14:13
From 11th to the bottom of the field 😱
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 15, 2025
Huge mistake from @88jorgemartin 💥#ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/4q3jDPyrQz
Maverick Vinales, Tech3 KTM, 2025 Valencia MotoGP
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2025 Valencia MotoGP: Sprint reaction LIVE UPDATES!
Live coverage of qualifying and the sprint at the 2025 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix
The 2025 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix continues on Saturday 15 November with qualifying and the sprint from the 22nd round of the season.
The longest MotoGP season in history concludes this weekend with MotoGP's return to Valencia, after the event had to be struck from the 2024 schedule due to deadly flooding in the region.
The world championship in 2025 has already been decided in Marc Marquez's favour, with the factory Ducati rider winning his seventh title at the Japanese Grand Prix.
However, a shoulder injury has kept Marquez out of action since the Indonesian Grand Prix.
The main championship battle at the season finale centres on third place, with Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi close to a historic result for the Italian brand, while Pecco Bagnaia looking at risk of slipping to fifth given his recent struggles.
KTM's Pedro Acosta led Friday practice at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, with Bezzecchi close behind, as race pace suggests another three-way battle between Acosta, Bezzecchi and Gresini's Alex Marquez.
Marco Bezzecchi qualified on pole on Saturday morning.
Jorge Martin returns to the line-up this weekend after an injury spell since Japan, though the Aprilia rider faces a double long lap penalty in the grand prix for a collision with Bezzecchi at Motegi.
Saturday schedule:
9:10am GMT - FP2
9:50am GMT - Qualifying
2pm GMT - Sprint
15 Nov 2025
14:12
Lap 7/13
Marquez now 1.7s clear of Acosta. The KTM looks to have chewed through that soft tyre already.
14:11
Acosta made a mistake at Turn 8 last time around, which extended that gap to Marquez. He's now slipping back towards third.
14:11
Both @hrc_motogp riders OUT 💥
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 15, 2025
The incident will be investigated after the Sprint ⚠️#ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/fz8gQWy6WS
14:10
Lap 6/13
Marquez is a second clear of Acosta now. Game over for this win.
Fernandez holds DiGia at bay for third still.
14:09
Penalty - Jack Miller
Miller has to drop three places for that collision with Aldeguer. He's ninth currently.
14:09
Lap 5/13
Onto lap five. Marquez leads still, while Bez gets through on Quartararo at Turn 1 for fifth.
14:08
Martin has run off at Turn 8. That has dropped him to last.
14:08
Bagnaia has a track limits warning. He's 14th.
14:08
Lap 4/13
Bez is having trouble passing Quartararo for fifth.
Marquez still leads Acosta. Fernandez almost a second behind.
14:07
Replay of the Honda crash shows Mir losing the front into Marini. Unfortunate one.
14:07
Looks like Aldeguer is the one who suffered damage.
14:06
Jack Miller has made big contact with Aldeguer at Turn 2 in the battle for ninth. That has damaged somebody's motorcycle.
14:06
Lap 3/13
Onto lap three, the top two have broken 0.8s clear of Fernandez in third.
DiGia is through on Quartararo to fourth and is closing Fernandez.
Bezzecchi is struggling on this soft front.
14:05
Crash - Luca Marini and Joan Mir
Both factory Honda riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini have crashed!
14:04
Lap 2/13
Onto lap two. Marquez leads Acosta from Fernandez, Quartararo and DiGia. Bez still sixth.
14:04
Martin is up to 11th from 17th, while Bagnaia has gone back to 17th.
14:04
Bezzecchi has been mugged big time. He's down to sixth after Fernandez, Quartararo and DiGia passed him through T2, 3 and 4.
14:03
2025 Valencia MotoGP - Sprint start (Lap 1/13)
The final sprint of the 2025 MotoGP season is GO!
Alex Marquez takes the lead at Turn 1! Acosta comes through to second on Bezzecchi at Turn 2.
14:00
Warm-up lap
The warm-up lap is underway.
14:00
Augusto Fernandez looks to have gone to the soft front, too, which is not a surprise as front-end confidence has been a big issue on that V4 Yamaha.
13:58
Tyre choice
Some big last-minute changes to the tyres.
Marco Bezzecchi has gone to the soft front. So has Raul Fernandez, Ai Ogura and Aleix Espargaro.
13:55
Five minutes to go!
13:54
Last days as a spectator on the #MotoGP grid for @topfragrls 🔜#ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/BaWWBefvWy
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 15, 2025
13:52
Gresini boss Michele Masini has just said on the grid that, for the sprint, Bezzecchi and Acosta have better pace than Alex Marquez.
Acosta's problem will be trying to pick his way through from fifth, though that KTM is a rocket ship off the line!
