15:42
Chequered flag is out in FP2.
Marc Marquez continues to lead the way with a 2m02.113s, from Alex Marquez and Maverick Vinales.
Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati Corse, 2025 Americas MotoGP
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2025 Americas MotoGP: Sprint at it happened
Text commentary of the sprint for the 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix as it happened
Marc Marquez will be gunning to keep his 100% sprint record in 2025 alive on Saturday at the MotoGP Americas Grand Prix after qualifying on pole.
The wet and mixed weather on Friday have been replaced by dry conditions on Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas, with championship leader Marc Marquez coming into day two of the third round having set the pace in practice.
Suffering his first crash as a factory Ducati rider this season in the wet FP1, Marquez's confidence was not dented in the slightest as he went over seven tenths faster than the field in Practice.
He remains the rider to beat at COTA, a venue at which he has won seven grands prix.
VR46's Fabio Di Giannantonio put in some fast late laps in Practice to move into Q2, and went on to qualify on the front row for the first time since Qatar 2023, while the Gresini Ducati of Alex Marquez completed the front row.
Pecco Bagnaia was 1.5s off team-mate Marc Marquez at the end of Practice, and struggled in qualifying as he could only manage sixth.
Already 31 points off the championship lead, he will need to make a big step on Saturday to stop that gap growing significantly in the sprint.
The sprint begins at 8pm GMT.
29 Mar 2025
15:33
Conditions are significantly better ahead of qualifying compared to yesterday.
Lap times in FP2 are over half a second quicker than the best times from Friday.
15:30
Qualifying build-up
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the 2025 MotoGP Americas Grand Prix.
It's a busy day at COTA, with qualifying and the sprint taking place today.
Qualifying is up first, and that will begin in 20 minutes.
