Friday, October 3, 2025
Mandalika International Circuit. Lombok. Indonesia
Mandalika International Circuit. Lombok. Indonesia: Track length: 2.673 miles / 4.301 kilometers
Free Practice 1: 10.45am – 11.30am – Dry Track
Air Temperature: 84.2°F / 29°C
Track Temperature: 125.6°F / 52°C
#25 Raul Fernandez
P141– Best Lap: 1’31.527 – Lap 13 of 17
Top speed: 192.25 mph / 309.4 km/h
#79 Ai Ogura
Withdrawn from Grand Prix of Indonesia
Practice: 3pm – 4pm – Dry track
Air Temperature: 82.4°F / 28°C
Track Temperature: 100.4°F / 55°C
#25 Raul Fernandez - Qualified to Q2
P5 – Best Lap: 1’29.733 – Lap 20 of 25
Top speed: 195.61 mph / 314.8 km/h
RAÚL FERNÁNDEZ
“I’m happy. The target yesterday was to be in Q2 and we managed to get that. This race weekend seems a little bit difficult because we have a lot of compounds available for the front and we had to try everything to understand the way to go. We did more or less understand today which way to take for the Sprint and the race. We have been working a lot on race pace, with the medium and with the soft. The team gave me a lot of opportunities to understand the tires, which is very important on this track. Overall, I think our job today was positive and I’m satisfied and we matched our target. Tomorrow, we have to be a little bit more ambitious, trying to be stronger in Qualifying to put the bike in the first or second row.”
AI OGURATrackhouse MotoGP Team rider #79 Ai Ogura will not take part in the Grand Prix of Indonesia. Suffering the after-effects of his crash at the San Marino Grand Prix, two weeks ago in Misano, Ai managed a 9th place finish in the Sprint race at his home Grand Prix, in Japan, before the discomfort in his right wrist and hand became so acute he was forced to sit out the big race on Sunday. Despite an assessment and treatment in Japan since then, his condition means that it has been decided he cannot ride his Trackhouse RS-GP25 safely at Mandalika. He attended the unveiling of the Trackhouse RS-GP25 bikes with a new Gulf livery – chosen after fans were given the opportunity to select their favorite livery design for the races here, in Indonesia and the Grand Prix of Malaysia – which took place on Thursday afternoon, at the track and has returned to Japan to continue his recovery. After having to miss the Grand Prix in Motegi, this is a bitter blow for Ai and the team wishes him a speedy recovery and looks forward to having him back for the Grand Prix of Australia, at Phillip Island, October 17-19. Having been forced to withdraw from the Grand Prix of Indonesia, the #79 Trackhouse Aprilia will not be out on track at Mandalika.
“It was a good start here in Indonesia. Raul has been quite fast all day, always in top positions and also in the time attack he was able to have a great performance. It looks like Aprilia is in a good shape, also with Marco (Bezzecchi). There are only two riders, but both are in the top positions. Being in Q2 was our first target for the weekend, so let’s keep working onwards now. At the same time, we are missing Ai this weekend. As we said, for the moment, it’s the best decision to go and work on a full recovery, so we wait for him. In the meantime we try to do our best during the weekend with Raul.”
- DAVIDE BRIVIO, TEAM PRINCIPAL
