More from a press release issued by BK8 Gresini Racing Team: 

Maiden win for Fermin, podium for Alex and best independent rider title. 

• RaceDay – IndonesianGP

1^st – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 

3^rd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 

• World Championship Standings

2^nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (362 points)
          🏆 BEST INDEPENDENT RIDER 2025 🏆

8^th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 (181 points)

FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 : “I didn’t look back, I really wanted to make amends from yesterday. I honestly didn’t know I had this rhythm, I wasn’t sure what tyre to choose, but in the end, thanks to the team, we found the squaring of the circle and had a great race. We narrowly missed out yesterday, but today we got it and I’d like to thank everyone who believed in me. I am the second youngest winner in history? I had hoped to be the first.”

ALEX MARQUEZ #73 : “I had an issue at the start, but despite that my start wasn’t a bad one after all. It was a challenging race, but it was important to finish  on a high; I was hoping to make it to second place but had nothing left. Congratulations to Fermín for an incredible weekend. We achieved the goal of clinching the Best Independent Rider title, and we now aim at the runner up spot in the World Championship.”

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More from a press release issued by Honda HRC Castrol: 

Marini recovers to fifth with podium pace in fiery Indonesian GP.

A star of the most exciting Grand Prix of the year, Luca Marini left nothing on track as he battled across 27-laps for a debut Honda podium – recovering to fifth place in a fantastic recovery after being sent wide.

Sunday’s race started in almost identical fashion to Saturday as Luca Marini and the Honda RC213V shot forward from sixth to lead the MotoGP field into Turn 1. As drama unfolded behind, Marini settled into his race strategy – confident in his pace for the podium as he tussled with Pedro Acosta early on. Launching several moves, Marini was unable to make a move stick and bided his time for a cleaner opportunity. Unfortunately, an optimistic move from Raul Fernandez would drop Marini from the top three to barely inside the top ten.

Determination fueled Marini as lap after lap he displayed the pace for the podium, battling in the heart of a ferocious ten-rider group. Fighting right until the end to pass Brad Binder for fourth place, Marini earned fifth right at the line. The result puts him just 20 points shy of fellow Honda HRC rider Johann Zarco in the fight for a top ten championship finish. Content with his undeniable potential despite the lack of final reward, Marini’s podium desires are bound to be answered in MotoGP’s final four races.

Joan Mir made a similarly strong start from 12th on the grid, immediately thrusting himself into the fight for the top ten. Progressing well and with Saturday’s recover still fresh in his mind, Mir forged ahead and began an intense battle with Alex Marquez. Up to eighth, Mir would suffer a fall on lap and retire soon after. Disappointed but unharmed, the #36 will be ready to fight once again next time out in Phillip Island – one of his favourite circuits.

Now a week of rest and recovery await for the Honda HRC Castrol team before another double-header, the Australian and Malaysian GPs the final stop in the MotoGP World Championship’s tour.

Luca Marini – fifth : “The race started very well, going more or less to plan with another really good start – it’s one of the strong points of the Honda RC213V and myself. I had a really good fight with Acosta at the start, he was protecting his line well and I was managing everything. My pace was there for P2 but then it looks like Fernandez tried to force a move even though both his pace and my pace was better than everyone else. It’s a pity for myself and for his team because we were both out of contention after his move where I lost five positions. After that I was really determined to recover as much as possible, and I pushed Binder right until the end. For sure we had the pace for more, but this is racing. Although the final reward still wasn’t there, we showed our potential – the bike is improving and also myself and it will arrive.”

Joan Mir – DNF: “As you can imagine, I am angry because we lost a really good opportunity today to fight for a podium. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. We need to understand what happened with the medium rear tyre because it was not what we were expecting, and I wasn’t able to ride in the way I needed to. The pace today was quite slow and that’s why I really think we could have had a nice race; we had been doing well throughout the weekend. It’s important to understand what happened and avoid it happening again. Now when we fall, we miss out on more than in the past which is in some ways a positive, because it means we have improved. A bit of rest and move onto the next set of races.”

