third front row of 2025, alongside Austin (where he finished third in the GP) and Hungary (where he finished second in the Sprint).

He finished third, securing his fifth Sprint podium finish in 2025.alongside Silverstone (3rd), Hungary (2nd), Catalonia (3rd) and Misano (3rd). He now aims to secure his fourth podium of the year Sunday alongside Austin and Mugello (where he finished P3) and Australia (where he was P2), or to secure his second MotoGP Grand Prix victory with Qatar in 2023.

The Last Dance in Valencia

Raul fernandez qualified fourth (via Q1), equalling his second-best Australian qualifying result of 2025, when he took his first MotoGP GP win on Sunday.

Peter Acosta qualified fifth for his sixth consecutive top-five finish in qualifying.

He finished second for his seventh podium in Sprint in 2025. , equaling his best result of the season in Czechia and Portugal. This is his fourth consecutive Sprint podium. He climbs to fourth place in the MotoGP World Championship, now 6 points ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (14th in Sprint).

He aims to win his first GP victory MotoGP Sunday and become the seventh different consecutive GP winner. This would be KTM's first MotoGP victory since Miguel Oliveira in Thailand in 2022.

Pecco Bagnaia suffered a technical problem in Q1 and missed Q2 for the fourth time in 2025. He qualified 16th, which was his second worst MotoGP qualifying result in Valencia after the 2020 European GP, ​​where he qualified 17th.

Ducati achieved 19 victories out of 22 Tissot Sprints in 2025setting a new record for the most Sprint victories by a single manufacturer in a single season. The previous record was 17, set by the Bologna factory last year.

Honda must score nine points or more Sunday as a builder for moving from concession level D to level C.

Sunday Miguel Oliveira et Somkiat Chantra will race for the last time in MotoGP before joining the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship next year.

What will this final match of the year hold in store for us? Before we find out, here is a table summarizing the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Valencia, Spain	2023	2025
FP1	1'30.191 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'30.382 Jack Miller (See here)
Practice	1'29.142 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'29.240 Pedro Acosta (See here)
FP2	1'30.167 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
Q1	1'29.054 Pecco Bagnaia (See here)	1'29.036s Raul Fernandez (See here)
Q2	1'28.931 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'28.809s Marco Bezzecchi (See here)
Sprint	Martin, Binder, M. Marquez (See here)	Alex Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio
Warm up	1'29.984 Johann Zarco (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio, Zarco (See here)	Marco Bezzecchi, Raul Fernandez, Fabio Di Giannantonio
All time lap record	1'28.931 Maverick Viñales (2023) (See here)	1'28.809s Marco Bezzecchi