Pedro Acosta tops final in-season MotoGP test at Misano

Manufacturing unit KTM rider Pedro Acosta led the way in which within the last in-season take a look at of 2025 at Misano, as Yamaha extensively trialled its new V4-powered MotoGP bike.

Acosta was among the many first riders to hit the monitor, grabbing the highest spot from the Tech3-run RC16 of Enea Bastianini with a time of 1m32.297s.

Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia all loved stints on the entrance within the subsequent two hours, earlier than Marco Bezzecchi moved the goalposts by setting the primary sub-1m31s lap of the day – a 1m30.779s.

Bezzecchi discovered one other half a tenth as the ultimate hour of the morning session started, however with simply 10 minutes left to run, Gresini’s Alex Marquez edged him out with a 1m30.714s.

The youthful Marquez’s time remained unbeaten till an hour into the second session, when Acosta chipped off one other three-and-a-half tenths to return to the highest.

There have been no additional enhancements on the entrance of the timesheets, leaving Acosta’s 1m30.374s because the quickest lap when the chequered flag fell at 6pm native time.

His lap was in the end three tenths slower than Bezzecchi’s 1m30.134s pole effort within the San Marino Grand Prix, however a tenth faster than his personal qualifying time on Saturday.

Alex Marquez, Gresini Racing

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Alex Marquez additionally held on to second place, whereas Bezecchi’s lap from the morning session was adequate for third on the finish.

One rider who did soar up the order within the afternoon was Trackhouse Racing’s Raul Fernandez, who posted a time of 1m30.761s within the penultimate hour to seize fourth place.

Fernandez narrowly beat the VR46 Ducati of Franco Morbidelli in fifth, whereas Sunday winner Marc Marquez wound up sixth on the manufacturing unit Ducati, half a second off Acosta’s tempo.

Seventh place went to Fabio di Giannantonio on the opposite V46 Ducati, whereas Bagnaia loved a extra fruitful exhibiting after a nightmare weekend in Misano, ending eight-quickest regardless of a late crash at Flip 1.

Reigning champion Jorge Martin additionally loved a strong day on the Aprilia, finishing 60 laps of the monitor and ending ninth quickest with a finest time of 1m30.945s. The highest 10 was rounded out by Fermin Aldeguer on the Gresini Ducati.

Honda’s cost was led by its manufacturing unit rider Luca Marini, who ultimately ended 0.609s down on Acosta in eleventh.

A lot of the day’s focus was on Yamaha, because it introduced two V4-powered M1s to the take a look at that had been raced within the San Marino GP over the weekend. Fabio Quartararo, Alex Rins and Jack Miller all acquired to pattern the bike, with solely outgoing Pramac rider Miguel Oliveira not being given the chance to attempt the V4.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha V4

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Oliveira ended up being the quickest Yamaha on the timesheets in sixteenth place, however his V4-equipped stablemates occupied the following three spots on the timesheets, with Rins ending forward of Quartararo and Miller.

Quartararo made no secret of his frustration with the brand new M1, saying it felt “worse” than its predecessor and warning {that a} swap to a V4 engine gained’t remedy all of Yamaha’s issues.

Nonetheless, Miller was way more optimistic in his evaluation, saying the brand new M1 is “doing all the correct issues” and has “extra strengths than weaknesses.”

Honda additionally introduced a number of updates, significantly improved aero, whereas in-form manufacturing unit rider Marini additionally trialled a brand new chassis.

Aprilia carried out work it wouldn’t have been capable of match into a daily race weekend, specializing in electronics, set-up, and evaluating new elements.

Bezzecchi ran a chassis which Aprilia had already examined, however wished to attempt once more to see the way it behaves now that the remainder of the bike has developed a lot. In the meantime, Martin continued his adaptation to the RS-GP, even making an attempt completely different handlebar positions in what he described as his first actual take a look at with Aprilia after an injury-hit pre-season.

KTM had a brand new exhaust and swingarm to check, whereas it additionally tried new aerodynamic configurations, together with a motorbike with out rear winglets.

Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing

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Ducati was essentially the most discreet about its testing plans, with common supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna solely saying that it’s „not going to tug a rabbit out of a hat in someday of testing“.

Nonetheless, manufacturing unit rider Marquez revealed that he tried completely different swing arms and in contrast the aero package deal used within the early a part of the season with the one he has raced in latest rounds.

Two riders sat out Monday’s take a look at to get better from accidents they suffered within the San Marino Grand Prix. Joan Mir, who had already skipped qualifying and the dash race as a result of neck ache, didn’t take part within the take a look at to „give attention to his restoration“, in line with Honda. Trackhouse Racing’s Ai Ogura was additionally absent after a high-speed crash on Sunday left him with bruising and irritation in his proper hand.

Three producers additionally ran their take a look at riders to Misano, with Dani Pedrosa on responsibility for KTM, Michele Pirro working for Ducati and Takaaki Nakagami getting mileage at Honda. Regardless of racing within the San Marino GP, Augusto Fernandez sat out the take a look at to offer Yamaha’s manufacturing unit riders the utmost time to check its two V4-powered bikes.

Extra reporting by Vincent Lalanne-Sicaud