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More from a press release issued by Monster Energy Yamaha: 

Quartararo Takes 7th in Indonesian GP Race, Rins Shines with Mandalika Pace and Top-10 Performance. 

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo made a strategic tyre decision, riding with a hard front and soft rear. The tyre combination allowed the Frenchman to press on to take seventh place in the hot 27-lap Grand Prix of Indonesia Race. Álex Rins delighted the Yamaha fans with a brilliant ride. He put in several overtakes and was riding in second place when he suffered a sudden drop of his soft-soft tyres five laps before the chequered flag. The Spaniard still salvaged a P10 result.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo showed masterful tyre management around the Mandalika International Circuit today during the 27-lap Grand Prix of Indonesia Race. Nursing his tyres in extreme heat, he secured a strong seventh place. Álex Rins had his most enjoyable ride of the season so far, riding inside the top 3 for nine laps. While sudden tyre drop took away his chance to keep defending second place, he did well to hold on to tenth position across the finish line.

Quartararo had a good start, holding eighth place in the opening stages before moving up to sixth when Marc Márquez and Marco Bezzecchi had a collision. Avoiding the incident, the number 20 pushed onward and closed the gap to his teammate. He kept shadowing Rins for 7 laps but was then overtaken by Álex Márquez on lap 10. Unshaken, the Frenchman still chased the group fighting for second place. On lap 15, he overtook Luca Marini, but he lost a position to Brad Binder five laps later. The top-11 riders all started to bunch up behind Rins in the final stages, causing frequent changes in the order. Quartararo kept his head down and held steady in 7th place, finishing 9.894s from first.

Rins launched well and put up a fight early on to hold on to fourth place but was overtaken by Raul Fernandez on lap 3. The Yamaha rider’s first half of the race was focused on closing the gap to the front again. He gradually reeled them in, and it didn’t take long for him to pounce. At the end of lap 14, Marini and Raul Fernandez touched and Rins overtook both to take third place. He then made relatively light work of snatching second place from Pedro Acosta on lap 19. The number 42 skilfully kept a long train of riders behind him for four laps. However, with five laps left, Álex Márquez snuck past. With eight more riders bunching up for the fight for second place and his soft-soft tyre combination dropping, Rins was relegated to tenth in a matter of two laps. But he soldiered on and crossed the finish line in tenth place, 13.223s from the winner.

After today’s results, Quartararo stays in 9th place in the overall standings with 158 points, and Rins holds 19th position with 51 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are 6th in the team championship with 209 points, and Yamaha remain in 5th position in the constructor championship with 190 points.

MotoGP will be back in action in two weeks’ time for the Grand Prix of Australia, held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit from 17-19 October.

MASSIMO MEREGALLI – Team Director, Monster Energy Yamaha

“Overall, it was both a tough and a positive weekend. Starting with Álex, we are delighted to see him fighting at the front again where a rider of his talent belongs. It was a shame that his soft tyres couldn’t hold on for the last five laps, but to have him ride in this manner again is already a huge step, especially in these demanding conditions. It’s a confidence boost, and these positive signs have the whole team highly motivated to keep working. Fabio had been struggling on the medium tyres all weekend, and he and his team made the right tyre decision today: he managed to make the hard front and soft rear work well enough throughout the race to earn him a seventh place at the end of it. We leave the Mandalika Circuit with a double top-10 result, and that’s a nice boost as we prepare for the next two fly-away GPs in Australia and Malaysia.”

Fabio Quartararo: “It was super hot! I had to choose a different tyre: the hard front and soft rear, which almost nobody used, but those were the only tyres I was feeling quite okay with. It was a difficult race, but I think I rode pretty well and was quite clever with how I managed the rear tyre. It was a strange weekend overall. I didn’t expect to be so close to the podium today – I finished about 2s from third. My feeling this weekend wasn’t good, but Álex was super fast, and it was nice to share data.”

Alex Rins: “I hope everyone enjoyed this race. It was quite tough for me, but I am really happy. Not just about the Race, but because of the weekend overall. I was riding quite well: defending my position and overtaking. We did a great weekend. We knew that we would suffer at the end with the soft tyre. I tried to control the rear tyre, and I was there until the last five laps when the tyre dropped. I never stopped believing in myself, I knew I was able to do it. Riding like this in this race was so satisfying, and I enjoyed this weekend a lot. But, for sure, this was just one weekend. We go to Australia next, let’s see what happens there. I will try to do my best.”

