Marco Bezzecchi made a big splash in Valencia. The Aprilia rider secured the ninth pole position of his MotoGP career, the fifth of his 2025 season, and, most importantly, a new absolute lap record on the Ricardo Tormo circuit: 1'28''809. A masterful performance that confirms the excellent form of the Rimini rider, who also took pole position at Losail the previous week.
The session had nevertheless begun with a warning: a sudden slide of the RS-GP25, a perfectly controlled maneuver. Bezzecchi immediately refocused to complete a perfect lap, giving Aprilia its 14th pole position in the premier class.
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati GP24) and Fabio DiGiannantonio (VR46 Ducati GP25) complete the front row in a very tight group: Marquez at +0,026 s, Di Giannantonio at +0,044 s.
The level of this session is unprecedented: the top five are separated by… 0,096 seconds, a record since the introduction of modern timing.
Behind Bezzecchi, the second line consists of: Raul Fernandez (Aprilia TrackHouse), still brilliant with only +0,058 s, Peter Acosta (KTM Factory), restarted with another motorcycle after his crash in FP2, Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), the first Japanese machine on the grid.
In the third row, we find: Franco Morbidelli (VR46 – Ducati GP24), Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha), Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini – Ducati GP24). The fourth row includes the two Honda official Joan mir et Johann zarcoas well as theAprilia TrackHouse of Ai Ogura.
⚠️ @PeccoBagnaia stops trackside! #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/HekADI6oDx
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 15, 2025
Bagnaia: a nightmarish Q1 in Valencia and a mistake that raises questions for Ducati: Did we forget to fill up the tank? »
The scene stunned the paddock.
With less than three minutes remaining in Q1, Pecco Bagnaia He found himself stranded, engine off, forced to pull over. According to initial reports, the three-time world champion had run out of fuel.
A rare mistake, almost unthinkable at this level. Back in the pits, bagnaia He let his incomprehension erupt, arms raised, shouting in front of the cameras:
« Did we forget to fill up the tank? »
Without his second run, the pilot Ducati was unable to defend his chances of entering Q2 and will start far back on the grid for the final Grand Prix of the season.
(I.e. @PeccoBagnaia will be starting from P16 on the grid #ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/4lafJKOsAq
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 15, 2025
What will this final Sprint of the year hold in store for us? Before we find out, here's a table summarizing the facts known so far.
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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) | (See here) |
| All time lap record | 1'28.931 Maverick Viñales (2023) (See here) | 1'28.809s Marco Bezzecchi |
