Matteo Bertelle led Moto3 World Championship practice Saturday morning, at Circuit of The Americas, COTA, in Austin, Texas. Bertelle used his Pirelli-shod LEVELUP-MTA KTM to lap the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track in 2:15.695 which led the field of 26 riders.
Angel Piqueras was second-best with a time of 2:15.976 on his FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI KTM.
Bertelle’s teammate, Joel Kelso claimed the third and final spot on the front with a lap time of 2:16.218.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Riding his Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team YZF R9, the Turkish rider won the 17-lap race by 0.836 seconds.
Stefano Manzi was the runner-up on his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing YZF- R6, just 0.931 second ahead of third-place finisher Bo Bendsneyder, who rode a MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 8th on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Results WSSP RACE 1
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
ONCU STAYS HOT: Race 1 goes to the Turkish youngster for his first win since 2023. Oncu brings home Yamaha’s 150th WorldSSP win from Portimao’s Race 1, followed by Manzi and Bendsneyder
Racing action is underway at Portimao in the Pirelli Portuguese Round! The FIM Supersport World Championship grid took to the track after Friday afternoon’s Tissot Superpole session which featured Turkish rider Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing) win his career-first WorldSSP pole; and in Saturday’s Race 1 he followed that up with his first win in 2 years and 25 days, earned in 2023’s Indonesian Round Race 1. Following him onto the rostrum for P2, Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) gained time on the Turkish rider as he managed to hold off a surging Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) who had prior overtaken Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) for P3.
ONCU’S 2nd EVER WIN IN 101st start: First win since Indonesia’s Race 1 in 2023
Oncu claimed the holeshot from pole position and quickly stretched his margin to establish a commanding lead, 2.658s ahead of Manzi in P2 by Lap 8. Manzi and Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) were glued to one another for the first 10 laps, the two veterans battling with one another as they both tried to make time on Oncu in the distance ahead of them. After putting distance between him and the rest of the pack, Bendsneyder closed down the Yamaha pair in P2 and P3. He passed both Manzi and Mahias in consecutive laps before the #62 brushed hm back out of the way to claim P2 on Lap 14. Manzi from there staved off the Dutchman to secure second, earning his 44th WorldSSP podium, equaling Fabian Foret for third in all time podiums. Bendsneyder, who started the race in P5, locked down P3 to taste the prosecco for the 3rd time in WorldSSP.
TOUGH BREAK FOR MAHIAS: Tom Booth-Amos surges up from P12 to take P5 finish
Mahias’ P4 finish was a disappointing result for the Frenchman who had spent the majority of his race battling with Manzi for P2. Lap 11 saw Bendsneyder slip past Mahias at Turn 1, a position he wasn’t able to recover and had to settle for P4. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) took P5, a hard-fought race for Australia’s Race 2 winner in which he had to pull free of a tight pack of riders after starting back in P12. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) found himself amid the same melee for P5 with Booth-Amos, Debise, Masia and others, from which he was able to take a P6 as the pack spread out late in the race.
MASIA AND DEBISE BATTLE AGAIN: P7 for Masia, P8 for Debise
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) was forced to take a long lap penalty at Turn 14, which he took on Lap 3, for his irresponsible riding incident in Australia where he collided with the rear of Valentin Debise’s (Renzi Corse) bike. He went on to finish P7. Debise began the race in P8, aggressively entering corners to take positions throughout the race, however the tactic on several occasions backfired, running wide and losing hard-fought positions as a result. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) took home a P9 finish from Race 1 in Portimao, dropping down from P4 where he began the race.
AZMAN, VOSTATEK DNF: Toba crashed but returned to take P27
Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) quickly recovered from a Turn 3 spill in Lap 7, going on to finish in P27. Syarifuddin Azman (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was forced to retire in Lap 10, registering a DNF alongside Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing).
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!
1. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team)
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.836s
3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +1.767s
4. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +3.801s
5. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +9.630s
6. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +9.888s
Fastest lap: Can Oncu, Yamaha – 1’43.251s
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2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, Razgatlioglu recorded a lap time of 1:39.081, which was not only good enough to top the 23-rider field and secure pole position it also eclipsed the All-Time Lap Record Jonathan Rea set, 1:39.610, in 2022.
Rookie, Nicolo Bulega qualified second with a 1:39.326 on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R.
Danilo Petrucci did a 1:39.483 on his factory Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R to earn the third and final spot on the front row.
Row two starters include Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli (1:39.609), ELF Marc VDS Racing Team’s Sam Lowes (1:39.662), and Honda HRC’s Xavi Vierge (1:39.711).
