{"id":289327,"date":"2025-11-17T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289327\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:45:08","slug":"2025-valencia-motogp-warm-up-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289327\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Valencia MotoGP &#8211; Warm-up Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabio Quartararo puts Yamaha on top of the timesheets during warm-up for the 2025 Valencia MotoGP season finale, the final day for the Inline M1 before it is expected to be replaced by the new V4 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1452\/jack-miller\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Miller<\/a>, furious after yesterday\u2019s Sprint penalty for clashing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1043650\/fermin-aldeguer\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fermin Aldeguer<\/a>, moved ahead of the Gresini rookie to lead the timesheets halfway through the ten-minute session.<\/p>\n<p>Aldeguer\u2019s team-mate and Sprint winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/935450\/alex-marquez\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Marquez<\/a> &#8211; riding in a special silver livery &#8211; and finally<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Fabio Quartararo<\/a> then took over at the top, the Yamaha rider finishing with a 0.114s advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Tyre choice remains unclear for this afternoon\u2019s race, with Michelin predicting that riders &#8216;are likely to choose the hard compound for the front and the medium compound for the rear.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Most ran the soft front and medium rear options this morning.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>While the top three places in the world championship are now decided &#8211; Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi &#8211; Sprint runner-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1040772\/pedro-acosta\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro Acosta<\/a> goes into this afternoon\u2019s race with a six-point advantage over Francesco Bagnaia for fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Honda needs to score at least nine constructors\u2019 points this afternoon, meaning a top seven finish, to move from D to C concession ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia MotoGP &#8211; Warm-up ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime\/DiffLapMax1Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1&#8217;30.111s5\/6327k2Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)+0.114s4\/7331k3Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)+0.132s4\/7329k4Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP25)+0.169s4\/7329k5Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+0.213s6\/7334k6Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.217s6\/7335k7Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.238s6\/7334k8Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*+0.293s6\/7324k9Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.309s3\/7329k10Maverick Vi\u00f1alesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.380s5\/7335k11Nicolo BulegaITADucati Lenovo (GP25)+0.392s7\/7332k12Miguel OliveiraPORPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.427s4\/7331k13Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)+0.437s4\/6326k14Aleix EspargaroSPAHonda HRC Test Team (RC213V)+0.467s4\/7332k15Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.524s5\/7331k16Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP25)+0.526s6\/7332k17Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP25)+0.543s4\/7332k18Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*+0.561s6\/7335k19Augusto FernandezSPAYamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1 V4)+0.728s4\/7327k20Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.858s5\/7335k21Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+1.039s6\/7332k22Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+1.156s2\/3334k23Somkiat ChantraTHAIdemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)*+1.330s4\/6331k24Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.749s4\/7329k<\/p>\n<p>* Rookie<\/p>\n<p>Official Valencia MotoGP Records:<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Best lap: Maverick Vinales, Aprilia, 1m 28.931s (2023)<\/p>\n<p>Fastest race lap: Brad Binder, KTM, 1m 30.145s (2023)<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing world champion Jorge Martin is returning from his collarbone fracture in Japan to take part in only his eighth grand prix of an injury-ruined season.<\/p>\n<p>The Aprilia rider will serve a double long-lap penalty this afternoon for causing the Motegi Sprint accident with team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n<p>Joan Mir has a single long lap penalty to serve for taking out HRC team-mate Luca Marini when he fell in the Sprint.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Tech3 KTM\u2019s Maverick Vinales is making his latest comeback from mid-season shoulder surgery after missing the last four rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez is also returning to action after a partial shoulder dislocation last Friday at Portimao. Aleix Espargaro is competing as a wild-card for Honda.<\/p>\n<p>Double WorldSBK title runner-up Nicolo Bulega is riding in his second MotoGP event in place of injured world champion Marc Marquez at the factory Ducati team.<\/p>\n<p>Augusto Fernandez is making his third wild-card appearance with Yamaha\u2019s V4 prototype this weekend. The V4 has a new chassis for Valencia, but the engine is the same as Sepang.<\/p>\n<p>An official post-race test, where rookies Toprak Razgatlioglu and Diogo Moreira will ride alongside their 2026 rivals, takes place on Tuesday.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Quartararo puts Yamaha on top of the timesheets during warm-up for the 2025 Valencia MotoGP season finale,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[8454,64,39401,63,16230,7607,4280,10732,806,805,803,804,6909,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-289327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-alex-marquez","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-augusto-fernandez","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-fabio-quartararo","13":"tag-francesco-bagnaia","14":"tag-marc-marquez","15":"tag-marco-bezzecchi","16":"tag-motor","17":"tag-motor-sports","18":"tag-motosport","19":"tag-motosports","20":"tag-nicolo-bulega","21":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}