More from a press release issued by Aprilia Racing Team:

Marco Bezzecchi dominates and wins in Portimão to make this the most victorious MotoGP season in Aprilia Racing history.

Aprilia Racing’s weekend at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve ended with an extraordinary victory after a simply perfect race. Starting from pole position, Marco Bezzecchi dominated from the first to the last lap, setting an unmatchable pace and finishing with an advantage of more than two seconds ahead of his closest rival. An absolutely superior performance that further consolidates Marco Bezzecchi’s hold on the third-place spot in the championship rider standings with 323 points and a 35-point advantage.

Following Marco Bezzecchi’s victory in the main race of the Portuguese Grand Prix, Aprilia Racing has mathematically secured second place in the Constructors’ Championship with 387 points, with one round remaining in the season. This is the most successful season in Aprilia Racing’s MotoGP history, with three wins: Marco Bezzecchi in Silverstone and Portimão, and Raúl Fernández in Phillip Island.

Lorenzo Savadori continued the RS-GP25 development programme in race conditions, finishing sixteenth.

Also worth a mention is the outstanding performance by Trackhouse MotoGP Team’s Ai Ogura, who rode a great comeback race from the twelfth spot on the grid all the way to seventh place, making his the second RS-GP25 to finish in the points.

Marco Bezzecchi: “I am extremely happy. It was a brilliant race. I started well and managed to get out front straight away. I really felt good – better than in the sprint race. We worked late into the night to try and find that something more, and this morning in the warm-up session, I realised immediately that I’d be able to be more competitive and stay in the pack with the other favourites. I am truly happy that I was able to win. It was a great race and a great day. A huge thank you to all of Aprilia.”

Lorenzo Savadori: “The race was positive and I spent much of it in the group battling for points. We tried a few interesting solutions that allowed us to improve anyway. It was a wonderful day for Aprilia, with Marco’s victory which repays all the hard work we’ve been doing on developing and growing the bike. I’m happy for everyone and for Aprilia.”

Massimo Rivola: “Marco was simply perfect, from the start all the way to the final lap. This morning in the warm-up session, we had already seen that he was more than okay with the medium tyre and we had hoped that he’d be able to make a play for the win, but I think he demonstrated an undisputed superiority today. When we manage to be more prepared already on Friday, we are always in it for at least the podium, and we would have been in Sepang as well. Ogura did well too, it was great to see him ride like he knows how and it’s a pity about Raúl, who was unable to participate in the race due to a crash in FP1. Everything Sava tested throughout the weekend was good too. One of the objective was to take second place in the Manufacturers Championship, and now we’ve clinched that. The next goal is to ensure third place for Marco, and we’ll have to do whatever it takes to achieve that. We’ve been working extremely well in Noale for some time now and I am truly pleased with everyone who is working in the factory. We are hoping to have a great final race and an outstanding test, because we need to be protagonists out of the gate in 2026.” 

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More from a press release issued by BK8 Gresini Team:

Alex Marquez on the podium, top four for Fermin Aldeguer. Team Gresini on a high also in Portimao.

• Raceday – PortugueseGP

2^nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 

4^th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54

• World Championship Standings

2^nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (445 points)
Runner Up MotoGP 2025

8^th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 (203 points)
Rookie of the Year 2025

Alex Marquez: “I tried to stay with Marco at the start of the race, but I quickly realised that it would have been hard to do so today. I kept my position while trying to preserve the front-tyre. In the end, I was struggling exactly with the front end, especially in the final part. I had fun and generally speaking, it was a very positive weekend.”

Fermin Aldeguer: “It was a great race and we clearly did better than yesterday, when we did well already. I wasn’t expecting the front runners to keep such a strong pace, but we had a very positive Sunday and with a better qualifying, we would have been in the game. We continue to make experience and grow: it’s not easy to be fast in every circuit, but at least we’re always giving it a try.”

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More from a press release issued by Monster Energy Yamaha:

Persistence Pays Off in Portugal for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo showed consistent pace and superb defensive riding in the 25-lap Grand Prix of Portugal Race, and it earned him sixth position. Rins didn’t have the feeling he was looking for today and ultimately crossed the finish line in 13th place.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo gave a defensive riding masterclass in today’s Grand Prix of Portugal Race, and his persistence was rewarded with a sixth place. Álex Rins had hoped to engage in battle on the Sunday at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, but the 25-lap outing turned into a lonely ride to 13th place for him.

