2025 Thai MotoGP, Buriram - Friday Practice Results

* Rookie

Official Thai MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia 1m 28.700s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Marco Bezzecchi 1m 30.896s (2023)

Alex Marquez snatches the limelight from brother Marc at the end of Friday afternoon practice for the season-opening Thai MotoGP at Buriram.

Morning leader Marc had been fastest for much of the afternoon session, before former Gresini team-mate Alex grabbed P1 away by 0.052s on his last lap.

But there was even bigger drama behind.

Marc's new Ducati Lenovo team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was furious after being held up by VR46 Academy colleague Franco Morbidelli, leaving the double world champion outside the top ten and heading for Saturday's Qualifying 1.

Bagnaia had an earlier lap cancelled due to yellow flags after another VR46 Academy rider, Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi, fell while setting red sectors. 

Bezzecchi held on to fourth, behind KTM's Pedro Acosta, but Bagnaia had to deliver on his last lap, where he caught a cruising Morbidelli...

All five manufacturers featured in the final top eight, with Fabio Quartararo heading the M1 challenge.

Marc Marquez, Acosta, Joan Mir (Honda) and Bagnaia had filled the top four places on used tyres, before the time attacks began.

* Rookie

New factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez leads opening practice for the 2025 Thai MotoGP at Buriram ahead of Franco Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller. Marquez's team-mate Francesco Bagnaia ran wide repeatedly on his way to tenth:

The 2025 MotoGP season begins with a pair of Friday practice sessions at Buriram, the second of which will decide the top ten for direct Qualifying 2 access.

Reigning world champion Jorge Martin remains absent after suffering further hand injuries in training earlier this week and is replaced by Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori.

But Fabio di Giannantonio - also injured on day one of the Sepang test - is back for VR46.

Marc Marquez was fastest at the recent Buriram pre-season test, where he also delivered a peerless race simulation. The new Ducati Lenovo rider topped the timesheets ahead of brother Alex Marquez (Gresini), Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and Pedro Acosta (KTM).

Last year’s title runner-up Francesco Bagnaia was fifth, as the factory Ducati team committed to keeping the GP24 engine, followed by the top Honda of Joan Mir with Fabio Quartararo in eighth for Yamaha.