Alex Marquez explains rapid drop from second to sixth in Valencia MotoGP finale
Alex Marquez says excessive rear tyre degradation and vibrations cost him a chance at the podium in MotoGP’s Valencia Grand Prix, though he admits he’s still unsure what caused these issues. Lining up on the front row of the grid for Sunday’s season finale, Marquez made a solid start to slot into second place behind […]
Why «dreamer» Francesco Bagnaia has hope after “maybe the worst” MotoGP season
Francesco Bagnaia says he still wants to ‘believe’ that he and Ducati can turn things around after what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his MotoGP career. Bagnaia made that comment following the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix, after an ill-judged move from LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco sent him into the gravel just four […]
Aleix Espargaro tells Franco Morbidelli to «focus» after Valencia GP grid crash
Aleix Espargaro has urged Franco Morbidelli to be “more focused” after the VR46 MotoGP rider fractured his hand in their strange crash on the starting grid for the Valencia Grand Prix. Just moments before the final round of the 2025 season got under way in Spain, Morbidelli clipped the back of Espargaro’s Honda, who had […]
Luca Marini guides Honda to its MotoGP concessions target in Valencia GP
Luca Marini has hailed Honda’s rise to Group C concessions as “fantastic” after he did just enough in the Valencia Grand Prix season finale to seal the achievement. The Italian delivered the seventh place Honda required despite what he described as a “nightmare” start to the Valencia GP weekend. Not only did the Hondas battle […]
Jorge Martin’s Valencia MotoGP retirement was pre-planned with Aprilia
Jorge Martin has revealed that he and Aprilia had already decided he wouldn’t complete the Valencia Grand Prix, feeling he still wasn’t fit enough to finish a full MotoGP race. Having skipped the last four rounds of the season due to a collarbone injury, Martin made it to the 15th lap of Sunday’s 27-lap Valencia […]
Marco Bezzecchi heads Raul Fernandez in Aprilia 1-2
Marco Bezzecchi led Raul Fernandez home in an Aprilia 1-2 at the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday. The factory rider held off the Trackhouse man for his second win in as many weeks and his third of the season, with Fabio Di Giannantonio netting third place for VR46 Ducati. With Fernandez having won last […]
Marco Bezzecchi beats circuit record to take pole for finale
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi smashed the all-time circuit record at Ricardo Tormo to claim pole position for MotoGP’s 2025 season-ending Valencia Grand Prix. Having dropped to ninth on the timesheets following an off-track excursion at Turn 2 on his first flying lap, Bezzecchi bounced back strongly on his second run to set a blistering lap […]
Alex Marquez dominates sprint from Pedro Acosta
Gresini rider Alex Marquez claimed a commanding victory in the final sprint of the 2025 MotoGP season at the Valencia Grand Prix, as polesitter Marco Bezzecchi struggled to fifth. Marquez seized the lead from Bezzecchi at the start and held off an early charge from KTM rival Pedro Acosta to score his second consecutive sprint […]
Honda concessions quest in jeopardy after Mir takes out team-mate
Factory Honda man Joan Mir says he is “sorry” he took team-mate Luca Marini out of the Saturday sprint in Valencia. But the accident has put Honda’s seemingly simple quest to escape Group D concessions in danger, with no room for error in Sunday’s Valencian Grand Prix – in which Mir will have to serve […]