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(Adds comment) TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Sanae Takaichi is likely to be Japan's first female prime minister after winning the race on Saturday to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The former internal affairs minister, a conservative nationalist with an expansionary agenda, is expected to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba since the LDP is the largest in parliament. Below are comments on the outcome: TOMOHISA ISHIKAWA, CHIEF ECONOMIST, THE JAPAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOKYO "Takaichi talked about 'responsible expansionary fiscal policy.' The question is whether this approach can achieve both restoring fiscal health and economic growth. I'd like to hope there's greater consideration for restoring fiscal consolidation than in the past. "That said, she has said that deficit-financed bonds are also among the options, so in terms of continuing Abenomics, I think we must also be mindful of the risk of fiscal expansion. "I do think it's become harder for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. "Ultimately, if 'responsible expansionary fiscal policy' means money flows into high-growth sectors rather than simply being handed out, then stocks would rise and the yen wouldn't weaken excessively." KAZUTAKA MAEDA, ECONOMIST, MEIJI YASUDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOKYO "Among the five candidates, Takaichi would represent the sharpest departure from fiscal hawk Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s policies, which could be welcomed by equity markets given her stance on fiscal expansion. "During the leadership race, Takaichi toned down her more radical proposals, including withdrawing her earlier suggestion to cut the consumption tax. However, if she were to revive such proposals in response to demands from major opposition parties, it could lead to higher interest rates, a weaker yen, and accelerated inflation – developments that may not help restore public trust. "Overall, there is skepticism surrounding Takaichi’s ability to manage the administration effectively. "On monetary policy, Takaichi is not seen as supportive of interest rate hikes, which could make it more difficult for the Bank of Japan to proceed with tightening. While rate hikes may not be ruled out entirely, the central bank could adopt a more cautious and gradual approach. Depending on inflation trends, the next rate hike may be delayed until early next year." MARI IWASHITA, EXECUTIVE RATES STRATEGIST, NOMURA SECURITIES "(Bank of Japan) Governor (Kazuo) Ueda appeared to be in no rush to hike interest rates anyway. Takaichi's win will make it even more likely the BOJ will take a wait-and-see mode and hold off raising rates in October. Until the political dust settles and there is more clarity on the new administration's policy stance, there's little reason for the BOJ to rock the boat with a rate hike." NAOYA HASEGAWA, CHIEF BOND STRATEGIST, OKASAN SECURITIES, TOKYO "The chance of the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike later this month has weakened. The market will initially react to the outcome of the LDP election by buying bonds with mid-term maturities and selling super-long dated bonds. So the curve will steepen. "The market saw a more than 60% chance for the BOJ's rate hike to 0.75% until now, but that will fall to below 50% next week. "The market’s expectations for the BOJ’s interest rate hike had risen lately as the market priced in Koizumi's win, and a hawkish message from BOJ board member (Asahi) Noguchi." TOSHINOBU CHIBA, FUND MANAGER, SIMPLEX ASSET MANAGEMENT, TOKYO "This is really surprising. I think we'll see the yen depreciate and a twist steepening of the JGB yield curve. And we have to see what her policy details are." YUKA HAYASHI, VICE PRESIDENT, THE ASIA GROUP, WASHINGTON, D.C. "Takaichi is a very experienced politician. She has had some experience working in the U.S. as well, a long-term observer of U.S.-Japan relations, so that's her strength. "She said that she's confident that she could build a very strong personal relationship with President Trump. And the reason for that is her policy focuses on what she calls the 'Japan First' policy. And that kind of corresponds to President Trump's America First policy. She sees that sort of common thread there. On the other hand, she's a hardliner, very conservative when it comes to Japan's relationship with its Asian neighbours. "She has had a very hawkish stance on World War II legacy issues. She has insisted on visiting the Yasukuni Shrine numerous times, knowing that would inflame Japan's relationship with its neighbours. So there is some concern that she could fuel tensions with the relationship with South Korea and China. "This is a very challenging time for the LDP so I think she would probably try to focus on party unity and be very careful about taking excessively conservative hard-line stances in foreign policy." (Reporting by Tokyo Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Chang-Ran Kim)