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More from a press release issued by Prima Pramac Yamaha: 

Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Fights Hard in Indonesia: Oliveira 11th, Miller 14th at Mandalika GP. 

In front of 67,905 spectators on race day (140,324 over the full weekend), the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team wrapped up the Indonesian GP, 18th round of the World Championship, with Miguel Oliveira finishing 11th, while Jack Miller, after a late crash, crossed the line in 14th place. The next appointment comes in two weeks at Phillip Island for the Australian GP.

It was a Sunday of fight and passion at the Indonesian GP, round 18 of the MotoGP World Championship, with a long train of riders battling all the way to the closing laps, ten bikes fighting for the second and third steps of the podium. Spectacular for the packed grandstands at Mandalika — and for those watching on TV — but in the end the race delivered less than the potential shown by Prima Pramac Yamaha during practice and qualifying.

Ultimately, the best finisher was Miguel Oliveira, who crossed the line in 11th, despite being forced to slow his pace in the final laps due to physical issues caused by Indonesia‘s humid heat. Jack Miller finished 14th, after a crash with four laps to go while defending ninth place from Franco Morbidelli. The Australian rider managed to restart and still salvage points.

After 18 races, Miller sits 18th in the standings with 61 points, Oliveira is 21st with 32, and the Prima Pramac Yamaha team holds 11th in the team standings with 95 points. Leaving Indonesia behind, the next challenge will be the Australian GP at Phillip Island, round 19 of the MotoGP World Championship.

GINO BORSOI – Team Director, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP 

“It was a very interesting race up to a certain point for all the Yamahas, showing that we‘re improving. Too bad for Miller‘s crash while running inside the top ten, while Oliveira suffered physically and couldn‘t compete until the very end of what could have been a great weekend for the team. But beyond the issue, I‘m very satisfied with his overall weekend. It was a fun race, and up to a point we weren‘t far from the podium zone. Now we hope to continue like this in Australia, Jack‘s home race, which I hope can be a fresh start for him in terms of results.”

Miguel Oliveira: “My start wasn‘t too bad, but then the bike started to feel very nervous. I chose the soft rear — it wasn‘t really a gamble, as it was the only tire we felt comfortable with and the one I thought I could manage. But in the final laps it just became too difficult. Physically it was brutal because of the heat. With 8–9 laps to go I was overheating, and I couldn‘t bring my breathing and body temperature down, even when I tried to slow the pace a little. We wrapped up another positive weekend with points, but we were aiming for a bit more, and that‘s the feeling I‘m taking away from Mandalika.”

Jack Miller: “We were a bit more competitive today and I felt good, sitting just behind the group, two or three tenths back, because every time I caught up to them the front tire turned into chewing gum. With three laps to go, Morbidelli came to pass me between turns 11 and 12. We didn‘t make contact only because, when I closed the throttle, I heard a bike coming on the inside — I moved slightly off line, and the next time I put the bike down on the left-hand side, I crashed. Unfortunate, but we showed good potential today, fighting in the group. It was nice to be there battling with these guys throughout the race. I‘m disappointed about the crash and sorry for the team.”

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More from a press release issued by Castrol Honda LCR: 

 

 

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More from a press release issued by Idemitsu Honda LCR: 

IDEMITSU Honda LCR rider Somkiat Chantra crossed the line in 13th place in Sunday’s race at Mandalika.

• Under extremely hot conditions and facing the challenge of a comeback race, the Thai rider made a strong start and pushed to stay with the main group.
• A lack of feeling on the bike, however, limited his ability to maintain a stronger pace throughout the race.
• Chantra stayed focused, avoided mistakes, and finished in 13th place, scoring points once again. 

 

 

Somkiat Chantra 13th : “I’m happy because we secured points, and that’s always good. The race was hard for me because I didn’t have a good feeling on the bike. I wanted to stay with the group, but it was very difficult, so I focused on avoiding mistakes, scoring points, and finishing the race to gather important data ahead of Australia”.