American Garrett Gerloff qualified 16th with a 1:40.661 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Results Superple WSBKMore, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Razgatlioglu eclipses Bulega for Portimao pole as he destroys WorldSBK lap record again. The reigning Champion narrowly missed out on a 1’38s lap time but claimed his second consecutive pole at Portimao ahead of Bulega.
For the second time in one day, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) utterly annihilated the lap record at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve as he claimed his 19th MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship pole position. ‘El Turco’ posted two times that beat his previous record in Tissot Superpole for the Pirelli Portuguese Round as he took P1 ahead of Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), who both beat last year’s pole time to complete the front row.
THE FIRST RUNS: Razgatlioglu obliterates the lap record
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) set an impressive 1’40.031s to take an early P1 but his time was soon blown out of the water by Razgatlioglu who posted a barely-believable 1’39.133s as he smashed his own lap record from FP3 by three tenths, with his teammate, Michael van der Mark, Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) all overhauling Gardner on the first lap. Van der Mark and Vierge were in the 1’39s. Meanwhile, Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and teammate Alvaro Bautista were eighth and 11th respectively, not setting completely representative laps.
IMPROVING FURTHER: Razgatlioglu lowers the benchmark again
Razgatlioglu remained unbeatable at the top of the field as he claimed his 19th pole in WorldSBK, obliterating the lap record in the process as he improved on his time with a 1’39.081s to finish 0.245s clear of his rivals. Bulega was able to haul himself up the order as he set a 1’39.326s which, until Razgatlioglu’s pole time, would’ve been a lap record, to line up alongside the #1. The front row will be completed by Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) after the #9 put in a 1’39.483s to climb the order – his time was faster than last year’s pole position time.
LOCATELLI SHINES IN P4: ‘Loka’ leads the second row, Sam Lowes P5
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) will go from fourth place after he set a 1’39.609s to lead the Japanese brand’s charge, hoping his second row start can give him the platform to challenge for a top-five finish. He’s joined on row two by Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) who put in a late lap to surge into P5 with a 1’39.662s, with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) completing the second row. His 1’39.711s was just six tenths away from Razgatlioglu’s time.
IN THE TOP TEN: van der Mark, two more Yamahas and Bautista…
Van der Mark fell down the order as riders found time on their second run, eventually claiming P7 to lead the third row at a track he’s been a winner at in 2021. Aegerter was another who was usurped by several riders, and he’ll have to settle for P8, although he will start two places ahead of teammate Gardner; the Australian rider did lose a faster lap time due to yellow flags. Sandwiched between the two GRT Yamaha riders will be Bautista, who could only manage a 1’39.874s, with Gardner 0.004s down on the #19.
PENALTY FOR IANNONE, ALEX LOWES LAST: dramatic end to Superpole
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) could only manage 13th with a 1’40.366s, but for Race 1, he will start 16th. ‘The Maniac’ has been given a three-place grid penalty for slow riding in the final 10 minutes of FP3, dropping him to the sixth row for Race 1 – he will start from 13th in Sunday’s Tissot Superpole Race. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) did not set a valid representative time in Superpole. A crash at Turn 13 for the #22 meant he was under pressure heading into the second run and, while he did set a time good enough for P6, it was set when yellow flags were out for a crash for Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) at Turn 11; Montella walked away unhurt and will line up from 12th.
The top six from WorldSBK Superpole, full results here:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 1’39.081s
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.245s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +0.402s
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +0.528s
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +0.581s
6. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +0.630s
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Alessandro Di Mario swept all three MotoAmerica Talent Cup sessions and took pole position for Saturday’s races at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas.
Di Mario was 1.515 seconds clear of Bodie Paige, with Sam Drane completing the front row. Chase Black, Kody Kopp, Carson King, Solly Mervis and Derek Sanchez all qualified within a second and less than three seconds off the leader.
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With a perfect scorecard after two rounds of the 2025 season, Marc Marquez said he had to be wary of overconfidence en route to Circuit of The Americas, where he has won seven races. Marquez was quick to point out that this was the only circuit where he crashed out in 2019, the season where he won 12 of 19 races and set a record for the biggest points gap back to second at the end of the year. The wet surface at COTA indeed bit him in the first practice session on Friday, his factory Ducati launching him into a nasty highside in the downhill Turn Two. Marquez returned to pit lane, finished the session third and led the second session on a damp-but-drying track in the afternoon.
Franco Morbidelli carried his momentum from a podium finish in the Grand Prix race in Argentina to Austin, topping the first practice session on Friday and ending the second session third. It was a 2-3 finish to the session for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, with Fabio Di Giannantonio second. After an embarrassing crash in pre-season testing, Di Giannantonio said he felt he could fight for podium positions at COTA.
