Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina

2025 Argentina MotoGP Free Practice 2 Result: Alex Marquez Returns To Top Spot

By Zara Daniela |

A particularly grey Saturday morning set the scene for the final practice session for the premier class and it was the same names at the front of the timesheets, just in a slightly different order. Alex Marquez returned to the top of the charts, spending all session in prime position, while Marc Marquez steadily closed in to trail his brother by eight hundredths of a second while continuing to set a solid pace on worn rubber.

2025 Argentina Moto2 Free Practice 2 Result: Dixon Domination

By Zara Daniela |

The intermediate class completed their final practice outing in rather grey but dry conditions and it was a familiar picture at the top of the timing screens, with Jake Dixon hogging the limelight throughout FP2 and showing off solid race pace. Barry Baltus managed to close in to within a tenth of  a second of the leader late on, while Aron Canet got right back up to speed after an eventful Friday and climbed into third place on his final flying lap – two tenths behind Dixon. 

2025 Argentina Moto3 Free Practice 2 Result: Bertelle Demolishes Lap Record

By Zara Daniela |

An overcast view welcomed the paddock on Saturday morning, but Matteo Bertelle seemed particularly happy with the conditions, as he took control of the final practice session early on, briefly allowed some rivals in the limelight, before attacking the lap record in the final couple of minutes of FP2. Bertelle’s record-worthy time was over seven tenths of a second faster than the closest rival and serves as excellent preparation for Q1 later on, as he failed to secure a Q2 place on Friday. 

Argentina MotoGP Friday Round Up: Why Marc Marquez Isn't As Far Ahead As You Might Think

By David Emmett |

At the end of every Friday practice, the riders like to remind us that it is only Friday, and we shouldn't read too much into the times. Fat chance, of course, but they have a point. But "it's only Friday" takes on extra potency at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, given the changing nature of the track. Especially after it rained heavily overnight, and the track started the day wet and took a long time to dry out. High humidity and low temperatures add another layer of complexity, just to liven things up.

The track started off cleaner than expected. "Yesterday when I made the track walk, I thought that the track was more dirty," Marco Bezzecchi said at the end of the first day. "But when I rode the bike this morning, to be honest it was much much better compared to the past times we came here."

The track may have started from a better base, but the grip levels were still changing on pretty much every exit as more and more rubber got laid down. That makes working out where riders stand relatively complicated, though we can take a stab at it by looking at the timesheets.

2025 Argentina MotoGP Practice Result: Marc Marquez Leads Ducati Charge

By David Emmett |

Marc Marquez has topped the timed practice session for the MotoGP class, smashing his own lap record and removing one of the last mementos of the Bridgestone era. The Ducati Lenovo rider was fast throughout the session, got close to his old record on used tires, then took nearly four tenths off the record on his time attack.

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