Aprilia could hardly have scripted a better ending to their 2025 MotoGP campaign. Marco Bezzecchi delivered a commanding lights-to-flag win at Valencia, fending off a relentless late charge from Raul Fernandez to secure his first ever pair of consecutive Grand Prix victories. For Aprilia, the result was more than symbolic — it marked their first 1-2 finish since 2023 and capped off a campaign in which the Noale factory firmly re-established itself as a title-contending force.
Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the podium after a tense, elbows-out duel with Pedro Acosta, ensuring Ducati’s astonishing run of 88 consecutive podium appearances remains alive as the grid heads toward 2026.
Chaos Before the Lights: Morbidelli Crashes on the Grid
Before the race even began, the final round of 2025 produced an unexpected drama. Franco Morbidelli, forming up on the grid for what should have been a straightforward start, collided with Aleix Espargaró’s stopped Honda as riders lined up.
The impact sent Morbidelli down, and although he remounted to roll back toward the pitlane, the VR46 rider was quickly ruled out. Later checks confirmed a fracture in his left hand — an injury that not only ended his Grand Prix prematurely, but also removed him from Tuesday’s post-season Valencia Test.
Lights Out: Bezzecchi Launches, Zarco Collides with Bagnaia
When the red lights finally went out, Bezzecchi fired away exactly as he hoped, grabbing the holeshot ahead of Alex Márquez. But behind them, Turn 4 erupted into the first major flashpoint of the afternoon.
Johann Zarco arrived too hot into the right-hander, losing control and collecting an unlucky Francesco Bagnaia. The reigning Ducati star ran through the gravel and toppled moments later, ending both his race and his entire 2025 campaign on the spot.
Race Direction wasted little time in awarding Zarco a Long Lap Penalty.
Fernandez Begins His Hunt
Up front, Bezzecchi controlled the early pace as Fernandez carved forward with impressive intent. After disposing of Di Giannantonio, the Trackhouse rider reeled in the leading pair, clocking successive fastest laps and shrinking the gap to Alex Márquez.
Acosta, meanwhile, had mirrored Fernandez’s aggression and slipped past Diggia in the opening laps, though the leaders were already 2.5 seconds clear by Lap 10.
At the end of Lap 11, Fernandez finally made his move, sending a tidy late-braking attack into the final corner to depose Márquez from second. In an instant, the Spaniard dropped off the pace, soon becoming the cork in a bottle as Acosta and Di Giannantonio descended upon him.
Mid-Race Battles: Pressure at the Front, War for Third Behind
By the time 11 laps remained, Fernandez had reduced Bezzecchi’s advantage to under a second. Acosta, too, was closing on Márquez, eventually forcing a clean inside pass at Turn 4 on Lap 20.
Di Giannantonio needed just one more lap to duplicate the move, slicing up the inside with clinical precision.
Further ahead, Bezzecchi’s margin ticked just above and below the half-second mark. The tension was palpable — every tenth mattered, and Fernandez made sure the Italian knew it. With five to go, the gap shrank to 0.6 seconds, Bezzecchi dipping into the 1:31s in an attempt to break the tow.
Final Laps: Two Duels, One Last Showdown
With three laps to run, Valencia had become a two-front battle:
• Bezzecchi vs Fernandez for the win
• Acosta vs Di Giannantonio for the final podium spot
Acosta’s defence finally yielded when Diggia launched a late, assertive move at Turn 4. The KTM rider tried to counter, but the VR46 machine had the edge.
Onto the last lap, Bezzecchi clung to a narrow 0.3-second margin. Fernandez closed where he could, but the Italian managed the pressure perfectly, hitting every apex with deliberate precision.
In the end, Bezzecchi held firm to take a superb victory, Fernandez shadowing him across the line barely half a second behind.
Di Giannantonio sealed third place, scoring his second podium of the weekend and ending his season in exceptional form.
Valencia GP — Points Finishers
Pedro Acosta’s P4 wrapped up his rookie premier-class campaign with fourth in the standings — an extraordinary achievement for the reigning Moto2 champion.
Fermín Aldeguer grabbed fifth after a brave final-corner strike on Alex Márquez, who settled for P6.
The next major headline came in seventh: Luca Marini delivered an important haul for Honda, enough to elevate the brand into concession Rank C, a crucial boost for the Japanese manufacturer ahead of its long-term development program.
Binder, Miller, and Bastianini rounded out the top ten.
Miguel Oliveira closed out his MotoGP career in P11 before heading to WorldSBK in 2026. Zarco, Mir, Rins, and Bulega completed the points.
