A week after ending its MotoGP podium drought, the improving factory Honda team topped the opening session of the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend at Mandalika.
Luca Marini's performance isn't likely to be completely indicative of race weekend form, with the Friday morning session something of a track-cleaning exercise for the field.
The Honda's 1m30.809s lap came right at the end and put Marini 0.136 seconds of Pedro Acosta's second-placed KTM.
Marco Bezzecchi had topped the early running and ended up third for Aprilia, which just has Bezzecchi and Trackhouse's Raul Fernandez in the field this weekend with both Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura out injured.
The presence of Yamaha's season-long struggler Alex Rins in fourth hinted that this might not be the best representative practice session of the season, Rins's leap up the order having come on a late lap in Alex Marquez's tow.
Marc Marquez didn't seem to have too much of a championship hangover as he led most of the session, though he did amble into the edge of the Turn 1 gravel trap on his way out of the pits at one point as he focused on staying out of other riders' way. He ended the session fifth.
Not the ideal coming out of pitlane moment for @marcmarquez93 😅#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/RhdiXRZOsY
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 3, 2025
His Motegi winning Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia was - in result terms at least - back to his pre-Japan form as he only managed 17th, a second off the pace.
Gresini Ducati's Fermin Aldeguer had the only significant incident of the session with a fast early low-side from which he emerged unhurt.
Early front end crash for @Aldeguer54 💥#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/obIe21FJwI
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 3, 2025
Results
1 Joan Mir (Honda) 1m30.809s
2 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.136s
3 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +0.237s
4 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +0.426s
5 Marc Marquez (Ducati) +0.462s
6 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +0.499s
7 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.533s
8 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) +0.607s
9 Joan Mir (Honda) +0.643s
10 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +0.678s
11 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.718s
12 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +0.809s
13 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +0.811s
14 Brad Binder (KTM) +0.987s
15 Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM) +0.931s
16 Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) +1.001s
17 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +1.091s
18 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +1.304s
19 Miguel Oliveira (Pramac Yamaha) +1.416s
20 Somkiat Chantra (LCR Honda) +1.442s
