{"id":996,"date":"2025-11-12T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=996"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:57:14","slug":"motogp-valencia-2025-the-final-battle-for-third-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/motogp-valencia-2025-the-final-battle-for-third-place\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP Valencia 2025: The Final Battle for Third Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 MotoGP season reaches its climax this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, and while the championship title is already decided, there\u2019s still drama left on the table. Marc M\u00e1rquez has secured the crown with a dominant 545 points, and his brother Alex M\u00e1rquez comfortably holds second with 445 points. That leaves only one real fight: the battle for third place.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"bezzecchivsbagnaiawhowilltakep3\"><strong>Bezzecchi vs Bagnaia: Who Will Take P3?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Aprilia\u2019s Marco Bezzecchi is in pole position to finish third overall. After his emphatic win at Portim\u00e3o, Bezzecchi sits at 323 points, 35 points ahead of Francesco \u201cPecco\u201d Bagnaia, who has 288 points. With only 37 points available in Valencia (12 for the Sprint, 25 for the Main Race), the math is simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bezzecchi needs just 2 points to lock in third place.<\/li>\n<li>Bagnaia needs a perfect weekend: win both the Sprint and the Main Race, while hoping Bezzecchi scores nothing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s a tall order. Bagnaia has only managed a \u201cperfect weekend\u201d once this season\u2014back in Japan. His other wins came at Circuit of the Americas and a Sprint victory in Malaysia, but consistency has eluded him, with multiple DNFs including the costly crash in Portugal.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"whyitshardforbagnaia\"><strong>Why It\u2019s Hard for Bagnaia<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Bagnaia\u2019s recent form makes this challenge almost impossible. He hasn\u2019t finished a full race weekend on top since Japan, and Bezzecchi is riding high after his second Grand Prix win of the season. Aprilia\u2019s RS-GP25 has shown strong pace, and Bezzecchi himself says he wants to finish the season strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be going to Valencia. It\u2019ll be important to try to have a good weekend to finish this season strong. We haven\u2019t been to Valencia for over a year, so it\u2019ll be nice to be back. We\u2019ll try to do a good job and continue along this path,&#8221; said Bezzecchi as quoted by M<em>otograndprix<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"valenciaastageforsurprises\"><strong>Valencia: A Stage for Surprises<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Valencia is known for unpredictable finales, and this year adds another twist: six different winners in the last six Grands Prix. Could we see a seventh? Riders like <strong>Pedro Acosta<\/strong> and <strong>Ferm\u00edn Aldeguer<\/strong> have been knocking on the door of victory, and with nothing to lose, expect fireworks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ6f_POgTXW\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"motogpvalencia2025scheduleonspotvnowwib\"><strong>MotoGP Valencia 2025 Schedule on SPOTV NOW (Track Time)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Friday, 14 November<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:45 \u2013 Free Practice 1<\/li>\n<li>15:00 \u2013 Practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 15 November<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:10 \u2013 Free Practice 2<\/li>\n<li>10:50 \u2013 Qualifying 1<\/li>\n<li>11:15 \u2013 Qualifying 2<\/li>\n<li>15:00 \u2013 Sprint Race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 16 November<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>09:40 \u2013 Warm Up<\/li>\n<li>10:00 \u2013 Rider Parade<\/li>\n<li>14:00 \u2013 Main Race<\/li>\n<li>18:30 \u2013 MotoGP Awards Ceremony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 MotoGP season reaches its climax this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, and while the championship title is already decided, there\u2019s still drama left on the table. Marc M\u00e1rquez has secured the crown with a dominant 545 points, and his brother Alex M\u00e1rquez comfortably holds second with 445 points. That leaves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/motogp-valencia-2025-the-final-battle-for-third-place\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MotoGP Valencia 2025: The Final Battle for Third Place<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,17,5],"tags":[177,171],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorsports","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-motorsport","tag-motorsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/1005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}