Season Signed, Sealed, Delivered
And with that, the 2025 season is complete. Bezzecchi’s late-season form secured third in the championship and gave Aprilia undeniable momentum into 2026. Ducati still leaves as the gold standard thanks to the Marquez brothers’ 1-2 in the final standings … but Aprilia has sent a very real warning shot.
The paddock barely has time to breathe — official testing begins Tuesday, and the next chapter awaits.
MOTO2: Brazil Crowns Its First World Champion — Diogo Moreira Makes History
A New National Hero Emerges
Diogo Moreira has done what no Brazilian rider achieved before him: he is the 2025 Moto2 World Champion. With a measured ride to tenth and rival Manuel Gonzalez suffering a disastrous late mechanical problem, the 21-year-old Sao Paulo native secured the title and wrote his name into the history books.
A multiple-race winner this year and already confirmed as a MotoGP rookie for 2026, Moreira’s performance reflected a coming-of-age season filled with consistency, resilience, and clutch performances under pressure.
Who Is Diogo Moreira?
Born in São Paulo on April 23, 2004, Moreira rose through the ranks at lightning pace. His 2019 European Talent Cup campaign featured an early victory that marked him as a future standout. From there, he climbed through JuniorGP and the Red Bull Rookies Cup, taking podiums in both and proving himself a natural racer with a smooth, confident style.
His 2022 Moto3 debut immediately turned heads, and by 2023 he had become a race winner and a consistent frontrunner.
Step Up to Moto2: Learning, Building, Rising
Moreira’s rookie Moto2 season was one of steady progress. With flashes of brilliance early on, he finally found form mid-year, scoring his first top ten and then stringing together a strong run that included a maiden podium in Barcelona. Expectations naturally rose entering 2025.
2025: The Championship Run
After a slow start, Moreira exploded into form from Silverstone onward. Narrow defeats, hard-fought victories, and relentless podium speed defined the summer and autumn. As the season reached Malaysia, the title fight tightened dramatically — and Gonzalez’s late crash at Sepang tipped the balance toward the Brazilian.
He entered Valencia needing only two points. He got the job done.
Brazil Celebrates a New Icon
In a country overflowing with sporting legends — Senna, Pelé, Ronaldo, Barrichello, Barros — Moreira now becomes Brazil’s first Grand Prix racing World Champion. Fans will not wait long to celebrate him in person: his MotoGP debut arrives on home soil next March in Goiânia.
MOTO2 — Diogo Moreira Becomes Brazil’s First World Champion: A Historic, Emotional, Era-Defining Moment
Moto2’s 2025 finale will be remembered for far more than the final race results. It will stand as the day Brazil finally crowned a World Champion in Grand Prix racing — a breakthrough moment decades in the making.
Diogo Moreira didn’t need to win the race, didn’t need to fight from lights to flag. All he needed was two points. But championships aren’t won simply by collecting points; they are won through years of struggle, close calls, heartbreaks, and those rare days when everything aligns. Valencia became that day.
The Italtrans rider’s smooth, measured tenth-place finish was more than enough — especially after his only remaining rival, Manuel Gonzalez, saw his hopes unravel in slow motion. Gonzalez began the race riding with the intensity of a man who knew he needed perfection, yet the pressure gradually chipped away at his pace. A wide moment, then another, then a drop into the clutches of Ortolá, Veijer, and a swarm of riders who sensed the Spaniard’s desperation.
By the time Gonzalez slowed dramatically and pointed to the rear of the bike, the paddock held its breath. Moreira swept past with the same quiet composure he had shown all season, while Gonzalez rolled into pitlane for a frantic tyre change — the moment the championship effectively ended. Even when the #18 rejoined, the damage was done.
For the first time ever, the Brazilian flag would be lifted as the emblem of a Grand Prix World Champion.
A Career That Always Felt Inevitable — But Never Easy
For Moreira, this wasn’t just the culmination of a season — it was the fruition of a journey that began when a São Paulo kid grabbed his first mini-bike and showed the same blend of calm and fire that would come to define him.
The Early Spark
Moreira’s 2019 European Talent Cup campaign was his first major spotlight. He didn’t just show speed — he showed poise. As a 15-year-old navigating the pressure cooker of Spain’s elite junior system, he won races with a confidence that felt older than his years.
JuniorGP and Red Bull Rookies Cup
He spent the next seasons building an identity as one of the cleanest, sharpest riders of the next generation. His JuniorGP podiums were no accident, and his Rookies Cup campaign — though without a win — hinted at a rider ready to burst through the ceiling at any moment.
