MotoGP Spain Jerez FP2 LIVE: Vinales and Quartararo among the Reds!

Beside the Practice du Grand Prix MotoGP from Spain experienced yesterday in Jerez, this FP2 should seem very calm, due to its lack of significant stakes. However, you must not fall into it...

Not to mention his interruption at the red flags following the fall ofAlex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), the last 15 minutes of the pre-qualifying session were in fact punctuated by a multitude of falls, cancelled laps and last-minute improvements to achieve a new absolute circuit record, by the same Alex Marquez. Intense !

Alex Marquez, Francis Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), franc Morbidely (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team), fabio quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), Johann zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR), Peter Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Fabio DiGiannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and Joan mir (Honda HRC Castrol) pre-qualified directly for Q2 and will share the first four rows of the starting grid.

Results of the 2025 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix Practice in Jerez: 

 

While waiting to discover more, as the 23 drivers prepare for this 2-minute Free Practice 30, under a still clear sky and temperatures of 17° in the air and 25° on the ground, let's take advantage of these few moments of live coverage thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is a table that summarizes the known facts:

MotoGP™ Jerez, Spain	2024	2025
FP1	1'36.630 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'36.831 Alex Marquez (See here)
Practice	1'36.025 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'35.991 Alex Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'48.183 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'36.677 Marc Marquez (See here)
Q1	1'47.887 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	(See here)
Q2	1'46.773 Marc Marquez (See here)	(See here)
Sprint	Martin, Acosta, Pedrosa (See here)	(See here)
Warm Up	1'37.943 Alex Marquez (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Marc Marquez, Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'36.025 Francesco Bagnaia 2024 (See here)	1'35.991 Alex Marquez (See here)

When the red lights go out… it's on again Alex Marquez, the fastest man on the Jerez circuit so far, who sets off first, while Fabio Quartararo continues the tradition of taking the track last, or almost since Raul fernandez appears immobilized in his box.

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At the tire level, we first use the tires used yesterday at the end of practice.

The session begins with the minor fall of Franco Morbidelli at turn #4.

Not serious but causing enough damage to an airfence to stop the red flag sale.

The airfence replacement was very quick this time, and the pilots left with 26 minutes left in the session. Before the interruption, Francis Bagnaia had scored 1'38.439 in front Aleix Espargaro, Pedro Acosta, Alex Rins and Jack Miller.

Upon resumption, Marco Bezzecchi improves in 1'37.876 then Francis Bagnaia takes back his property in 1'37.139 in front of Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales, Fermin Aldeguer and Marco Bezzecchi.

alex rins makes a minor mistake in the third sector while Peter Acosta moves up to second place, Johann zarco in the fifth.

This is the moment when Marc Márquez made his arrival at the top of the table, in 1'37.002, while his brother Alex Marquez rises to fifth position.

fabio quartararo places his Yamaha in second position, 56/1000 from Marc Márquez, then took command in 1'36.983.

Halfway through the session, while Peter Acosta makes a minor mistake in the last bend, the hierarchy is therefore made up of Fabio Quartararo, Marc Márquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Maverick Viñales, Alex Márquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Pedro Acosta, Joan Mir, Fermin Aldeguer, Johann Zarco, Aleix Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Raul Fernandez, Jack Miller, Luca Marini, Brad Binder, Ai Ogura, Augusto Fernandez, Enea Bastianini, Alex Rins, Somkiat Chantra and Lorenzo Savadori.

 

Upon recovery, we note the progression of Jack Miller in fifth position, but it is Francis Bagnaia who attracted attention by falling in the fast turn #7. The Italian rider was completely unharmed but had to abandon his machine before returning to his pit.

In the wake, alex rins suffered his second crash of the morning, this time a huge one, at turn four. The Yamaha rider hit the airfences at high speed but got back up before sitting down to recover.

Three minutes from the checkered flag, Marc Marquez took the lead in 1'36.923, surpassing the Frenchman by 60/1000, before posting 1'36.677 on the next run.

Maverick Vinales first climbed to third position before improving and gaining another place.

On to the qualifications!

Results of FP2 of the 2025 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix, in Jerez: 

 Classification credit: MotoGP.com

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