2025 Buriram MotoGP PR Result: Marquez Brothers 1-2, Bagnaia Misses Out On Q2

By David Emmett |

Alex Marquez has topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of practice for the MotoGP class. The BK8 Gresini Ducati rider put in a very fast lap as the clock ran out to jump a few hundredths ahead of his brother and ex-teammate Marc Marquez. The two Marquez brothers were the only riders to clock 1'29.0s, three tenths off Pecco Bagnaia's lap record from Q2 last year.

Pedro Acosta saved face for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team, the Spaniard taking third ahead of Marco Bezzecchi on the Aprilia. Bezzecchi was on a fast time on his final lap when he crashed, bringing out the yellow flags and causing a bunch of fast laps to be canceled.

Franco Morbidelli was fifth quickest on the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Ducati, though the Italian is likely to face a grid penalty. After an incident this morning, where he crossed the track in front of riders trying to do practice starts, and earning him a stiff talking to from new chief FIM Steward Simon Crafar, Morbidelli was cruising on the racing line in the final minute of the afternoon session, getting in the way of Pecco Bagnaia and costing the Ducati Lenovo rider a slot in Q2. Bagnaia had already lost one fast lap to Bezzecchi's yellow flag, and Morbidelli's lack of attention cost him a final shot at saving himself from the bloodbath that is Q1. Bagnaia ended up with the 13th fastest time.

Joan Mir continued his impressive day on the Honda HRC Castrol bike, the 2020 world champion ending the session in sixth, just ahead of Raul Fernandez on the Trackhouse Aprilia, who scraped into Q2 with a late lap. Fabio Quartararo finished as seventh fastest on the Monster Energy Yamaha, while Ai Ogura made it three Aprilias in Q2. The Trackhouse Aprilia rookie has made a strong debut on his first day.

Johann Zarco rounded out the top ten on the Castrol LCR Honda, the Frenchman making it two Hondas in the top ten, and less than six tenths off Alex Marquez best time.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 01:29.020    
2 93 Marc Marquez Ducati 01:29.072 0.052 0.052
3 37 Pedro Acosta KTM 01:29.262 0.242 0.190
4 72 Marco Bezzecchi Aprilia 01:29.267 0.247 0.005
5 21 Franco Morbidelli Ducati 01:29.306 0.286 0.039
6 36 Joan Mir Honda 01:29.398 0.378 0.092
7 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 01:29.462 0.442 0.064
8 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 01:29.485 0.465 0.023
9 79 Ai Ogura Aprilia 01:29.597 0.577 0.112
10 5 Johann Zarco Honda 01:29.608 0.588 0.011
11 12 Maverick Viñales KTM 01:29.681 0.661 0.073
12 33 Brad Binder KTM 01:29.695 0.675 0.014
13 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 01:29.711 0.691 0.016
14 43 Jack Miller Yamaha 01:29.746 0.726 0.035
15 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 01:29.753 0.733 0.007
16 10 Luca Marini Honda 01:29.787 0.767 0.034
17 42 Alex Rins Yamaha 01:29.982 0.962 0.195
18 88 Miguel Oliveira Yamaha 01:29.985 0.965 0.003
19 23 Enea Bastianini KTM 01:30.165 1.145 0.180
20 54 Fermin Aldeguer Ducati 01:30.269 1.249 0.104
21 35 Somkiat Chantra Honda 01:30.286 1.266 0.017
22 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 01:31.024 2.004 0.738
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Comments

3 aprillias in the top 10...Jorge must be kicking himself.

Also , some sort of joke about "gulf of america"

( Seriously.Beautiful livrey on those trackhouse machanes)

... to wake up this morning and turn on Moto GP again! The Bagnaia incident was unfortunate, for sure, but according to Frankie others had slowed in front of him and he had to back off or run into them ... wrong time, wrong place. 

3 Aprilias and 2 Honda's in the top 10 for PR. Quarty and Acosta are their respective manufacturers. The Duc (no surprise) and the Aprilia are solid this year - lets see if the Aprilia can be consisteantly so. Alex M demonstrates yet again the GP24 was about .5 faster than the GP23 and that makes MM's performance on that machine clearly above and beyond. It will be interesting to see how the much quicker the GP25 turns out to be - my bet is not very much.

The Honda looks like it may be ascendant - Zarco was ~.1 faster than last year's PR time, Mir... ~.8, and Luca ~.4 up. If Mir can keep the thing rubber side down its a solid sign for his season.

 

If he had to lift because Mir and maybe one of the Trackhouse bikes cut their throttles, which everyone should know is a no-no...how does he incur the penalty? That said, Morbidelli was on the line while the others looked wide.