Moto3: Raw Promise, Real Breakthroughs, Growing Up Fast
When he reached Moto3, the world took notice.
His debut in Lusail — rising from 18th on the grid to finish sixth — was a warning shot. Moreira was not another “talent project.” He was the real thing.
By 2023 he had won his first Grand Prix, backed by multiple podiums and controlled, intelligent race craft that belied his youth.
Moto2: A Steep Mountain and a Steady Climb
The first months in Moto2 exposed the brutal step between classes. But Moreira adapted, learned, and evolved. By the final third of 2024 he was a constant top-ten contender, and his maiden podium in Barcelona signposted what was coming next.
2025: A Championship Season Forged in Fire
It’s easy to remember the victories — Austria, Assen, Portimão — but Moreira’s title was earned equally in the races he didn’t win. He became a master of damage limitation, of turning bad weekends into solid points, of delivering late-race pace when it mattered most.
Silverstone unlocked the floodgates.
Aragón sharpened his teeth.
Assen revealed his steel.
The overseas triple-header showcased a champion in waiting.
Sepang flipped the championship on its head when Gonzalez crashed.
Portimão stretched Moreira’s lead.
Valencia confirmed everything the season had been building toward.
The Brazilian now heads to MotoGP in 2026 not only as a new champion, but as the new face of a nation long hungry for a two-wheeled icon.
Moto2 Final Race Extended Breakdown: Guevara’s Coming-of-Age, Holgado’s Relentless Pressure, Ortolá’s Breakthrough
The race itself was a spectacle worthy of a season finale. Izan Guevara, who has spent most of 2025 chiseling away at the steep learning curve of Moto2 machinery, finally reached the summit with a calm yet fierce ride.
Holgado, the pole-sitter, pushed him to the brink in the closing laps — diving, feinting, stalking — but Guevara never let the door open even a millimeter. It was a masterclass in holding one’s line under pressure.
Behind them, a completely different story developed. Ivan Ortolá, one of the season’s most promising newcomers, tore through the pack with the kind of hunger only rookies possess. Every lap he gained confidence, and when he secured third, the garage erupted. His maiden podium was not a fluke — it was a signal that next year, he will be a name in the title conversation.
Further back, the middle group was a warzone. Veijer, Salač, Arenas, Dixon, Vietti, Agius, and Arbolino all swapped positions in a kind of organized chaos. The penalty for Salač reshuffled the deck, moving Arenas to fifth in his final Moto2 race.
Moreira’s tenth place, calm and calculated, settled the championship. But the race around him was a swirling storm of ambition — a fitting backdrop for a title decider.
MOTO3 — A First Win for Adrian Fernandez: A Long Journey Rewarded in Valencia
Moto3’s final act of 2025 offered its own emotional crescendo. Adrian Fernandez, after 85 previous attempts, finally took his first Grand Prix victory, and he did it in the most assertive, confident way possible: leading most of the race, managing the pace, and keeping a cool head even as five riders swarmed him in the closing laps.
Moto3 races are notoriously unpredictable — slipstreams, big packs, heart-in-throat overtakes — but Fernandez rode like a man who knew the race belonged to him. His aggression in the opening laps, his ability to retake the lead when shuffled back, and his relentless rhythm set the foundation.
Maximo Quiles’ holeshot lasted only until Turn 2 before Fernandez reclaimed command. When David Almansa surged into the lead at the end of Lap 1, Fernandez simply waited, then shoved his way back ahead with the kind of authority you only see from riders brimming with belief.
The Mid-Race Chaos That Defines Moto3
Behind Fernandez, the typical Moto3 storm was raging.
Luca Lunetta charged into the top three.
Furusato, carrying his trademark late-race strength, began slicing forward.
Carpe and Pini traded elbows corner after corner.
Almansa, after fighting back into fourth, was shuffled violently down the order again.
Moto3’s leading pack stretched and snapped back together lap after lap, with five riders constantly within reach of victory.
The Final Lap: A Five-Rider Shootout
Inside the last two laps, Fernandez looked like he had broken the group — but Moto3 is never that easy. Furusato reeled him in, Carpe found a second wind, and Pini looked ready to force an opening that didn’t exist.
The final lap was the complete Moto3 playbook:
• Carpe and Quiles side-by-side
• Furusato diving for every inch
• Pini searching the outside line
• Fernandez defending the apexes with iron discipline
Furusato launched his last attack into the final corner — a move that nearly stuck — but a last-lap track-limits violation demoted him to third and handed Carpe second place.
