Raul Fernandez wins first MotoGP at Australian Grand Prix

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Fernandez becomes the seventh antithetic victor this play with a maiden MotoGP triumph astatine the Phillip Island circuit.

Published On 19 Oct 2025

Raul Fernandez delivered a ascendant show to assertion his maiden MotoGP triumph astatine the Australian Grand Prix connected Sunday, securing a first-ever triumph for Trackhouse Racing successful the premier class.

Sprint-winner Marco Bezzecchi, who began 2nd connected the grid, made an electrical commencement to snatch the pb from pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo earlier the archetypal corner. The Italian’s accelerated getaway besides allowed Fernandez and Pedro Acosta to overtake Quartararo, who had acceptable a record-breaking thigh successful Saturday’s qualifying.

Bezzecchi recovers, Bagnaia crashes

Fernandez capitalised connected Bezzecchi’s setback to instrumentality the lead, and erstwhile helium recovered himself with wide way ahead, the 24-year-old Spaniard was untouchable.

Fernandez’s triumph marked a milestone for Aprilia, arsenic they became the astir palmy European shaper successful the past of Grand Prix racing with a 300th victory.

“So sorry, but I cannot judge it,” Fernandez said. “The squad ever believed successful me. They ne'er stopped supporting me. So it is the effect of hard work.

“So acknowledgment to them, of course, we person a truly bully pace.

“We cognize that connected this benignant of track, you request to negociate the tyres precise well, and I tried to due to the fact that astatine the extremity we knew that it was precise hard to manage. That is what I did, particularly successful the past 5 laps. It was a ace agelong contention for me.”

Acosta, Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio traded places successful a fierce contention earlier VR46 Racing’s Di Giannantonio managed to clinch 2nd place, with Bezzecchi completing the podium aft his singular recovery.

“It was a ace pugnacious race,” Bezzecchi said. “With the penalty, everything was much complicated, but my strategy worked perfectly, due to the fact that I wanted to marque the cleanable commencement and effort to propulsion astatine the beginning.

“I had a spot of a spread erstwhile I took the penalty, truthful I’m ace happy. I did not ideate a podium with the penalty.”

Quartararo endured a torrid race, dropping down the bid to decorativeness a disappointing 11th.

It was each heartbreak for section anticipation Jack Miller arsenic the Australian crashed retired of podium contention portion moving successful sixth place. Two-times MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia besides saw his play extremity successful frustration, retiring aft a clang with 4 laps remaining.