Enea Bastianini: “It was a tough weekend for me, from start to end sadly. After my crash in the sprint, the mechanics have worked super hard to give me the best bike possible for today, so I want to say thank you. We had a technical issue during the race, but we were not having a fantastic race anyway, the first laps were tough, pace was not good, feeling was bad, so it is less hard to swallow, but retiring from the races is obviously not what we are looking for. We have to keep working to be able to have something more in the next rounds. We have some positives though, because we were more competitive in the fast corners today, in both warm up and race, so it is important for us, and we have understood a few things to work on for the future.”

The Grand Prix of Indonesia draws to a close for the Ducati Lenovo Team: Márquez involved in contact with another rider, Bagnaia retires after a crash. 

Marc Márquez (#93 Ducati Lenovo Team) – DNF

 

Francesco Bagnaia (#63 Ducati Lenovo Team) – DNF

Massimo Rivola – CEO Aprilia Racing : “First of all, our apologies go to Márquez. We’re very sorry about what happened. It has been another painfully disappointing Sunday for us, with Marco having been the fastest rider on track for two days; so naturally our expectation – especially starting from pole – was to secure the best possible result. But that’s racing. We have much to learn this year. Despite the setbacks, our spirit remains unchanged – we’ll keep pushing until the final race to reach the goals we’ve set.”

Fermin Aldeguer won the FIM MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, in Indonesia. Riding his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici GP24 on Michelin control tires, the rookie won the 27-lap race by 6.987 seconds.

Pedro Acosta was the runner-up on his Red Bull KTM Factory RC16.

Aldeguer’s teammate, Alex Marquez was third.

Acosta’s teammate, Brad Binder finished fourth.

Luca Marini, piloting his Honda HRC Castrol RC213V took fifth.

Sprint race winner, Marco Bezzecchi crashed his Aprilia Racing RS-GP25 on the first lap.

Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez crashed their Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25s and didn’t finish the race.

Marc Marquez leads the championship with 545 points, 183 ahead of Alex Marquez who has 362 points. Francesco Bagnaia is third with 274 points.

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Aldeguer takes stunning maiden Mandalika win as Marquez and Bezzecchi clash. The rookie becomes the second-youngest MotoGP winner as the #72 and #93 collide on Lap 1, with Acosta and Alex Marquez completing the podium. 

How about that for a way to win your first MotoGP Grand Prix? Take a bow, Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP). The rookie becomes the second-youngest MotoGP winner after clinching an utterly dominant victory in a dramatic Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia that saw Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) collide and crash on Lap 1. In a fascinating fight for second and third, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) collected P2 ahead of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) in an unmissable MotoGP encounter in Mandalika. 

Immediate drama as Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez crash

Just like he did in the Sprint, and once again, it wasn’t a good start from Bezzecchi from pole as Acosta earned the holeshot. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) made a cracking start from P6 and was an early second as huge drama unfolded at Turn 6.

Bezzecchi was behind Marc Marquez and went for a gap that didn’t really exist at the furiously fast right-hander. Contact was made, Bezzecchi hitting Marc Marquez’s Ducati, and both went down in a big way. The pre-race favourite and the World Champion were out of the Grand Prix after six corners, with both thankfully able to walk away.

However, Marc Marquez did suffer an injury to his right collarbone in the crash, meaning the #93 will fly back to Europe for further checks to see if surgery will be needed. In addition, post-race, Aprilia Racing confirmed that Bezzecchi was taken to the local hospital for further examinations. 

Acosta leads before Aldeguer pulls the pin

Back on track, another podium contender then crashed on Lap 2, as Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) went down at Turn 16 to end his positive weekend prematurely. So, where did that leave us? Acosta led from Aldeguer and Marini, with Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) a close P4. Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was in P5 ahead of his teammate Fabio Quartararo.

On Lap 7, Aldeguer hit the front for the first time. Turn 10 was the passing place; a classic up the inside move was done, but Acosta retaliated at Turn 1 on the next lap. But the #37 was wide, allowing Aldeguer back through, and a fastest lap of the Grand Prix was landed by the rookie to stretch his lead to 0.509s over the line.