Quartararo began his quest from P3 and slotted into fourth position. However, Francesco Bagnaia passed him going into Turn 1 on the second lap. El Diablo was unable to stay with the Italian and instead had Brad Binder on his heels. The Frenchman made his bike as wide as possible. Fermín Aldeguer was closing in as well, but the Yamaha rider kept both of them at bay for as long as he could. However, on lap 9, Aldeguer overtook Binder and launched an attack on El Diablo next on lap 11, putting the number 20 back in the clutches of Binder. As Bagnaia crashed out on lap 11, Quartararo was defending fifth place again. The Frenchman was riding on the absolute limit, not giving an inch and closing every door, until he ran slightly wide in Turn 5 on lap 14. It resulted in Quartararo riding in sixth for the remainder of the race, successfully fending off Johann Zarco to take the chequered flag 18.442s from first.

Rins had a strong start from P17 and completed the first lap in 15th place. With Joan Mir retiring from the race, the number-42 rider was in 14th and keen to hunt down the three riders battling for 11th place. He came as close as 0.4s to Luca Marini ahead of him but was never able to fully close the gap. When Bagnaia crashed out, Rins reaped the benefit and climbed up to 13th. However, it didn’t lead to further improvements. In the second half of the race, the Spaniard found himself circulating with substantial gaps to the riders in front and behind him. He crossed the finish line 30.372s from the front.

After today’s results, Quartararo stays in 9th place in the overall standings with 198 points, and Rins holds 19th position with 66 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are 6th in the team championship with 264 points, and Yamaha remain in 5th position in the constructor championship with 237 points.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team will be back in action next week at the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana – Ricardo Tormo, Spain, for the 2025 MotoGP World Championship finale.

MASSIMO MEREGALLI – Team Director, Monster Energy Yamaha

“Today’s results were broadly in line with our expectations heading into the Race. While our ambition is always to fight at the front, we knew realistically that this would be a challenging task. Fabio delivered an outstanding performance – his riding was exceptional – and securing sixth place was the best possible outcome under the circumstances. Álex, unfortunately, was unable to engage in the battles as he had hoped, resulting in a solitary and relatively uneventful race for him. We will now review all the data from this weekend and focus on preparing thoroughly for the final round of the 2025 season in Valencia.”

Fabio Quartararo: “I was pushing from lap 1 until the end – of course keeping in mind to not burn through the tyres, but I was not exactly managing the tyres either. It was a tough one, but I think we did a great job. This was the maximum that we could do with what we have. We are working hard on improving. I think it was nice to turn the Friday we had into an acceptable result on Saturday and Sunday.”

Alex Rins: “It was a really difficult weekend for us. It was hard to overtake in today’s Race, but I tried my best, starting from P17. I had the medium front because yesterday I was struggling on the hard. On Friday my feeling was so good with the medium tyre, and I think it was the right choice for me today. We also changed the suspension a bit compared to yesterday. It was a bit better but not enough. For the last GP next week, we just need to enjoy the final Sprint and Race, because the Tuesday after that the new season will already begin.”

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More from a press release issued by Ducati Lenovo Team:

Bulega scores first MotoGP point with the Ducati Lenovo Team: fifteenth in his debut race at Portimão, Bagnaia crashes while running fourth.

The Ducati Lenovo Team took part in the twenty-first and penultimate race of the season at Portimão’s Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Nicolò Bulega wrapped up the Grand Prix of Portugal in fifteenth place, scoring his first point in the premier class on his debut. Francesco Bagnaia, on the other hand, crashed in the middle stages of the encounter.

Starting from eighteenth on the grid, Bulega showed top-ten-worthy pace in the second half of the race, continuing to improve his performance aboard the Desmosedici GP machine as he finished fifteenth. Bagnaia lost one position at the start but climbed back to fourth at the end of the opening lap. After the initial stages, Pecco found himself in a lonely fourth position before losing the front at turn ten during lap eleven and crashing out, which compromised the outcome of his race.

As the twenty-first Grand Prix of the season draws to a close, with Marc Márquez already crowned World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia sits fourth in the standings, thirty-five points behind third place. The Triple Crown is completed by the Teams’ title secured by the Ducati Lenovo Team and the Constructors’ title clinched by Ducati.

The Ducati Lenovo Team will be back in action from November 14th to tackle the season finale at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Nicolò Bulega – 15th: “Today was surely a better day. Yesterday, in the Sprint, I made a rookie mistake and only completed a few laps. The goal for today was therefore to finish the race and gain as much experience as possible, while trying to understand the bike better and the many areas that make it so different from the Panigale. In the last six or seven laps, my pace wasn’t too bad; I was able to be quick and to close the gap to the riders ahead of me. Then, unfortunately, I made a mistake that cost me three or four seconds. I bridged the gap once more, but it was too late. The important thing was to finish the race and bring this experience with me to Valencia, and all in all, it went well.”