BK8 Gresini teammates Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer took fourth and fifth, giving Ducati a clean sweep of the top five positions. Two-time MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia continued with his difficult beginning to the season, finishing the second session tenth and just making it into Q2 for Saturday.
Jack Miller led the non-Ducati charge on his Pramac Yamaha YZR-M1. Quick in the wet, Miller and Joan Mir on the factory Honda were the only two Japanese bikes in the top 10. But this season sees only six Ducatis in the field instead of the eight of last year, and Johann Zarco, who battled for the podium in Argentina but crashed and finished 20th, pointed out earlier that with two of the almighty Desmosedicis gone, the others would obviously move up the order.
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Alessandro Di Mario topped the first qualifying session for the MotoAmerica Talent Cup class at Circuit of The Americas, with five riders within a second going into the final qualifying session at the end of Saturday.
Di Mario’s fastest lap was canceled, but he still edged Sam Drane by 0.133 seconds. Kody Kopp was third, 0.580 seconds behind Di Mario and just ahead of Bodie Paige, with Carson King fifth.
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Marc Marquez led MotoGP World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Texas, Austin. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on spec Michelin tires, the six-time World Champion turned a lap time of 2:02:929. It was good enough to lead the 22-rider field.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the best of the rest with a 2:03.665 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
His teammate, Franco Morbidelli was third at 2:03.766 on his Ducati Desmosedici GP24, making it three Ducatis on the front row.
The two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia finished the session 10th with a 2:04.459 on his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marquez leads drying Friday Practice, Bagnaia scrapes through to Q2. There were almost major contrasting fortunes for the factory Ducati outfit but in the end, both sides could breathe a sigh of relief.
Starting wet, finishing dry and with a flurry, Friday afternoon’s MotoGP™ Practice at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas was a real treat. With rain easing off after a lunch time shower, we got the fastest times of the weekend thus far, resulting in Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) setting a 2.09:929 to set the only time in the 2.02 bracket of the day, holding off Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team pairing Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli behind.
WET START: getting a feel for track conditions
Although the opening 20 minutes were completed on wet tyres as a drying line had yet to fully form, the slicks were soon donned and the times soon tumbling. Jack Miller (Prima Pramac MotoGP Team) never shies away from being one of the first to put on slick tyres and he was the first again, followed by the two factory Ducatis and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP). All four demoted Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) from top spot, as the 2020 World Champion enjoyed competitivity in the opening moments of the hour-long session.
However, with the rain abating and track conditions improving with each passing second, it was always going to be who left it latest in terms of who stood the best chance of being inside the top ten and therefore going directly into Q2. Marc Marquez was the first to blink, slicing nearly a second from the top time and into the 2’04s, whilst at the other end of the top ten, Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) was in P10 and had a target on his back from the likes of teammate Ai Ogura, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Morbidelli.
LATE DRAMA: yellow flags and huge improvements
A late crash for Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) brought out the yellow flags but the Frenchman was all OK. The last 90 seconds were wild with an abundance of late laps and although nobody could get near the #93 – a 0.736s gap to the opposition – it was Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and teammate Morbidelli that joined him in the top three, ahead of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and his teammate Aldeguer, who is through into Q2 for the first time.
Jack Miller’s strong session resulted in him being top Yamaha, ahead of Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3), who makes Q2 for the first time in KTM. Joan Mir held on to go through directly to Q2, just ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team). ‘Pecco’ scraped through with a tenth to spare, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) the first rider forced into Q1.
Q1 JUNGLE: a heavyweight scrap to move into Q2
The 2021 World Champion is in good company in Q1 though with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Ai Ogura all having to tough it out – there’re only two spots available so there will be some very big names with some very big disappointments come Q1 on Saturday morning from COTA.
Alessandro Di Mario was fastest in the first ever session of the MotoAmerica Talent Cup series, leading Bodie Paige and Julian Correa on their spec KTM-powered Kramer APX 350 MA racebikes.
The trio had a significant gap to the rest of the field after the initial session for the new series, which took place on a wet track in damp and drizzling conditions.
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Jake Dixon led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro on Pirelli control tires, the Brit lapped the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) road course in 2:18.501, topping the field of 28 riders.
Italian Tony Arbolino was second-best with a time of 2:19.102 on his BluCru Pramac Yamaha Moto2 Boscoscuro.
