19:00
Chequered flag is out.
Francesco Bagnaia
2025 Argentina MotoGP: Friday practice as it happened
Recap Friday practice at the 2025 MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix
The 2025 MotoGP season continues on 14-16 March with the second round of the campaign, as the series returns to the Argentina Grand Prix.
The South American event was absent from last year's calendar due to government spending cuts in the country, but returns for 2025.
Marc Marquez comes to Termas de Rio Hondo looking to build on his dream start to 2025 after winning both races from pole at the Thai GP to take his first lead in the championship since Valencia 2019.
The factory Ducati rider last raced in Argentina in 2019, when he won by almost 10 seconds in one of the most dominant showings of his MotoGP career.
Team-mate Pecco Bagnaia hasn't enjoyed much success in Argentina over the years and needs to rebound after a difficult Thai GP weekend. Bagnaia claims he knows what went wrong, but is being tight-lipped on the details.
Gresini's Alex Marquez is expected to be a podium contender again at a track he scored his first premier class pole and was on the rostrum at in 2023. He sits second in the standings after a brace of second-place finishes in Thailand.
MotoGP will be without its world champion Jorge Martin again as he continues his recovery from injury, with the Aprilia rider revealing on Thursday that he will also be absent from the upcoming Americas GP at COTA.
Aprilia scored its first MotoGP win at Termas de Rio Hondo in 2022, while its factory rider Marco Bezzecchi tallied up his maiden premier class victory at the track in 2023.
With rookie Ai Ogura also making a hot start to 2025 in Thailand, Aprilia is expected to have a strong weekend.
Solid showings from Honda and Yamaha in Thailand will be tested at a low-grip Argentinian venue, while KTM will be hoping to close the gap to the leaders after a tough start to the campaign.
FP1 for the 2025 Argentina GP begins at 1:45pm GMT. Practice is at 6pm GMT.
14 Mar 2025
19:04
19:03
Crash - Pedro Acosta
Acosta has crashed at Turn 2 after the flag while cruising.
19:01
Chequered flag - Marc Marquez fastest again
Marc Marquez holds onto top spot with a 1m37.295s as Fabio Di Giannantonio leaps up to second late on.
Bagnaia holds onto 10th and is safe in Q2.
18:59
Yellow flags in the first sector briefly may well just help Bagnaia.
18:59
Bagnaia pushed down to ninth by Binder and Zarco. Just under a minute to go!
18:57
That lap pushes Bagnaia down to seventh and there is only 0.097s splitting Bagnaia from 10th-placed Morbidelli.
18:56
Quartararo jumps up to fifth without Bagnaia ahead of him, so fair play to the Yamaha rider.
18:56
Crash - Pecco Bagnaia
Bagnaia has crashed at Turn 2! He's sixth currently but that could be a disaster for his Q2 hopes.
18:54
Looks like Quartararo is doing something he never does and is picking Bagnaia to follow on his next flying lap to try to get into Q2. It has worked for Rins so far!
18:50
Marc Marquez retakes top spot with a 1m37.438s, while Alex Rins goes fourth using the Ducati as a reference. Alex Marquez moves up to third.
18:48
Bagnaia now fourth, 0.324s off the pace. That should just about be enough to get into the top 10 but it won't be comfortable with just over 12 minutes to go.
18:47
Bagnaia moves up to sixth, with Binder fifth using the Ducati rider as a reference.
18:46
Marco Bezzecchi sets a new lap record with a 1m37.510s on the Aprilia to go fastest of all.
18:44
Standings after 45 minutes
- M.Marquez
- Acosta
- Bezzecchi
- Zarco
- A.Marquez
- Mir
- Morbidelli
- Vinales
- Di Giannantonio
- Bagnaia
18:43
Pedro Acosta jumps up to second with a 1m37.827s on a new soft rear tyre. Joan Mir goes sixth on fresh rubber.
18:38
Quite a few riders in pitlane now with just over 20 minutes to go. Things are about to heat up at Termas!
18:36
Crash - Johann Zarco
Zarco has gone down at Turn 2. Fast spill but he's up and on his feet.
18:35
Bezzecchi will be setting up for an early time attack now, according to his Aprilia team's live radio communication inside the garage.
18:34
Marco Bezzecchi cuts Marquez's advantage to 0.181s as he puts the Aprilia into second.
18:31
Big improvement for Joan Mir, who moves up to seventh, while Maverick Vinales puts his Tech3 KTM 10th.
18:30
Standings after 30 minutes
- M.Marquez
- Zarco
- Bezzecchi
- A.Marquez
- Acosta
- Morbidelli
- Bagnaia
- Di Giannantonio
- Binder
- Quartararo
18:29
Expert analysis: the silver on the Gresini leathers and bike fairings looks really good at speed.
18:26
Marquez has spread the field a bit right now. Pedro Acosta has just moved up to fifth on the KTM, but he's almost 0.7s adrift.
18:23
Back-to-back 1m37s for Marquez on this run so far.
