2025 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 22 races in the 2025 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 September 2025
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:42.911 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:44.412 on lap 2 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Second Marc Márquez Ducati Third Joan Mir Honda
Moto2
Pole position Rider Manuel González Kalex Time 1:47.925 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Holgado Kalex Time 1:48.739 on lap 2 Podium First Daniel Holgado Kalex Second Jake Dixon Boscoscuro Third Diogo Moreira Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider José Antonio Rueda KTM Time 1:54.826 Fastest lap Rider José Antonio Rueda KTM Time 1:55.305 on lap 15 Podium First David Muñoz KTM Second José Antonio Rueda KTM Third Máximo Quiles KTM

The 2025 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Motul Grand Prix of Japan) was the seventeenth round of the 2025 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. All races were held at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi on 28 September 2025.

In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez of Ducati Lenovo Team finished second in the main race, clinching his seventh MotoGP World Riders' Championship and his first since 2019.^[1]

After Daniel Holgado's win in the Moto2 class, Kalex secured its thirteenth straight Constructors' Championship.

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 27 September 2025.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	20:59.113	1	12
2	93	Marc Márquez	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	+1.842	3	9
3	37	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	+3.674	4	7
4	36	Joan Mir	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda	12	+4.300	2	6
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	12	+5.130	6	5
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	12	+8.913	5	4
7	10	Luca Marini	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda	12	+9.102	7	3
8	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	Aprilia	12	+10.334	10	2
9	79	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	Aprilia	12	+10.480	13	1
10	73	Álex Márquez	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	+11.487	8
11	54	Fermín Aldeguer	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	+13.492	15
12	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	+13.823	18
13	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	12	+15.425	12
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda HRC Test Team	Honda	12	+16.352	20
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+18.211	16
16	12	Maverick Viñales	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	12	+20.706	23
17	35	Somkiat Chantra	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	Honda	12	+21.883	22
18	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	12	+43.428	19
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	11	Accident	14
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	9	Retired in pits	11
Ret	23	Enea Bastianini	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	6	Technical issue	21
Ret	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Collision	9
Ret	1	Jorge Martín	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Collision	17
Fastest sprint lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:43.721 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	24	42:09.312	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	24	+4.196	3	20
3	36	Joan Mir	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda	24	+6.858	2	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	24	+10.128	9	13
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	24	+10.421	6	11
6	73	Álex Márquez	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	24	+14.544	8	10
7	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	Aprilia	24	+17.588	10	9
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	24	+21.160	5	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+21.733	11	7
10	54	Fermín Aldeguer	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	24	+23.107	14	6
11	23	Enea Bastianini	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	24	+23.616	19	5
12	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+23.882	16	4
13	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	24	+29.359	12	3
14	88	Miguel Oliveira	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+30.788	15	2
15	35	Somkiat Chantra	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	Honda	24	+30.990	20	1
16	12	Maverick Viñales	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	24	+31.712	21
17	37	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+34.157	4
18	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	24	+34.792	17
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	21	Chain	13
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda HRC Test Team	Honda	19	Accident	18
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda	2	Retired in pits	7
DNS	79	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	Aprilia		Injury1	—
DNS	1	Jorge Martín	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia		Injury2	—
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:44.412 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Notes

• ^1 - Ai Ogura withdrew from the Race due to discomfort in his right hand following a crash in Misano. The riders behind him on the grid each moved up one position.
• ^2 - Jorge Martín withdrew from the Race due after breaking his right collarbone following a crash in the Sprint. The riders behind him on the grid each moved up one position.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[2][3][4]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 541 2 Álex Márquez 340 3 Francesco Bagnaia 274 4 Marco Bezzecchi 242 1 5 Franco Morbidelli 196

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 612 2 Aprilia 286 3 KTM 260 4 Honda 220 5 Yamaha 180

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 815 2 BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP 487 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 378 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 300 5 Aprilia Racing 284

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Manuel González 238 2 Diogo Moreira 204 3 Arón Canet 189 4 Barry Baltus 182 5 Jake Dixon 172

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 403 2 Boscoscuro 255 3 Forward 13

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Fantic Racing 371 2 Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP 342 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 254 4 CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team 250 1 5 Italtrans Racing Team 220

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 José Antonio Rueda 315 2 Ángel Piqueras 222 3 Máximo Quiles 204 4 David Muñoz 197 5 Álvaro Carpe 157

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 425 2 Honda 212

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 472 2 Frinsa – MT Helmets – MSi 337 3 CFMoto Gaviota Aspar Team 294 4 Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP 274 5 Leopard Racing 230

References

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 25 September 2025.