Spanish rider Alonso Lopez did a third-fastest 2:19.415 on his Team HDR Heidrun Boscoscuro.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 23th with a best time of 2:21.922 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Classification practice moto2More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Dixon in a league of his own, Gonzalez faces Q1. The top two in the Moto2 Championship endure opposing days at a damp Circuit of The Americas.
Days at the office don’t get much better than that if your name is Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team). P1 in FP1 was backed up by a dominant P1 in Practice to see the British rider sail into Saturday as the rider to beat in Moto2 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, as Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Alonso Lopez (Team HDR Heidrun) pocketed P2 and P3 on Friday.
After Alonso Lopez (Team HDR Heidrun) led the opening exchanges of Practice, Dixon surged to the summit of the session by the midway point and with 10 minutes to go, the #96 was 0.7s clear of the chasers on a drying Circuit of The Americas.
With under five minutes to go, a clear dry line was appearing around a large part of the 5.5km long layout, which meant we saw some late improvers. Arbolino climbed to P2 with less than two minutes to go, Sergio Garcia’s QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI replacement, Oscar Gutierrez, jumped to an impressive P7 before rookie star Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) went P5 – and then P4 on his final flyer. But World Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) was struggling. A crash at Turn 12 was followed by the Spaniard being unable to find a better lap once he’d got back out, seeing the title chase leader finish in P26, 3.984s off Dixon’s pace.
Celestino Vietti (Team HDR Heidrun) completed the top five behind Dixon, Arbolino, Lopez and Holgado, with Alex Escrig (KLINT Forward Factory Team) doing a great job to earn P6. Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing LINO SENOGO) and Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) claimed P7 and P8 respectively, as Gutierrez bagged a first automatic Q2 spot in P9. As did Yuki Kunii, the IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia rookie ended Practice in P10, as Aron Canet (Fantic Racing LINO SENOGO), Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP), Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Mario Aji (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) were the final top 14 riders on Friday in Austin.
Work to do in Q1 then for Gonzalez, while home hero Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) will also be hoping he can get into the pole position fight from Q1 on Saturday afternoon. Tune in at 13:45 local time (UTC -5) to watch how the Moto2 Americas GP grid is formed.
Matteo Bertelle led Moto3 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Bertelle used his Pirelli-shod LEVELUP-MTA KTM to lap the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track in 2:23.704, which led the field of 26 riders.
Maximo Quiles was second-best with a time of 2:24.181 on his CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team KTM.
Scott Ogden, piloting his CIP Green Power KTM, claimed the third and final spot on the front with a lap time of 2:24.369.
Classification PR moto3More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Bertelle blasts to P1 in Moto3™ Practice, debutant Quiles sensational in second. An established name and a fresh face lead the way in Moto3 as their Friday action concludes.
Practice for the Moto3™ World Championship saw a familiar name on top as Matteo Bertelle (LEVEL UP – MTA) continued his prowess from the opening two Grands Prix. In a session that was once again wet, he led a very fast rookie in Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team), whilst Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) was P3.
For the fifth time this season so far, a session was topped by Bertelle, as he took P1 once again and led the charge for the riders going straight to Q2 but there was a whole new name behind him. Get ready to hear more about Maximo Quiles who on his Moto3 debut took second ahead of a field packed full of established stars. Briefly going top in the closing stages, the wet weather was certainly kind to the #28 who’s already causing a stir. Great Britain’s Scott Ogden clinched third place, ahead of David Almansa (Leopard Racing) and David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP).
Sixth may have been enough to keep Jose Antonio Rueda’s (Red Bull KTM Ajo) run of top six finishes in all sessions alive but it didn’t tell the full story as he crashed at Turn 20 and lost eight minutes, briefly putting him at risk of not making the cut before bouncing back with a late flying lap. Adrian Fernandez joins teammate Almansa in Q2 with P7 ahead of Rueda’s teammate Carpe and a late-improving Riccardo Rossi. However, save of the year has gone to Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) in P10, who tucked the front at the final corner but somehow held onto it in miraculous fashion.
Through to Q2 for the first time in his rookie season, Cormac Buchanan (BOE Motorsports), ahead of Adrian Cruces (CIP Green Power), Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), with the Japanese rider squeezing in. Joel Kelso (Level Up MTA), Tatchakorn Buasri (Honda Team Asia) and Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) all crashed and thus find themselves going via Q1.
Practice results confirmed, get ready for more action in Moto3 tomorrow!
Matteo Bertelle led Moto3 World Championship practice Saturday morning, at Circuit of The Americas, COTA, in Austin, Texas. Bertelle used his Pirelli-shod LEVELUP-MTA KTM to lap the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track in 2:15.695 which led the field of 26 riders.
