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with a fading Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha), who soon dropped behind Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia). On lap four, Marc built a one-second cushion up front while Bagnaia came under fire from Maverick Vinales (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who closed to within three-tenths but couldn't find a way through. At the flag, Marc took a com - manding win ahead of Alex in another Marquez 1-2, with Bagnaia third and Vinales a close fourth. Di Giannantonio completed the top five, while Bezzecchi battled wing dam - age to finish sixth. Morbidelli, Fernandez, Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) and Quartararo completed the top 10. Sunday MotoGP Off the line, it was a Ducati drag race as Marc Marquez and teammate Bagnaia traded blows over space into turn one. It went to Marquez initially, but Bagnaia pushed past to the roar of the home crowd at turn two. Elbows were out early, with Marquez and Bagnaia swapping the lead multiple times before contact between Bagnaia and Marquez opened the door for Alex Mar- quez to slip into second. Bagnaia surged back past both Marquez brothers to briefly ROUND 9 / JUNE 20-22, 2025 MUGELLO CIRCUIT / SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, ITALY P76 YAMAHA'S V4 PROGRESS Yamaha was testing in Barce- lona after the Aragon GP with riders Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira. Plus, test riders Au- gusto Fernandez and Andrea Dovizioso were also present as they put the factory's new V4 through its paces. "It sounds really cool," Miller said—who was only testing the current inline- four engine configuration—of the V4. "It's nice to see it on track, obviously it's very primitive, like, very early stages of it. It reminds me of when MotoGP first came. "When you see a bike being built for the first time to go on track, they're kind of just trying to run off kilometers and everything like that. They're not too focused on the minor details, so it's really cool to see that whole side of it. Yeah, it looks good and sounds good." It's believed the bike could make its first Grand Prix appearance during the Japanese GP in late September. KTM IN THE MIX The post-race test in Aragon was helpful for KTM, whose RC16 showed a marked improvement in performance at Mugello. Brad Binder and Tech3 riders Maver- ick Vinales and Enea Bastianini went in a similar setup direction of running a larger seat unit, while Pedro Acosta continued on his own way. "Sometimes you need to go back to understand," said team manager Aki Ajo. "Not just adding all the time or taking away all the time. Aragon was very important, and we kept test- ing in Barcelona last week with Briefly... ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP