Marini tops first Indonesia MotoGP practice

Honda's Luca Marini clocked the fastest time in the first practice for the Indonesia MotoGP on Friday ahead of KTM's Pedro Acosta, while recently crowned champion Marc Marquez was fifth fastest.

In warm conditions at the Mandalika track on the resort island of Lombok, Italian rider Marini laid down a fastest lap of 1min 30.809sec.

That was 0.136sec faster than Acosta and 0.237sec ahead of Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi, who finished second behind Marc Marquez at the San Marino Grand Prix last month.

For the first time since joining @HRC_MotoGP, Luca Marini tops a #MotoGP session 🔥#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/7yLzdfgPie

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 3, 2025

Marini is 12th in the overall MotoGP standings, with Acosta in sixth and Bezzecchi in fourth going into the race weekend.

Championship winner Marquez finished 0.462sec behind Marini, a week after clinching his first MotoGP title since 2019 at Motegi.

His seventh title win capped a remarkable comeback from an injury nightmare, with an impeccable season of 11 grand prix wins leaving him far ahead of his brother Alex in second place.

Luca Marini with a super lap to go to P1 🔥#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/yRA4B9uA7V

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 3, 2025

His 541 championship points are already a single-season record for a MotoGP rider.

The second practice session, from which the top 10 riders go straight into Saturday's second round of qualifying, gets underway at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT).

Qualifying shapes the grid for both the sprint race on Saturday and the main event GP on Sunday afternoon, with a maximum of 37 points available.