Fernandez crossed the line first, screaming into his helmet as years of effort finally crystallized into a moment he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
Quiles, pushed wide in the final scramble, finished fifth — still enough for third in the standings.
Piqueras secured second overall in the championship with a clever, controlled ride to sixth.
2025 MotoGP Season Shatters All-Time Attendance Record With Over 3.6 Million Fans Worldwide
MotoGP has been on a remarkable upward trajectory in recent years, but the 2025 season has now set a benchmark that outshines every season before it. Across 20 countries, from classic European venues to fast-growing Asian markets, the championship welcomed more than 3.6 million spectators through the gates — the largest cumulative attendance figure in the 75-year history of the sport.
This milestone is not just a statistical achievement, but a reflection of MotoGP’s growing global appeal, the electrifying competition witnessed throughout the 2025 campaign, and the sport’s renewed ability to attract families, younger audiences, and first-time race-goers.
A New Era of Global Popularity
The growth hasn’t been isolated to a single region. Instead, 2025 saw a surge across the entire calendar:
- European staples such as Mugello, Le Mans, Jerez, and the Sachsenring once again posted near-capacity weekends, many selling out months in advance.
- Latin America’s motorsport boom continued as Argentina and Mexico drew massive crowds, buoyed by the rising influence of riders like Diogo Moreira and the anticipation surrounding Brazil’s return to MotoGP in 2026.
- Asia’s major circuits — from Buriram to Sepang to Motegi — delivered some of their strongest attendance figures on record, highlighting how the region continues to evolve from a satellite market into a core motorsport powerhouse.
- Newer additions like Kazakhstan and the Indian GP also reported sizable growth compared with last season.
According to MotoGP commercial leadership, 2025 is the clearest sign yet that the championship has moved into a period of rejuvenation. Improved accessibility through digital platforms, a younger generation of riders, and a more balanced fight among manufacturers have all contributed to the sport’s renewed momentum.
Why 2025 Became MotoGP’s Biggest Year Ever
Several factors helped push attendance to an all-time high:
1. One of the Most Competitive Seasons in Recent Memory
The championship battle swung dramatically throughout the year, and the overall field depth meant that nearly everyweekend delivered unpredictable racing. With Aprilia, Ducati, KTM, and Yamaha all scoring major results and the return of Honda to a more competitive position, fans flocked to circuits knowing they were guaranteed drama.
2. The Rise of Global Stars
Young talents such as Pedro Acosta, Fermin Aldeguer, and Diogo Moreira — combined with icons like Marc Marquez, Fabio Quartararo, and Enea Bastianini — created an intoxicating mix of legends and future champions.
Fans also responded strongly to national heroes: Spanish venues benefitted from homegrown stars across all classes, while Southeast Asia rallied behind rising Moto2 and Moto3 contenders.
3. A Revival in Fan Experience and Circuit Upgrades
Across the calendar, promoters invested heavily in fan zones, improved visibility platforms, live entertainment, paddock access upgrades, and expanded accommodation options. Events such as Silverstone, Phillip Island, and the Red Bull Ring have in recent years transformed into full weekend festivals rather than just race days.
4. Expanded Sprint Races and Broadcast Reach
The Sprint format continues to attract new viewers and increase the value of a weekend ticket, with Saturdays now drawing record numbers. Meanwhile, MotoGP’s evolving broadcast strategy — including more behind-the-scenes content, rider documentaries, and multi-language coverage — has helped convert millions of digital viewers into race attendees.
Historic Moments That Fueled Fan Excitement
The 2025 season was filled with narratives that captured global attention:
- Marc and Alex Marquez locking out the top two positions in the championship
- Marco Bezzecchi and Aprilia’s late-season surge
- Aldeguer’s breakthrough wins
- The emotional farewell of Miguel Oliveira from MotoGP
- The fierce battles in Moto2 between Moreira and Gonzalez
- The emergence of fresh Moto3 winners like Fernandez and Carpe
Every storyline brought another wave of fans into the stands, contributing to the year’s record-setting total.
A Turning Point for MotoGP’s Future
Surpassing 3.6 million attendees is more than just a number — it signals a cultural resurgence. After the challenges of the early 2020s, MotoGP has not only recovered but surpassed expectations, proving its resilience and global relevance.
This growth also sets the stage for even bigger crowds in 2026, with Brazil returning to the calendar, the United States pushing for a second race, and several circuits planning major capacity expansions.
If current trends continue, MotoGP could soon approach — or exceed — 4 million season-long spectators.
2025 will be remembered as the year the sport stepped into a new golden era.