Francesco Bagnaia – DNF: “After yesterday’s grip issues, today I was simply trying to stay with the frontrunners. I gave it my all, but unfortunately they were faster than me. My margin to the riders behind was increasing, but then I crashed: I entered turn ten a bit faster than usual and, while trying to decelerate, the front tucked. I was pushing hard and these things can happen. The positive note is that we made a step forward compared to yesterday, so we’ll try to do our best in the final Grand Prix of the season.”

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More from a press release issued by CASTROL Honda LCR: 

CASTROL Honda LCR rider Johann Zarco finished 9th in Sunday’s race at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.

Luca Marini: “This weekend we missed a little something. In the morning, we tried a setting in Warm Up but it wasn’t enough for what we were targeting. I made a really good start to the race and made up a lot of ground, but then I was not riding well in the first half of the race. We are still trying a lot of things, sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. We need to analyse everything well and check the data in the wider context because this is a very unique track. On paper Valencia should be more positive for us to end the year correctly.” 

Joan Mir: “Our start today was good, and I made up some places, but I saw some warnings with the bike. A technical issue unfortunately again put us out of the race, not the same as on Saturday but the engineers are checking everything very deeply. It’s painful because we had some potential in the race, but this is what can happen. The positive is that we had good speed all sessions and we were able to improve and keep the pace of the other riders. One more chance to try in Valencia, the motivation is still high to end the season in the way that we know we can.”

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More from a press release issued by Prima Pramac Yamaha: 

Emotional Farewell for Oliveira at Portimão as Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Looks Ahead to Valencia Finale.

The Portuguese GP, the 21st and penultimate round of the MotoGP World Championship, concludes with the Prima Pramac Yamaha team taking 12th place with Jack Miller and 14th with Miguel Oliveira — celebrated by his many fans for what marked his final MotoGP appearance at Portimão. From the beaches of the Algarve to those of Valencia, where the final round of the 2025 World Championship will take place next weekend.

It was an emotional weekend for Miguel Oliveira, who raced his last MotoGP Grand Prix in front of his home crowd before moving to the World Superbike Championship in 2026. The Prima Pramac Yamaha team wrapped up the Portuguese GP with Jack Miller finishing 12th and Oliveira crossing the line in 14th position. Just like in Saturday‘s Sprint Race, both riders faced a challenging race, with early-lap traffic preventing them from climbing the order.

With the 4 points earned today, Miller now has 72 points in the standings, placing him 17th overall, while Oliveira reaches 38 points, in 20th position. Prima Pramac Yamaha stands 11th in the team standings with 113 points.

With the Portuguese round now behind them, Prima Pramac Yamaha is ready for the final act of the 2025 season — the Valencia GP, which will, as tradition dictates, bring the MotoGP season to a close — marking the end of the team‘s first year in partnership with Yamaha.

GINO BORSOI – Team Director, Prima Pramac Yamaha 

“It‘s the end of a very emotional and important weekend, considering it was Miguel‘s last MotoGP race in front of his home fans. He, like the whole team, worked really hard to make sure this would be a weekend to remember, and in fact, his race pace was definitely good, in line with the other Yamaha riders. Unfortunately, his result was clearly compromised by his starting position. I want to give him a big hug for what he did in what was, for him, a very emotional and difficult weekend — I know how much pressure he had to deal with. With Jack, on the other hand, we were hoping to do a bit better; the goal was to finish inside the top ten, but the significant drop in the rear tire and the big movements, especially in the last corner, didn‘t allow him to ride as he wanted. He lost a lot of speed on the exit of the last corner, which made it impossible for him to defend himself. We‘ll try to bounce back this coming weekend in Valencia.”

Jack Miller: “Sunday went a little better than yesterday. I had a decent start and tried to challenge the guys ahead of me, but there were some areas where I was really struggling — especially on the exit of turns 14 and 15, and also through turn 6. When the tire started to drop, it just got harder and harder; the bike was pumping like hell, and I was just trying to do the best I could. So, not happy with the day, but we‘ll try to do better in Valencia.”

Miguel Oliveira: “I‘m really happy with my race, especially considering where we started on Friday. We managed to stay close to the other Yamahas, in what we knew would be a tough weekend. It wasn‘t an easy race — it was hard to manage the rear spin, and when there was a bit more grip, the bike felt really unstable. Things got better towards the end, and I was able to push and do some fast laps. Honestly, it was the best I could do. Before the start, my daughter gave me the Portuguese flag, and with the beautiful tribute I received, it was really hard to put the helmet on and focus on racing. But when I crossed the finish line, it felt like a hundred kilos had been lifted off my shoulders. It‘s been such an emotional and special week — one I‘ll never forget.”