Angel Piqueras was second-best with a time of 2:15.976 on his FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI KTM.
Bertelle’s teammate, Joel Kelso claimed the third and final spot on the front with a lap time of 2:16.218.
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Can Oncu won FIM Supersport World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Riding his Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team YZF R9, the Turkish rider won the 17-lap race by 0.836 seconds.
Stefano Manzi was the runner-up on his Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing YZF- R6, just 0.931 second ahead of third-place finisher Bo Bendsneyder, who rode a MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3 800 RR.
Former MotoAmerica Supersport regular Valentin Debise crossed the finish line 8th on his Renzi Corse Ducati Panigale V2.
Results WSSP RACE 1
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
ONCU STAYS HOT: Race 1 goes to the Turkish youngster for his first win since 2023. Oncu brings home Yamaha’s 150th WorldSSP win from Portimao’s Race 1, followed by Manzi and Bendsneyder
Racing action is underway at Portimao in the Pirelli Portuguese Round! The FIM Supersport World Championship grid took to the track after Friday afternoon’s Tissot Superpole session which featured Turkish rider Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing) win his career-first WorldSSP pole; and in Saturday’s Race 1 he followed that up with his first win in 2 years and 25 days, earned in 2023’s Indonesian Round Race 1. Following him onto the rostrum for P2, Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) gained time on the Turkish rider as he managed to hold off a surging Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) who had prior overtaken Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) for P3.
ONCU’S 2nd EVER WIN IN 101st start: First win since Indonesia’s Race 1 in 2023
Oncu claimed the holeshot from pole position and quickly stretched his margin to establish a commanding lead, 2.658s ahead of Manzi in P2 by Lap 8. Manzi and Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) were glued to one another for the first 10 laps, the two veterans battling with one another as they both tried to make time on Oncu in the distance ahead of them. After putting distance between him and the rest of the pack, Bendsneyder closed down the Yamaha pair in P2 and P3. He passed both Manzi and Mahias in consecutive laps before the #62 brushed hm back out of the way to claim P2 on Lap 14. Manzi from there staved off the Dutchman to secure second, earning his 44th WorldSSP podium, equaling Fabian Foret for third in all time podiums. Bendsneyder, who started the race in P5, locked down P3 to taste the prosecco for the 3rd time in WorldSSP.
TOUGH BREAK FOR MAHIAS: Tom Booth-Amos surges up from P12 to take P5 finish
Mahias’ P4 finish was a disappointing result for the Frenchman who had spent the majority of his race battling with Manzi for P2. Lap 11 saw Bendsneyder slip past Mahias at Turn 1, a position he wasn’t able to recover and had to settle for P4. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) took P5, a hard-fought race for Australia’s Race 2 winner in which he had to pull free of a tight pack of riders after starting back in P12. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) found himself amid the same melee for P5 with Booth-Amos, Debise, Masia and others, from which he was able to take a P6 as the pack spread out late in the race.
MASIA AND DEBISE BATTLE AGAIN: P7 for Masia, P8 for Debise
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) was forced to take a long lap penalty at Turn 14, which he took on Lap 3, for his irresponsible riding incident in Australia where he collided with the rear of Valentin Debise’s (Renzi Corse) bike. He went on to finish P7. Debise began the race in P8, aggressively entering corners to take positions throughout the race, however the tactic on several occasions backfired, running wide and losing hard-fought positions as a result. Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) took home a P9 finish from Race 1 in Portimao, dropping down from P4 where he began the race.
AZMAN, VOSTATEK DNF: Toba crashed but returned to take P27
Kaito Toba (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) quickly recovered from a Turn 3 spill in Lap 7, going on to finish in P27. Syarifuddin Azman (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) was forced to retire in Lap 10, registering a DNF alongside Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing).
The top six from the WorldSSP Race 1: Full results here!
1. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team)
2. Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) +0.836s
3. Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +1.767s
4. Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +3.801s
5. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +9.630s
6. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +9.888s
Fastest lap: Can Oncu, Yamaha – 1’43.251s
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2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu took pole position during World Superbike Superpole qualifying Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, Razgatlioglu recorded a lap time of 1:39.081, which was not only good enough to top the 23-rider field and secure pole position it also eclipsed the All-Time Lap Record Jonathan Rea set, 1:39.610, in 2022.
Rookie, Nicolo Bulega qualified second with a 1:39.326 on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R.
Danilo Petrucci did a 1:39.483 on his factory Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R to earn the third and final spot on the front row.
Row two starters include Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli (1:39.609), ELF Marc VDS Racing Team’s Sam Lowes (1:39.662), and Honda HRC’s Xavi Vierge (1:39.711).
