Marco Bezzecchi became the sixth different consecutive winner since 2020. The Aprilia Racing rider cruised through to claim first at the Portuguese GP. While only his second Sunday win of the year, #72 is one step closer to securing third in the championship standings. Álex Márquez held on to second while Pedro Acosta added another third-place finish to his tally. Read on for all the MotoGP race results at Portimão below.
Grid Reset as Home Hero Honoured Before Start
After Saturday’s Tissot Sprint win by Á. Márquez, the grid was reset to reflect qualifying positions. However, the last grid box was empty with the withdrawal of Raúl Fernández from the race events of the weekend. It was an emotional send-off for Miguel Oliveira, with the home favourite making his last appearance in MotoGP on home soil. The Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP rider was moved to tears during a special acknowledgement before the race. He later took a slow lap at the end of the race, holding the flag of his home country high as he finished within the points. Oliveira is the first and only rider of his nationality in MotoGP and will switch with Toprak Razgatlıoğlu to World Superbikes next year.
Three Down in First Three Laps
On the front row, the tyre choice was a hard front and a soft rear tyre to withstand the 25-lap feature race. There was a slight delay at the start due to officials, with Fabio Quartararo taking a long look back to see what the hold-up was. The #20 lost his place to Márquez from the launch when the lights went out, but it was Franco Morbidelli further down the back who ended his Sunday early at Turn 5. The Italian tangled with Enea Bastianini and Ai Ogura while trying to come back in on the racing line. Acosta had a massive shake on his Red Bull KTM Factory machine coming into that same corner a lap later, as he started his attack on Márquez. Joan Mir’s name tumbled down the order, as did Bastianini, both returning to the pit lane due to apparent technical failures. Despite qualifying well, this was his second DNF of the weekend due to the same suspected clutch issue. The #23 was three laps down from the rest of the grid as he rejoined near the lead group.
Battles Ensue as Bagnaia Washes Out
The battle for fifth was fierce between Quartararo, Brad Binder, and Fermín Aldeguer, while Bezzecchi and Márquez up front were racing away in the lead. Aldeguer and Binder had a skirmish in Turn 5. The left-hand aero of Binder’s bike was displaced onto the circuit after the incident. Aldeguer was able to come past Binder before picking off Quartararo a short time later. Further down the order, the fight for tenth place was quickly settled on the main straight between Jack Miller and Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Australian has struggled for top speed all weekend at Portimão. He was quickly overtaken before being passed again, this time by Pol Espargaró.
No one was expecting someone in the top five to have similar contention with so much distance between riders. However, Francesco Bagnaia came down all on his own in his fourth consecutive DNF on a Sunday, losing the front without warning coming into Turns 10 and 11. With this crash, it is all but guaranteed that Bezzecchi will claim third in the championship standings. The #63 will be lucky to finish fifth best at this point even if he does have a good weekend in the final round.
The Final Ten of Portimão
Quartararo’s Monster Energy Yamaha machine tried to step out on him, but the Frenchman managed to keep upright. The #20, however, did lose a position to Binder and fell into the clutches of fellow compatriot Johann Zarco. The front three had well and truly checked out, with more than six seconds separating Acosta in third from Aldeguer in fourth. It was rookie versus veteran between Ogura and Zarco for seventh position for several laps, with the #5 conceding and left to fend off Di Giannantonio on the last lap. Luca Marini easily came past Miller to push the Aussie further down the order to twelfth.
Alarm bells rang out for Á. Márquez as Acosta found impressive late pace as the #73 suffered with an overworked front tyre. The distance between the two diminished but Acosta ultimately ran out of corners to pull off the move. That left Bezzecchi to win the race, having led from start to finish. Nicoló Bulega managed to hold on to the last point scoring postion for Ducati Lenovo Team. The Italian will return for the final round to replace 2025 MotoGP World Champion Marc Márquez.
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. The final round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship season is in seven days. There is still one more showdown to confirm the championship standings. Stay tuned for one last action-packed weekend for the twenty-second round of 2025.