2025 Americas MotoGP, COTA – Friday Practice Results

 
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2025 Americas MotoGP, COTA – Friday Practice Results

Friday practice results from the 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 22.

28 Mar 2025

2025 Americas MotoGP, COTA – Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)	2’12.531s	15/16	324k
2	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.083s	15/15	324k
3	Marc Marquez	SPA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	+0.249s	12/12	327k
4	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V)	+0.307s	13/14	324k
5	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.744s	14/16	327k
6	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)	+0.759s	16/16	330k
7	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)	+0.783s	13/13	325k
8	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.952s	16/16	328k
9	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.107s	14/15	330k
10	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+1.617s	15/15	322k
11	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+1.726s	15/16	320k
12	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)	+1.746s	16/17	321k
13	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)*	+1.997s	15/15	320k
14	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+2.000s	14/15	326k
15	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+2.208s	14/14	326k
16	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)	+2.391s	14/14	326k
17	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)	+2.914s	9/13	323k
18	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+2.949s	14/14	321k
19	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25)	+3.151s	9/9	326k
20	Somkiat Chantra	THA	Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)*	+3.428s	14/15	325k
21	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25)	+7.172s	14/15	320k
22	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)*	+8.902s	9/11	326k

* Rookie

Official COTA MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Maverick Vinales Aprilia 2m 0.864s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Maverick Vinales Aprilia 2m 2.575s (2024)

Franco Morbidelli leads a soaking wet opening practice for the 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA, as title leader Marc Marquez suffers his first of the season.

As forecast, rain doused the Austin circuit on Friday morning, creating the first wet session of the year.

Marquez, seeking to extend his unbeaten run as a factory Ducati rider at one of his most successful tracks, was soon tussling for the top spot with the likes of Jack Miller and VR46’s Morbidelli.

The Spaniard had just returned to the top, with 15 of 45 minutes gone, when his Desmosedici snapped sideways at Turn 2, flicking him into a fast highside.

Fortunately unhurt, Marquez helped push his machine onto a waiting trailer, which towed him back to the paddock.

Younger brother Alex Marquez, reigning COTA winner Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia then took turns at the top.

Marc Marquez was soon battling for P1 again on his return to action but couldn’t match the late session pace of Argentina podium finisher Morbidelli and Pramac’s Miller.

Johann Zarco (LCR Honda), Pedro Acosta (KTM), Bagnaia (Ducati) and Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) completed the top seven.

Maverick Vinales, who swept to a perfect double for Aprilia at COTA last season, also featured on top of the timesheets on his way to a morale-boosting eighth for Tech3 KTM.

Injured reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin is present at COTA as a spectator ahead of a possible Aprilia debut next time out in Qatar.

The Spaniard watched from the pits as team-mate Marco Bezzecchi’s weekend got off to a nightmare start with a spluttering technical issue on his out lap… Then again with his spare bike.

Bez’s FP1 woes continued with a highside at Turn 5, then more technical gremlins when he returned on his other bike. The Italian’s horrid session was complete with a terrible practice start.

Rookie star Ai Ogura also had an FP1 to forget on the Trackhouse machine.

Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori is again replacing Martin, with Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez making his M1 MotoGP debut in place of injured Pramac rider Miguel Oliveira.

Fernandez, a best of 10th during his previous Austin MotoGP appearances for Tech3 KTM, matched that position with an impressive showing in FP1.

The weather is expected to improve as the weekend goes on, but it remains to be seen what conditions the riders will face in this afternoon’s Practice.

That session, which also decides the top ten riders with direct Qualifying 2 access, takes place from 3-4pm local time.

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