While lapping in P16, Francesco Bagnaia’s (Ducati Lenovo Team) disappointing weekend ended with a Turn 17 crash, in what quickly turned into a Grand Prix to forget for the newly crowned Teams’ World Champions.

At the front, Aldeguer had checked out. On Lap 11, the rookie’s lead was 2.5s, as Marini began to climb all over the tailpipes of Acosta. Fernandez was right there too, and if anyone had hopes of winning this contest, getting past Acosta as soon as possible was key.

An incredible podium fight unfolds

But we were witnessing superiority from Aldeguer here. The #54 was lapping a good half a second and the rest faster than anyone else on track, and with Marini and Acosta engaging in battle, that lead grew to 4.3s at the start of Lap 13. And all this was bringing Rins, Alex Marquez, Quartararo, and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) into the podium picture.

Lap 14 saw Fernandez and Marini scrap it out through Turn 16 and Turn 17, and as contact was made going into the final corner, Rins said, ‘Thank you very much’, and moved into P3. Alex Marquez cruised through as well and suddenly, Fernandez and Marini were P5 and P8.

At this stage, Aldeguer was 6.5s up the road. The win, if no mistakes were made and his tyres didn’t fall off a cliff, was his. But this fight for the final two rostrum spots was superb. P2 down to Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in P12 was just over three seconds. 

Acosta was digging deep in P2. His personal best lap of the Grand Prix came on Lap 17, a 1:31.107, and it was enough at this stage to keep Rins and the rest at arm’s length. That safety net didn’t last though. Rins was through on Lap 20, and now it was Alex Marquez who began to hound the KTM.

And a move from the #73 arrived on Lap 22 at Turn 10 to shove Acosta out of the podium places for the first time. Then, Marquez powered past Rins into Turn 1 to make it a Gresini 1-2 in Indonesia as Rins began to really struggle on that soft rear tyre. Fernandez and Binder were through, Acosta was back into P3, with Binder – from P15 on the grid – fending off Fernandez to see the South African sit in P4 behind teammate Acosta.

With three laps to go, Acosta was back into P2 at Turn 10 to return the favour on Alex Marquez, as a 0.9s gap opened up behind the battle for P2 and P3 to Binder.

Starting the final lap in a different postcode to the field, Aldeguer just had to cruise home to a dream debut MotoGP victory. 8.6s was the gap, and it looked like Acosta had P2 in the bag too as Alex Marquez dropped to 0.9s back.

And of course, Aldeguer made no mistakes. What a ride. What a win. Aldeguer adds his name to that illustrious MotoGP winners’ list, and he’s also the second youngest to ever do it after the famous #93. Acosta did hold onto a very, very hard-fought P2, with Alex Marquez strengthening his grip on second in the championship with a P3 in Indonesia.

Your Indonesian GP points scorers

Fair play to Binder. That was some effort to bring his RC16 home in a season-best P4, with Marini battling his way back to P5. Fernandez backed up his Sprint podium with a solid P6 in the Grand Prix, with Quartararo the lead Yamaha rider in seventh. Eighth went to Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), P9 was his teammate Di Giannantonio, with Rins’ charge ending with a P10 – but how good was it to see the #42 back in the rostrum scrap?

Miguel Oliveira (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) was 11th across the line ahead of Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR), Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda LCR), and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) – the Australian crossing the line in P14 after he crashed out of the top 10 group in the closing stages.

Next: Phillip Island

Well, that was breathless. We witnessed the great and the bad in that MotoGP encounter, as we wait to see if Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi will be fit enough to be back on track next time out at Phillip Island. Aldeguer will head to Australia as a MotoGP winner, as we look forward to getting going again at an all-time classic.

MotoGP results!

Diogo Moreira won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, in Indonesia. Riding his Italtrans Racing Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brazilian won the 22-lap race by 4.678 seconds. 

Championship point leader Manuel Gonzalez was the runner-up on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt IntactGP Kalex.

