deguer (Gresini MotoGP) forced
Aldeguer wide. Miller received
a drop-three-positions penalty,
failed to serve it, and that was
escalated to a long-lap penalty.
Bezzecchi eventually passed
Quartararo for fifth but had
significant ground to recover
on Raul Fernandez and Di
Giannantonio. Up front, Mar-
quez stretched his lead to
1.4
seconds by mid-distance,
controlling the pace as Acosta
continued searching for his first
MotoGP win of 2025. Further
back, Franco Morbidelli (VR46
Ducati) overtook Quartararo as
the Yamaha rider faded.
The fight for third escalated
late as Di Giannantonio and Fer
-
Bull KTM) and Taiyo Furusato
(Honda
Team Asia).
MotoGP Sprint
Race
Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
made the perfect launch from
second to grab the holeshot
ahead of polesitter Bezzecchi,
who was in trouble early when
his front ride-height device
refused to disengage after
the start, while Pedro Acosta
stormed from fifth to second
by turn two. Bezzecchi dropped
him to sixth behind Raul Fer
-
nandez, Fabio Di Giannantonio
and
Fabio Quartararo (Monster
Energy Yamaha MotoGP).
Lap two brought major drama
for Honda as Joan Mir (Honda
HRC Castrol) crashed and took
out teammate Luca Marini, end
-
ing both riders' Sprints. Mir was
handed a long-lap
penalty for
Sunday as a result.
One lap later, contact between
Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Ya
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maha MotoGP) and Fermin Al-
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Joan Mir crashed out on the second
lap of Saturday's Sprint, taking his
Honda HRC Castrol teammate Luca
Marini with him, and was handed a
long-lap penalty for Sunday's race.
"From the start of the race, we didn't
have the best grip but I was able to
be quite comfortable. Then I did the
long-lap penalty, and I had to restart
my progress, coming through quite
well again until there was quite a big
drop in performance at the end of the
race. We need to check and under-
stand why we had such a big drop."
Fabio Di Giannantonio (49) leads Raul
Fernandez (25) and Pedro Acosta (37).
It was a double Valencian podium for
the Italian, but Raul Fernandez would
pip him for second on Sunday.
