Qualifying report

MotoGP San Marino GP: Bezzecchi pips Marquez for surprise pole at Misano

Marco Bezzecchi continues his strong form in Misano and beats Alex Marquez to pole position in qualifying

Marco Bezzecchi dethroned Alex Marquez at the last moment to claim pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix, while MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez qualified outside the front row in fourth.

Gresini’s Alex Marquez laid the initial marker in Q2, lowering the benchmark to 1m30.222s to take provisional pole after the first run.

As the second run began, a number of riders delivered big improvements, with Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo lapping within a tenth of the younger Marquez with a time of 1m30.318s.

However, Bezzecchi staged a late upset on the factory Aprilia, taking advantage of a tow from team-mate Jorge Martin to post a time of 1m30.134s on his final effort.

With Spanish GP and Catalan GP winner Marquez unable to go any quicker on his final run, the Italian held on to pole position on his home turf by just 0.088s.

This was Bezzecchi’s second pole position of the 2025 campaign, following on from the British GP in May.

Third place on the grid went to Quartararo, who came all the way from Q1 to book a spot on the front row.

Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing

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Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez was unusually off the pace throughout qualifying, having sat seventh in the provisional order after his first run. He improved significantly to post a time of 1m30.352s, but it was only good enough for fourth on the grid.

VR46 duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio di Giannantonio qualified fifth and seventh respectively, separated by the top Honda of HRC rider Luca Marini.

Francesco Bagnaia ended up eighth on the other works Ducati, while Pedro Acosta ended up a disappointing ninth after crashing on his final run while following the GP25 of Marc Marquez.

Rounding out the top 10 was Gresini rider Fermin Aldeguer, while Martin could only manage the 11th quickest time on the factory Aprilia, over eight tenths off his pole-sitting team-mate Bezzecchi.

Marini’s team-mate Joan Mir elected to sit out Saturday’s action after reporting neck pain following his crash in Friday practice. However, having earned a direct entry into Q2, he will line up 12th on the grid, should he take part in the grand prix on Sunday.

Pramac’s Miguel Oliveira missed out on Q2 by under a tenth of a second and will line up 13th ahead of Trackhouse duo Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura, the pair setting identical lap times.

Augusto Fernandez qualified the V4-powered Yamaha M1 in 22nd, just ahead of LCR’s Somkiat Chantra, with a best time of 1m31.812s. However, the Spaniard’s lap was 0.130s slower than his best effort from second practice on Friday.

San Marino GP - Q2 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Speed Trap
1	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	9	1'30.134		168.868
2	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	9	+0.088 1'30.222	0.088	168.703
3	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	9	+0.094 1'30.228	0.006	168.692
4	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93	Ducati	8	+0.218 1'30.352	0.124	168.461
5	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	8	+0.249 1'30.383	0.031	168.403
6	L. Marini Honda HRC	10	Honda	9	+0.256 1'30.390	0.007	168.390
7	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	9	+0.261 1'30.395	0.005	168.380
8	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	9	+0.280 1'30.414	0.019	168.345
9	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	9	+0.352 1'30.486	0.072	168.211
10	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	5	+0.482 1'30.616	0.130	167.970
11	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	1	Aprilia	8	+0.847 1'30.981	0.365	167.296
12	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	0
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Q1 results:

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Speed Trap
1	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	9	1'30.481		168.220	292
2	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	9	+0.371 1'30.852	0.371	167.534
3	M. Oliveira Pramac Racing	88	Yamaha	8	+0.463 1'30.944	0.092	167.364	296
4	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	9	+0.496 1'30.977	0.033	167.303	295
5	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	9	+0.496 1'30.977	0.000	167.303	293
6	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	8	+0.534 1'31.015	0.038	167.233
7	M. Viñales Tech 3	12	KTM	7	+0.606 1'31.087	0.072	167.101	294
8	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	9	+0.763 1'31.244	0.157	166.814	295
9	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	8	+0.791 1'31.272	0.028	166.763	288
10	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	7	+0.883 1'31.364	0.092	166.595	293
11	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	8	+0.896 1'31.377	0.013	166.571	291
12	A. Fernandez Yamaha Factory Racing	7	Yamaha	8	+1.331 1'31.812	0.435	165.782	291
13	S. Chantra Team LCR	35	Honda	8	+1.909 1'32.390	0.578	164.745	295
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