Izan Guevara was third on his BluCru Pramac Yamaha Boscoscuro.

Veteran Aron Canet finished fourth on his Fantic Racing Kalex.

His teammate, Barry Baltus took fifth.

American Joe Roberts finished the race 7th on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.

Manuel Gonzalez leads the championship with 258 points, 29 ahead of Diogo Moreira who has 229 points. Aron Canet is third with 202 points.

More from a press release issued by Dorna:

Moreira wins, Gonzalez disqualified in shock title twist. The Brazilian reigned supreme in Indonesia as a post-race DSQ for the championship leader sees the Moto2 title race close right up. 

It was a stellar display from Brazilian star Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) as he took more points out of Manuel Gonzalez’s (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) points lead before post-race drama unravelled. The championship leader crossed the line in P2, but the #18 was handed a DSQ for a technical infringement, resulting in his removal from P2 on the results. Izan Guevara (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) celebrated a second Moto2 podium, initially in P3 but that turns to P2 now, with Aron Canet’s (Fantic Racing) classy comeback to P4 from outside the top 20 now earning him a P3 – and with it, a lifeline in the title chase. 

Snatching the lead on Lap 1, Guevara hit the front ahead of polesitter Moreira but it didn’t last long as the Brazilian was able to take over at the helm on Lap 2. Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) soon got himself into contention too, moving past Guevara to hit P2, a fast start from the middle of the second row. Having had exceptional pace on Friday, Gonzalez was sitting in fourth ahead of David Alonso (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) but the Colombian suffered a huge crash at the penultimate corner, thankfully able to walk away.

Lap 6 brought with it the start of the battle between ‘Manugas’ and Guevara with the Championship leader getting the better of the 2022 Moto3™ World Champion but there was drama ahead as the second of the Aspar machines fell; Holgado tucked the front at Turn 17 but was all OK. Meanwhile, Canet had charged through the field and having started from 21^st, he had climbed to fourth and was one of the fastest riders on the track, just ahead of 2020 Moto3 Champion Albert Arenas (ITALJET Gresini Moto2).

Into the second half of the race and the gap was stable at around one second between title contenders Moreira and Gonzalez, nothing able to split their lap times. Elsewhere, Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing) had moved into P6 ahead of Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI), Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team), Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) who completed the top ten with six to go. Baltus’ charge continued on Lap 16, getting ahead of Arenas for fifth at Turn 16.

Nobody could land a blow on Moreira though, who cut into Gonzalez’s points advantage for a second consecutive weekend. Taking victory at the same circuit as his maiden Moto3 win, Moreira was flawless throughout the 22 laps. Gonzalez remains the Championship leader but now, the gap is just nine points going to Australia following the DSQ. 

Guevara takes P2, that’s his first of the year and second in the class, whilst Canet’s climb to fourth (now third) keeps him in contention. Teammate Baltus rounded out the top four on a positive Sunday for Fantic. 

Arenas was back in the top five for the first time since the Austrian GP in August, ahead of Roberts who was back in the top ten for the first time since his victory at Brno. Rookie Ortola made it P7 whilst Veijer, Dixon and Adrian Huertas (Italtrans Racing Team) rounded out the top 10.

Game on as we head to Australia in the title race: Moreira has the momentum, Gonzalez sees his lead slashed and Canet is now a real threat again… we’ll have a battle on The Island.

Check out the full results from the Moto2 race in Indonesia!

More from another press release issued by Dorna:

Gonzalez gets shock DSQ, Moreira closes to within nine points. The Moto2™ Championship leader is disqualified from the Indonesian GP after using non-homologated software. 

Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) has been disqualified from the Indonesian GP. The FIM MotoGP Stewards confirmed the penalty after the race, with Gonzalez having been found to have used non-homologated software, in this case a previous version. The penalty is an automatic DSQ.

With Gonzalez’s closest title rival Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team) having won the Moto2 showdown in Mandalika, the Brazilian now moves to within nine points of the Championship lead as Gonzalez loses the 20 points for second.

Four races now remain, with 100 points still in play in 2025. Can Gonzalez extend the gap again? We’ll start to find out next time out in Australia.

