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Marquez tops morning practice as MotoGP gets underway in Thailand

2025 MotoGP World Championship - Round One - PT Grand Prix of Thailand

Trev by Trev
February 28, 2025
in MotoGP

MotoGP 2025

Round One – Thailand GP – Buriram – FP1

Maverick Vinales pulled off with a mechanical problem on the KTM just under ten-minutes into the 45-minute session. At this juncture, Marc Marquez was leading the way on the time-sheets ahead of new Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi. Third was Alex Marquez, ahead of Fabio Quartararo and Luca Marini. The Honda rider making it three different manufacturers in the top five.

That top five order remained the same for the following half an hour, Jack Miller shooting up to second place with five-minutes left in the session.

Fabio Quartararo then reset the pecking order amongst the Yamaha rider to move up to second place, demoting Miller to third.

Franco Morbidelli then pushed both Yamaha men down a rung after the VR46 Ducati man moved up to take the second place with just under two-minutes left on the clock.

Trackhouse Aprilia rookie then went sixth quickest to push Alex Marquez down to seventh.

When all was said and done it was Marc Marquez on top ahead of Morbidelli, Quartararo, Miller, Bezzechi and Ogura.  Marc’s quickest time set on only his sixth lap of the session, likewise for Bezzecchi.

Pecco Bagnaia didn’t look comfortable on corner entry throughout the session and finished the opening practice session of 2025 in tenth. Like always though when it is time to race there is no doubt the Italian will be up the front.

MotoGP FP1

Pos
Rider
Bike
Time/Gap
Speed
1
M. Marquez
DUC
1m29.423
338.5
2
F. Morbidelli
DUC
+0.158
334.3
3
F. Quartararo
YAM
+0.342
335.4
4
J. Miller
YAM
+0.417
336.4
5
M. Bezzecchi
APR
+0.428
339.6
6
A. Ogura
APR
+0.496
333.3
7
A. Marquez
DUC
+0.521
337.5
8
M. Oliveira
YAM
+0.595
334.3
9
M. Viñales
KTM
+0.631
337.5
10
F. Bagnaia
DUC
+0.718
339.6
11
J. Zarco
HON
+0.796
333.3
12
L. Marini
HON
+0.810
330.2
13
J. Mir
HON
+0.818
335.4
14
F. Aldeguer
DUC
+0.846
336.4
15
A. Rins
YAM
+0.918
336.4
16
P. Acosta
KTM
+0.962
338.5
17
S. Chantra
HON
+1.048
334.3
18
F. Di Giannantonio
DUC
+1.114
335.4
19
B. Binder
KTM
+1.217
337.5
20
E. Bastianini
KTM
+1.299
338.5
21
R. Fernandez
APR
+1.617
332.3
22
L. Savadori
APR
+2.421
331.2

Moto2 FP1

Moto2 Championship favourite Aron Canet was amongst the fallers in the opening 40-minute practice session of the season got underway at Chang International Circuit on Friday afternoon.

It had been a Liqui Moly Intact Dynavolt GP 1-2 until a late rush of hot times in the dying minutes demoted Senna Agius from second down to eighth. His team-mate Manuel Gonzalez went under the Moto2 lap record to top the FP1 session ahead of Deniz Oncu and Diego Moreira.

Moto2 FP1

Pos
Rider
Bike
Time/Gap
Speed
1
M. Gonzalez
KAL
1m34.591
279.7
2
D. Öncü
KAL
+0.280
282.7
3
D. Moreira
KAL
+0.601
279.7
4
T. Arbolino
BOS
+0.732
284.9
5
J. Dixon
BOS
+0.773
281.2
6
F. Salac
BOS
+0.792
278.3
7
I. Guevara
BOS
+0.865
279.7
8
S. Agius
KAL
+0.914
279.7
9
A. Canet
KAL
+0.930
274.1
10
D. Binder
KAL
+0.963
278.3
11
A. Lopez
BOS
+0.971
279.0
12
A. Arenas
KAL
+1.034
280.5
13
C. Vietti
BOS
+1.066
280.5
14
B. Baltus
KAL
+1.167
276.2
15
M. Ramirez
KAL
+1.185
279.7
16
D. Alonso
KAL
+1.188
278.3
17
M. Aji
KAL
+1.280
275.5
18
D. Holgado
KAL
+1.446
277.6
19
Z. Vd Gobergh
KAL
+1.505
279.7
20
A. Huertas
KAL
+1.517
276.2
21
I. Ortola
BOS
+1.562
284.2
22
Y. Kunii
KAL
+1.620
277.6
23
J. Navarro
FOR
+1.645
274.1
24
C. Veijer
KAL
+1.770
278.3
25
A. Sasaki
KAL
+1.786
278.3
26
J. Roberts
KAL
+1.809
275.5
27
A. Escrig
FOR
+1.878
273.4
28
O. Gutierrez
BOS
+2.151
278.3

Moto3 FP1

Pos
Rider
Bike
Time/Gap
Speed
1
R. Yamanaka
KTM
1m40.851
234.2
2
J. Rueda
KTM
+0.050
234.7
3
M. Bertelle
KTM
+0.166
232.7
4
L. Lunetta
HON
+0.247
233.2
5
D. Almansa
HON
+0.303
235.2
6
J. Kelso
KTM
+0.385
232.2
7
S. Nepa
HON
+0.438
234.2
8
D. Foggia
KTM
+0.439
234.7
9
S. Ogden
KTM
+0.523
233.7
10
A. Fernandez
HON
+0.553
236.8
11
A. Piqueras
KTM
+0.668
234.7
12
A. Carpe
KTM
+0.769
235.8
13
R. Rossi
HON
+0.802
235.8
14
D. Muñoz
KTM
+0.836
236.3
15
N. Carraro
HON
+0.904
236.3
16
T. Buasri
HON
+0.943
231.7
17
T. Furusato
HON
+0.978
230.2
18
R. Moodley
KTM
+1.118
235.2
19
G. Pini
KTM
+1.386
231.2
20
J. Esteban
KTM
+1.439
235.2
21
C. Buchanan
KTM
+1.658
233.2
22
E. O’Shea
HON
+1.754
232.2
23
M. Uriarte
HON
+2.033
231.7
24
J. Rosenthaler
KTM
+2.424
232.2
25
V. Perrone
KTM
+2.688
232.7
26
A. Cruces
KTM
+2.833
230.7

2025 MotoGP Calendar

GP Date Location
1 Mar-02 Thai GP, Chang
2 Mar-16 Argentina GP, Termas De Rio Hondo
3 Mar-30 Americas GP, COTA
4 Apr-13 Qatar GP, Lusail
5 Apr-27 Spanish GP, Jerez
6 May-11 French GP, Le Mans
7 May-25 British GP, Silverstone
8 Jun-08 Aragon GP, Aragon
9 Jun-22 Italian GP, Mugello
10 Jun-29 Dutch GP, Assen
11 Jul-13 German GP, Sachsenring
12 Jul-20 Czech GP, Brno
13 Aug-17 Austrian GP, Spielberg
14 Aug-24 Hungarian GP, Balaton Park
15 Sep-07 Catalan GP, Catalunya
16 Sep-14 San Marino GP, Misano
17 Sep-28 Japanese GP, Motegi
18 Oct-05 Indonesian GP, Mandalika
19 Oct-19 Austraian GP, Phillip Island
20 Oct-26 Malayasian GP, Sepang
21 Nov-09 Portuguese GP, Portimao
22 Nov-16 Valencia GP, Valencia

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