American Garrett Gerloff qualified 16th with a 1:40.661 on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Results Superple WSBKMore, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Razgatlioglu eclipses Bulega for Portimao pole as he destroys WorldSBK lap record again. The reigning Champion narrowly missed out on a 1’38s lap time but claimed his second consecutive pole at Portimao ahead of Bulega.
For the second time in one day, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) utterly annihilated the lap record at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve as he claimed his 19th MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship pole position. ‘El Turco’ posted two times that beat his previous record in Tissot Superpole for the Pirelli Portuguese Round as he took P1 ahead of Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), who both beat last year’s pole time to complete the front row.
THE FIRST RUNS: Razgatlioglu obliterates the lap record
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) set an impressive 1’40.031s to take an early P1 but his time was soon blown out of the water by Razgatlioglu who posted a barely-believable 1’39.133s as he smashed his own lap record from FP3 by three tenths, with his teammate, Michael van der Mark, Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) all overhauling Gardner on the first lap. Van der Mark and Vierge were in the 1’39s. Meanwhile, Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and teammate Alvaro Bautista were eighth and 11th respectively, not setting completely representative laps.
IMPROVING FURTHER: Razgatlioglu lowers the benchmark again
Razgatlioglu remained unbeatable at the top of the field as he claimed his 19th pole in WorldSBK, obliterating the lap record in the process as he improved on his time with a 1’39.081s to finish 0.245s clear of his rivals. Bulega was able to haul himself up the order as he set a 1’39.326s which, until Razgatlioglu’s pole time, would’ve been a lap record, to line up alongside the #1. The front row will be completed by Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) after the #9 put in a 1’39.483s to climb the order – his time was faster than last year’s pole position time.
LOCATELLI SHINES IN P4: ‘Loka’ leads the second row, Sam Lowes P5
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) will go from fourth place after he set a 1’39.609s to lead the Japanese brand’s charge, hoping his second row start can give him the platform to challenge for a top-five finish. He’s joined on row two by Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) who put in a late lap to surge into P5 with a 1’39.662s, with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) completing the second row. His 1’39.711s was just six tenths away from Razgatlioglu’s time.
IN THE TOP TEN: van der Mark, two more Yamahas and Bautista…
Van der Mark fell down the order as riders found time on their second run, eventually claiming P7 to lead the third row at a track he’s been a winner at in 2021. Aegerter was another who was usurped by several riders, and he’ll have to settle for P8, although he will start two places ahead of teammate Gardner; the Australian rider did lose a faster lap time due to yellow flags. Sandwiched between the two GRT Yamaha riders will be Bautista, who could only manage a 1’39.874s, with Gardner 0.004s down on the #19.
PENALTY FOR IANNONE, ALEX LOWES LAST: dramatic end to Superpole
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) could only manage 13th with a 1’40.366s, but for Race 1, he will start 16th. ‘The Maniac’ has been given a three-place grid penalty for slow riding in the final 10 minutes of FP3, dropping him to the sixth row for Race 1 – he will start from 13th in Sunday’s Tissot Superpole Race. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) did not set a valid representative time in Superpole. A crash at Turn 13 for the #22 meant he was under pressure heading into the second run and, while he did set a time good enough for P6, it was set when yellow flags were out for a crash for Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) at Turn 11; Montella walked away unhurt and will line up from 12th.
The top six from WorldSBK Superpole, full results here:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 1’39.081s
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.245s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +0.402s
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +0.528s
5. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +0.581s
6. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +0.630s
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Alessandro Di Mario swept all three MotoAmerica Talent Cup sessions and took pole position for Saturday’s races at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas.
Di Mario was 1.515 seconds clear of Bodie Paige, with Sam Drane completing the front row. Chase Black, Kody Kopp, Carson King, Solly Mervis and Derek Sanchez all qualified within a second and less than three seconds off the leader.
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With a perfect scorecard after two rounds of the 2025 season, Marc Marquez said he had to be wary of overconfidence en route to Circuit of The Americas, where he has won seven races. Marquez was quick to point out that this was the only circuit where he crashed out in 2019, the season where he won 12 of 19 races and set a record for the biggest points gap back to second at the end of the year. The wet surface at COTA indeed bit him in the first practice session on Friday, his factory Ducati launching him into a nasty highside in the downhill Turn Two. Marquez returned to pit lane, finished the session third and led the second session on a damp-but-drying track in the afternoon.