Jose Antonio Rueda won the FIM Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, in Indonesia. Using his Pirelli-shod Red Bull KTM Ajo, the Championship point leader won the 18-lap race by 0.305 second, and become the 2025 Moto3 World Champion.

Luca Lunetta was the runner-up on his SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda. 

Guido Pini was third on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt IntactGP KTM.

Rookie, Maximo Quiles crossed the finish line fourth on his CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM. 

Jacob Roulstone, piloting his Red Bull KTM Tech3, got fifth. 

Jose Antonio Rueda leads the championship with 340 points, 109 ahead of Angel Piqueras who has 231 points. Maximo Quiles is third with 217 points.

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

Rueda wins dramatic Mandalika showdown to secure 2025 Moto3™ crown. The #99 takes another win to seal the deal after late-race drama, a red flag stoppage and some post-race penalties in Lombok. 

Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) sealed the 2025 Moto3 World Championship in style with a win at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia. A dramatic race ended early in a Red Flag, causing a parc ferme shuffle before the podium was confirmed as Rueda, Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) following post-race penalties for Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team).

Plenty of riders got a brilliant launch but it was Joel Kelso (LEVELUP-MTA) who emerged from Turn 1 in the lead, with David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Fernandez and early P2 and P3. Rueda dropped to P13 by the end of Lap 1, while title rival Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) had made great progress – the #36 was up to P6. That turned to P4 on Lap 2 as the Spaniard got his elbows out, with Fernandez and Quiles now ahead of Kelso at the front of the freight train.

At the start of Lap 5, Piqueras was forced to run wide after being sandwiched by Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Muñoz, which saw Piqueras drop to P10, one place behind Rueda. Then, one of the frontrunners was on the floor as Kelso tumbled out of contention at Turn 10 to end his podium hopes in Indonesia.

Lap 7 saw Quiles lead for the first time as Rueda climbed to P6. It was a front group of twelve and at this stage, Piqueras was eighth – but with Quiles leading, Rueda wasn’t yet in a title-winning position. However, later around the lap, he was. Rueda was up to P3 at the halfway stage and as things stood, the Moto3 crown would be his.

On Lap 12 of 20, Rueda remained in a title-winning place. He was P2, Quiles was nipping at his heels in P3, while Piqueras was struggling to make progress in P9. Fernandez was leading the way until the #99 slid through into the lead at Turn 10 on Lap 13. Did the chasers have a response, or was Rueda about to clinch his first World Championship title in the perfect way possible?

It was getting better for Rueda too because Quiles dropped to P8, one place behind Piqueras, before three riders crashed at Turn 16 on Lap 14. Carpe, David Almansa (Leopard Racing) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) were down and out of contention and then, Quiles and Piqueras were handed Long Lap penalties for short cutting Turn 9 as the drama amped up.

Barring a mistake from Rueda, something he’s barely made all season, the 2025 title was about to be his. Piqueras took his Long Lap on Lap 17 and the #36 was then P8, but Quiles continued on his way in P4.

With three laps to go, Rueda was leading until Turn 10. Muñoz then slipped up the inside to take the lead before huge drama for the #64 as Fernandez attacked him and made contact, with Muñoz left skittled out into the run off and the #31 in the lead.

Rueda then hit the front but just after he’d taken over, the red flag came out. With the countback, not only was Rueda was officially the 2025 Moto3 World Champion – after a double Long Lap penalty was handed to Fernandez, Rueda was also the winner in Indonesia. Quiles completed his Long Lap penalty just before the red flag but it wasn’t soon enough to count, and the #28 was handed a three-second post-race penalty. That promoted Lunetta to P2 and Pini to P3, the latter celebrating his first Moto3 podium.

Quiles dropped to P4 after his penalty, as Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull KTM Tech3) collected his best result of the season – and his Moto3 career. Fernandez ended the race in P6, with Piqueras seventh as he sees his title chances officially disappear. Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI), Stefano Nepa (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Kelso, despite his crash, completed the top 10 in Indonesia.

Now it’s next stop Australia, with the crown secured but plenty still on the line as a spectacular season of Moto3 competition rolls on! See you Down Under!