MotoGP News: Marquez tops opening British GP Practice
Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) will lead the MotoGP field into Practice this afternoon at the Tissot Grand Prix of the United Kingdom at Silverstone after setting a 1m58.702s in FP1, a lap good enough to beat second place Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) by 0.365s.
Third place went the way of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP).
Fronting the Aprilia charge was Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) in P4, with Yamaha and KTM enjoying positive starts to the weekend with a P5 and P6 thanks to Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) and Maverick Viñales’ (Red Bull KTM Tech3) efforts.
2025 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Free Practice 1 Results
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Behind |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | 1m58.702s |
| 2 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.365s |
| 3 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.421s |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.462s |
| 5 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.485s |
| 6 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.520s |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.721s |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.842s |
| 9 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.879s |
| 10 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.929s |
| 11 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +1.006s |
| 12 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +1.014s |
| 13 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.037s |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +1.104s |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.131s |
| 16 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.601s |
| 17 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +1.607s |
| 18 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +1.998s |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.095s |
| 20 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +2.369s |
| 21 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Honda Test Team (RC213V) | +2.537s |
| 22 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +2.943s |
| 23 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25) | +3.024s |
* Rookie