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More from a press release issued by Red Bull KTM Tech3: 

The Red Bull KTM Tech3 MotoGP™ completed round 21 out of 22 on Sunday at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, host to the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Portugal. 10 was the number this weekend for Pol Espargaro, who managed another solid top 10 result in Portimao, after his P10 in the sprint, starting from the 10th position. A contact in the opening lap forced Enea Bastianini to return to his pitbox to change a broken piece, before he rejoined the action. All there was left to do was to take the experience of 25 laps of racing before heading to the season finale.

After his solid top 10 in the sprint yesterday, Pol Espargaro was eager to keep the good performances going in the long distance. Lights of the penultimate round of 2025 were out at 13:00 local time, just after a moving tribute of local fans towards their hero Miguel Oliveira, racing in Portimao for the last time in MotoGP™. Pedro Acosta made a lightning start, but it was Marco Bezzecchi who won it at the T1 exit to take the early lead. From his 10th position on the grid, Pol took a good start, but soon in turn 5, a contact with Ai Ogura almost had Polyccio crash, while Franco Morbidelli was down. Enea Bastianini also found himself somehow involved in that early incident, and a contact with Morbidelli forced him to return to the pit box to get some parts changed in the following lap. The Italian rejoined the race, but the goals were not the same anymore then, as it was just about taking the experience on 25 laps. The Italian rode a solid pace, and we will highlight that he lapped the 5th fastest race lap after he rejoined. That T5 incident had Pol dropped to P13, but he progressed to 12th in the next lap with Joan Mir forced to retire once again. Fabio Di Giannantonio overcame Pol in the next lap, and that was P13 again for Espargaro after 3 laps. It took a few laps for the Spaniard to properly settle into his race pace, but he held his ground. Francesco Bagnaia’s crash on lap 11 meant P11 for Pol, and the next lap, he overcame Australian Jack Miller to make his first top 10 appearance. After 15 laps, Pol still sat in P10, 1.379 seconds behind Di Giannantonio, but Jack Miller remained quite close behind, progressively closing the gap on the number 44. At the front, pole sitter Marco Bezzecchi had not looked back since the race start, and he had a 2.4 seconds gap on chaser Alex Marquez, himself followed by Pedro Acosta. As 5 laps remained, Pol had significantly growed the gap on his opponents, and Jack Miller was caught by a Luca Marini eager to place his Honda factory bike within the top 10. P10 it was at the checkered flag for Pol Espargaro, another solid performance for the Spaniard, as he replaced Maverick Viñales for the 5th time this season.

That’s all folks for Portugal this year, we are already looking forward to coming back next year! The team will now move to Valencia in Spain, for the season finale, next week on November 14-15-16!

Pol Espargaro: “Coming back here in Portugal, being able to finish the race in the top 10, and being able to bring back good information to the team, is something that I am really happy about. I feel like I have closed the circle, I have finished the weekend here that I did not finish in 2023, so it is a relief somehow, and we can all kind of close that chapter. I hope that it is the last time of the season that I am racing, because it would mean that Maverick Vinales is finally fit and ready to come back. In case it is the last time this season, I would like to thank the Tech3 team for the few rounds we have spent together, they are family to me, so thank you to everyone for making me feel at home!”

Enea Bastianini: “Unfortunately, I had contact with Franco Morbidelli who was too optimistic at turn 5 in the opening lap, and that broke my front fairing, the steering somehow was locked into the fairing, I could not turn properly, so it was necessary to stop and change. We rejoined the track, and we did a really good race, with a pace that would have allowed me to fight for the top 5 today, so it is frustrating of course. When you start from the back, you are always going to face potential troubles in the midpack, so obviously, we must improve qualifying, as always.”

Nicolas Goyon, Team Manager: “First of all, I really would like to thank Pol Espargaro who did another unbelievable weekend for us. I know he was not 100% ready to replace Maverick this week since the decision was made quite late, and we all know that the last time he was in Portugal was a bad memory. It was for sure not easy mentally, but we are really glad that he got ‘closure’ with this track, with two top 10 results this weekend, and with our team also, so thank you for everything Pol. On the other hand, congratulations to Enea Bastianini for his never give-up attitude today. He had an early contact which broke his fairing, and somehow blocked the steering of the bike. He came back for a quick fix, and then rejoined the race. He rode a really fast pace, close to the top 5 pace, and he clocked the 5th fastest lap today, which shows he had a really good potential today. Anyway, that gives us a lot of hope heading to the last race, and we will do everything we can to finish the season on a good note. See you next week in Valencia for the final round!”

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More from a press release issued by IDEMITSU Honda LCR:

IDEMITSU Honda LCR rider Somkiat Chantra crossed the line in 17th place on Sunday at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.