Franco Morbidelli carried his momentum from a podium finish in the Grand Prix race in Argentina to Austin, topping the first practice session on Friday and ending the second session third. It was a 2-3 finish to the session for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, with Fabio Di Giannantonio second. After an embarrassing crash in pre-season testing, Di Giannantonio said he felt he could fight for podium positions at COTA.
BK8 Gresini teammates Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer took fourth and fifth, giving Ducati a clean sweep of the top five positions. Two-time MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia continued with his difficult beginning to the season, finishing the second session tenth and just making it into Q2 for Saturday.
Jack Miller led the non-Ducati charge on his Pramac Yamaha YZR-M1. Quick in the wet, Miller and Joan Mir on the factory Honda were the only two Japanese bikes in the top 10. But this season sees only six Ducatis in the field instead of the eight of last year, and Johann Zarco, who battled for the podium in Argentina but crashed and finished 20th, pointed out earlier that with two of the almighty Desmosedicis gone, the others would obviously move up the order.
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Alessandro Di Mario topped the first qualifying session for the MotoAmerica Talent Cup class at Circuit of The Americas, with five riders within a second going into the final qualifying session at the end of Saturday.
Di Mario’s fastest lap was canceled, but he still edged Sam Drane by 0.133 seconds. Kody Kopp was third, 0.580 seconds behind Di Mario and just ahead of Bodie Paige, with Carson King fifth.
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Marc Marquez led MotoGP World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Texas, Austin. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on spec Michelin tires, the six-time World Champion turned a lap time of 2:02:929. It was good enough to lead the 22-rider field.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the best of the rest with a 2:03.665 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
His teammate, Franco Morbidelli was third at 2:03.766 on his Ducati Desmosedici GP24, making it three Ducatis on the front row.
The two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia finished the session 10th with a 2:04.459 on his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25.
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More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Marquez leads drying Friday Practice, Bagnaia scrapes through to Q2. There were almost major contrasting fortunes for the factory Ducati outfit but in the end, both sides could breathe a sigh of relief.
Starting wet, finishing dry and with a flurry, Friday afternoon’s MotoGP™ Practice at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas was a real treat. With rain easing off after a lunch time shower, we got the fastest times of the weekend thus far, resulting in Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) setting a 2.09:929 to set the only time in the 2.02 bracket of the day, holding off Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team pairing Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli behind.
WET START: getting a feel for track conditions
Although the opening 20 minutes were completed on wet tyres as a drying line had yet to fully form, the slicks were soon donned and the times soon tumbling. Jack Miller (Prima Pramac MotoGP Team) never shies away from being one of the first to put on slick tyres and he was the first again, followed by the two factory Ducatis and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP). All four demoted Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) from top spot, as the 2020 World Champion enjoyed competitivity in the opening moments of the hour-long session.
However, with the rain abating and track conditions improving with each passing second, it was always going to be who left it latest in terms of who stood the best chance of being inside the top ten and therefore going directly into Q2. Marc Marquez was the first to blink, slicing nearly a second from the top time and into the 2’04s, whilst at the other end of the top ten, Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) was in P10 and had a target on his back from the likes of teammate Ai Ogura, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Morbidelli.
LATE DRAMA: yellow flags and huge improvements
A late crash for Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) brought out the yellow flags but the Frenchman was all OK. The last 90 seconds were wild with an abundance of late laps and although nobody could get near the #93 – a 0.736s gap to the opposition – it was Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and teammate Morbidelli that joined him in the top three, ahead of Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) and his teammate Aldeguer, who is through into Q2 for the first time.
Jack Miller’s strong session resulted in him being top Yamaha, ahead of Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3), who makes Q2 for the first time in KTM. Joan Mir held on to go through directly to Q2, just ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team). ‘Pecco’ scraped through with a tenth to spare, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) the first rider forced into Q1.
Q1 JUNGLE: a heavyweight scrap to move into Q2
The 2021 World Champion is in good company in Q1 though with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Ai Ogura all having to tough it out – there’re only two spots available so there will be some very big names with some very big disappointments come Q1 on Saturday morning from COTA.
Alessandro Di Mario was fastest in the first ever session of the MotoAmerica Talent Cup series, leading Bodie Paige and Julian Correa on their spec KTM-powered Kramer APX 350 MA racebikes.
The trio had a significant gap to the rest of the field after the initial session for the new series, which took place on a wet track in damp and drizzling conditions.
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Jake Dixon led Moto2 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro on Pirelli control tires, the Brit lapped the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) road course in 2:18.501, topping the field of 28 riders.
Italian Tony Arbolino was second-best with a time of 2:19.102 on his BluCru Pramac Yamaha Moto2 Boscoscuro.
