2025 Austrian MotoGP: Friday Practice As It Happened

Well, it was a good session for Marc Marquez, but he's run out of fuel, it seems, after his practice start. He's stopped on the run up to turn three.

Chequered flag is out in Austria for Practice and it's Marc Marquez who again ends fastest.

Acosta and Bagnaia complete the top-three ahead of Alex Marquez and Fernandez in the top-five.

Joan Mir sixth for Honda ahead of Morbidelli, Zarco, Aldeguer, and Binder who round out the top-10.

Factory Aprilias ended up 16th (Martin) and 18th (Bezzecchi). Not great for Yamaha, either, best for them was Quartararo in 14th.

Fernandez back into the top-10 in fifth. 

Behind, Martin goes wide at turn nine and he's down in 14th.

Really differing fortunes for the two Aprilia teams, although Binder has just knocked Ogura out.

Bezzecchi in the gravel at turn four. He's still down in 18th.

Marc Marquez has been strangely under the radar so far this afternoon but he goes fastest now and drops the benchmark to a 1:28.117. 

0.228s is his advantage.

Another improvement for Alex Marquez who goes third on a 1:28.435.

Bastianini into the gravel again at turn four.

Alex Marquez finds an improvement and goes from ninth to fourth.

Aldeguer struggling a bit more than his teammate, goes from 17th to 14th.

Only 3 minutes on the clock now.

Another improvement from Marini puts him 10th, that knocks Fernandez back out of the top-10 which leaves Ogura as the only Aprilia in Q2 at the moment.

It's not really working for the factory Aprilia riders at the moment.

Both Trackhouse riders in the top-10 at the moment, but Martin down in 12th and Bezzecchi in 17th.

 Bagnaia on a good lap, up by 0.073s after three splits but he just misses out in the final split: 1:28.385 puts him second.

Mir, behind him, goes fourth. Marini back in 12th now after his latest attempt.

Alex Marquez up to fourth with his first time attack lap.

Bagnaia then pushes him back to fourth as he goes third-fastest.

Di Giannantonio now up to sixth.

Marquez improves and goes fastest with his first time attack lap, but Acosta behind beats him by 0.139s on a 1:28.345.

Bastianini with another mistake, this time at turn four.

Morbidelli now up to second on the VR46 Ducati.

Zarco improving, too, and he goes to the top on a 1:28.765.

Miller improves but only enough to go 17th. Bezzecchi still out on a soft rear, as well, but only 13th.

Mir improves, goes third-fastest to put a second Honda in the top-five.

Ogura then goes faster and he goes to the top and into the 1:28s - a 1:28.877 gives him a 0.252s advantage.

Bastianini was on an improving lap but a big mistake at turn nine cost him. He was up on Acosta's time at the third split.

A lot of improvements in the opening minutes after the red flag, a lot of riders on new soft rear tyres.

It's now Acosta, Bagnaia, Raul Fernandez, Marini, Marc Marquez, Quartararo, Morbidelli, Zarco, Mir, and Aldeguer in the top-10. Still 20 minutes to go, though.

Maverick Vinales out of the rest of the day as reported by the world feed with his wrist injury. He's only done six laps this afternoon.

Not ruled out of the weekend yet, though.

Pit lane to p[en at 15:53 local time.

Looks like there was a technical problem for Miller's bike before the Quartararo and Oliveira, but Pramac team manager Gino Borsoi saying to the world feed broadcast that they found no fluid coming from Miller's bike when he returned to the pits.

Quartararo now back in the pits along with his bike. Oliveira's bike now being pushed down pit lane as well.

TV replay showing it was a a crash that came more from the rear than the front for Quartararo.