Spanish rider Alonso Lopez did a third-fastest 2:19.415 on his Team HDR Heidrun Boscoscuro.
American Joe Roberts finished Friday afternoon’s practice session 23th with a best time of 2:21.922 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
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Dixon in a league of his own, Gonzalez faces Q1. The top two in the Moto2 Championship endure opposing days at a damp Circuit of The Americas.
Days at the office don’t get much better than that if your name is Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team). P1 in FP1 was backed up by a dominant P1 in Practice to see the British rider sail into Saturday as the rider to beat in Moto2 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, as Tony Arbolino (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2) and Alonso Lopez (Team HDR Heidrun) pocketed P2 and P3 on Friday.
After Alonso Lopez (Team HDR Heidrun) led the opening exchanges of Practice, Dixon surged to the summit of the session by the midway point and with 10 minutes to go, the #96 was 0.7s clear of the chasers on a drying Circuit of The Americas.
With under five minutes to go, a clear dry line was appearing around a large part of the 5.5km long layout, which meant we saw some late improvers. Arbolino climbed to P2 with less than two minutes to go, Sergio Garcia’s QJMOTOR – FRINSA – MSI replacement, Oscar Gutierrez, jumped to an impressive P7 before rookie star Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team) went P5 – and then P4 on his final flyer. But World Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) was struggling. A crash at Turn 12 was followed by the Spaniard being unable to find a better lap once he’d got back out, seeing the title chase leader finish in P26, 3.984s off Dixon’s pace.
Celestino Vietti (Team HDR Heidrun) completed the top five behind Dixon, Arbolino, Lopez and Holgado, with Alex Escrig (KLINT Forward Factory Team) doing a great job to earn P6. Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing LINO SENOGO) and Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) claimed P7 and P8 respectively, as Gutierrez bagged a first automatic Q2 spot in P9. As did Yuki Kunii, the IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia rookie ended Practice in P10, as Aron Canet (Fantic Racing LINO SENOGO), Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP), Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Mario Aji (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) were the final top 14 riders on Friday in Austin.
Work to do in Q1 then for Gonzalez, while home hero Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) will also be hoping he can get into the pole position fight from Q1 on Saturday afternoon. Tune in at 13:45 local time (UTC -5) to watch how the Moto2 Americas GP grid is formed.
Matteo Bertelle led Moto3 World Championship practice Friday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Bertelle used his Pirelli-shod LEVELUP-MTA KTM to lap the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track in 2:23.704, which led the field of 26 riders.
Maximo Quiles was second-best with a time of 2:24.181 on his CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team KTM.
Scott Ogden, piloting his CIP Green Power KTM, claimed the third and final spot on the front with a lap time of 2:24.369.
Classification PR moto3More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Bertelle blasts to P1 in Moto3™ Practice, debutant Quiles sensational in second. An established name and a fresh face lead the way in Moto3 as their Friday action concludes.
Practice for the Moto3™ World Championship saw a familiar name on top as Matteo Bertelle (LEVEL UP – MTA) continued his prowess from the opening two Grands Prix. In a session that was once again wet, he led a very fast rookie in Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team), whilst Scott Ogden (CIP Green Power) was P3.
For the fifth time this season so far, a session was topped by Bertelle, as he took P1 once again and led the charge for the riders going straight to Q2 but there was a whole new name behind him. Get ready to hear more about Maximo Quiles who on his Moto3 debut took second ahead of a field packed full of established stars. Briefly going top in the closing stages, the wet weather was certainly kind to the #28 who’s already causing a stir. Great Britain’s Scott Ogden clinched third place, ahead of David Almansa (Leopard Racing) and David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP).
Sixth may have been enough to keep Jose Antonio Rueda’s (Red Bull KTM Ajo) run of top six finishes in all sessions alive but it didn’t tell the full story as he crashed at Turn 20 and lost eight minutes, briefly putting him at risk of not making the cut before bouncing back with a late flying lap. Adrian Fernandez joins teammate Almansa in Q2 with P7 ahead of Rueda’s teammate Carpe and a late-improving Riccardo Rossi. However, save of the year has gone to Angel Piqueras (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSI) in P10, who tucked the front at the final corner but somehow held onto it in miraculous fashion.
Through to Q2 for the first time in his rookie season, Cormac Buchanan (BOE Motorsports), ahead of Adrian Cruces (CIP Green Power), Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), with the Japanese rider squeezing in. Joel Kelso (Level Up MTA), Tatchakorn Buasri (Honda Team Asia) and Guido Pini (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) all crashed and thus find themselves going via Q1.
Practice results confirmed, get ready for more action in Moto3 tomorrow!