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Oct 4 (OPTA) – Standings for the Ligue 1 on Saturday P W D L F A Pts 1 PSG 6 5 0 1 12 4 15 2 Lyon 6 5 0 1 8 3 15 ………………………………… 3 Marseille 6 4 0 2 12 5 12 ………………………………… 4 Monaco 6 4 0 2 14 10 12 ………………………………… 5 Strasbourg 6 4 0 2 9 7 12 6 Lille 6 3 1 2 13 9 10 ………………………………… 7 Lens 6 3 1 2 8 5 10 8 Paris 7 3 1 3 12 13 10 9 Rennes 6 2 3 1 7 8 9 10 Brest 6 2 1 3 11 11 7 11 Toulouse 6 2 1 3 9 11 7 12 Nice 6 2 1 3 7 10 7 13 Lorient 7 2 1 4 9 16 7 14 Auxerre 6 2 0 4 4 8 6 15 Le Havre 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 16 Nantes 6 1 2 3 5 7 5 17 Angers 6 1 2 3 3 6 5 ………………………………… 18 Metz 6 0 2 4 5 13 2 1-2: Champions League 3: Champions League preliminary round 4: Europa League 5-6: Europa League depending on domestic cup 18: Relegation play-off 19-20: Relegation
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX OF THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MANDALIKA INTERNATIONAL STREET CIRCUIT / SOUNDBITE OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANDALIKA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (DORNA – See restrictions) 1. VARIOUS OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI (NUMBER 72) CLOCKING BEST LAP DURING QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX 2. APRILIA RACING TEAM CHEERING 3. BEZZECCHI BEING CONGRATULATED BY TEAM 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI WHEN ASKED ABOUT BEING VERY FAST WHILE BLITZING TO POLE POSITION, SAYING: “It's mandatory. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace, seeing from the FP2 result, was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax. So, I'm happy for the qualifying for sure, because it's also the grid for tomorrow, not only today. And this is important, but now we still have to do the main part of the weekend, that are the races. So, yeah, let's keep ourselves focused and let's try to make our best.” REPORTER SAYING: “Brilliant lap. Well done.” “Thank you very much.” / BEZZECCHI WAVING TO CAMERA 5. VARIOUS OF BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S FERMIN ALDEGUER (NUMBER 54) ON TRACK DURING QUALIFYING 6. ALDEGUER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS 7. VARIOUS OF TRACKHOUSE MOTOGP TEAM’S RAUL FERNANDEZ (NUMBER 25) ON TRACK 8. FERNANDEZ’S TEAM WATCHING QUALIFYING ACTION 9. RAUL FERNANDEZ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AFTER CONFIRMING P3 IN QUALIFYING 10. VARIOUS OF MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S ALEX RINS (NUMBER 42) IN ACTION 11. RINS GETTING OFF HIS BIKE AND HUGGING TEAM MEMBERS 12. VARIOUS OF RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING’S PEDRO ACOSTA (NUMBER 37) ON TRACK 13. MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S FABIO QUARTARARO (NUMBER 20) CRASHING 14. BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S ALEX MARQUEZ (NUMBER 73) CRASHING 15. DUCATI LENOVO TEAM’S MARC MARQUEZ IN THE GARAGE REMOVING HELMET AND HAVING ENERGY BAR STORY: Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi seized a dominant pole position in qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix after demolishing the lap record at Mandalika on Saturday (October 4), while newly-crowned 2025 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez qualified a lowly ninth. Bezzecchi's blistering lap of one minute and 28.832 seconds was enough to comfortably finish ahead of Spanish duo Fermin Aldeguer, riding for Gresini Racing, and Raul Fernandez of Trackhouse, who will line up second and third, respectively. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace… was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax," Bezzecchi said. The session also marked a significant milestone for Aldeguer, the 20-year-old rookie securing his first-ever front row start in MotoGP. Yamaha's Alex Rins and KTM's Pedro Acosta rounded up the top five. Meanwhile, two-times MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia struggled to maintain the momentum from his flawless Japanese Grand Prix weekend. The Ducati rider missed out on Q2 and will start a disappointing 16th on the grid for Saturday's sprint and Sunday's (October 5) race. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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(Adds comments) TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Sanae Takaichi is likely to be Japan's first female prime minister after winning the race on Saturday to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The former internal affairs minister, a conservative nationalist with an expansionary agenda, is expected to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba since the LDP is the largest in parliament. Below are comments on the outcome: NAOYA HASEGAWA, CHIEF BOND STRATEGIST, OKASAN SECURITIES, TOKYO "The chance of the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike later this month has weakened. The market will initially react to the outcome of the LDP election by buying bonds with mid-term maturities and selling super-long dated bonds. So the curve will steepen. "The market saw a more than 60% chance for the BOJ's rate hike to 0.75% until now, but that will fall to below 50% next week. "The market’s expectations for the BOJ’s interest rate hike had risen lately as the market priced in Koizumi's win, and a hawkish message from BOJ board member (Asahi) Noguchi." TOSHINOBU CHIBA, FUND MANAGER, SIMPLEX ASSET MANAGEMENT, TOKYO "This is really surprising. I think we'll see the yen depreciate and a twist steepening of the JGB yield curve. And we have to see what her policy details are." YUKA HAYASHI, VICE PRESIDENT, THE ASIA GROUP, WASHINGTON, D.C. "Takaichi is a very experienced politician. She has had some experience working in the U.S. as well, a long-term observer of U.S.-Japan relations, so that's her strength. "She said that she's confident that she could build a very strong personal relationship with President Trump. And the reason for that is her policy focuses on what she calls the 'Japan First' policy. And that kind of corresponds to President Trump's America First policy. She sees that sort of common thread there. On the other hand, she's a hardliner, very conservative when it comes to Japan's relationship with its Asian neighbours. "She has had a very hawkish stance on World War II legacy issues. She has insisted on visiting the Yasukuni Shrine numerous times, knowing that would inflame Japan's relationship with its neighbours. So there is some concern that she could fuel tensions with the relationship with South Korea and China. "This is a very challenging time for the LDP so I think she would probably try to focus on party unity and be very careful about taking excessively conservative hard-line stances in foreign policy." (Reporting by Tokyo Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX OF THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MANDALIKA INTERNATIONAL STREET CIRCUIT / SOUNDBITE OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANDALIKA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (DORNA – See restrictions) 1. VARIOUS OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI (NUMBER 72) CLOCKING BEST LAP DURING QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX 2. APRILIA RACING TEAM CHEERING 3. BEZZECCHI BEING CONGRATULATED BY TEAM 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI WHEN ASKED ABOUT BEING VERY FAST WHILE BLITZING TO POLE POSITION, SAYING: “It's mandatory. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace, seeing from the FP2 result, was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax. So, I'm happy for the qualifying for sure, because it's also the grid for tomorrow, not only today. And this is important, but now we still have to do the main part of the weekend, that are the races. So, yeah, let's keep ourselves focused and let's try to make our best.” REPORTER SAYING: “Brilliant lap. Well done.” “Thank you very much.” / BEZZECCHI WAVING TO CAMERA 5. VARIOUS OF BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S FERMIN ALDEGUER (NUMBER 54) ON TRACK DURING QUALIFYING 6. ALDEGUER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS 7. VARIOUS OF TRACKHOUSE MOTOGP TEAM’S RAUL FERNANDEZ (NUMBER 25) ON TRACK 8. FERNANDEZ’S TEAM WATCHING QUALIFYING ACTION 9. RAUL FERNANDEZ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AFTER CONFIRMING P3 IN QUALIFYING 10. VARIOUS OF MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S ALEX RINS (NUMBER 42) IN ACTION 11. RINS GETTING OFF HIS BIKE AND HUGGING TEAM MEMBERS 12. VARIOUS OF RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING’S PEDRO ACOSTA (NUMBER 37) ON TRACK 13. MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S FABIO QUARTARARO (NUMBER 20) CRASHING 14. BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S ALEX MARQUEZ (NUMBER 73) CRASHING 15. DUCATI LENOVO TEAM’S MARC MARQUEZ IN THE GARAGE REMOVING HELMET AND HAVING ENERGY BAR STORY: Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi seized a dominant pole position in qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix after demolishing the lap record at Mandalika on Saturday (October 4), while newly-crowned 2025 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez qualified a lowly ninth. Bezzecchi's blistering lap of one minute and 28.832 seconds was enough to comfortably finish ahead of Spanish duo Fermin Aldeguer, riding for Gresini Racing, and Raul Fernandez of Trackhouse, who will line up second and third, respectively. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace… was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax," Bezzecchi said. The session also marked a significant milestone for Aldeguer, the 20-year-old rookie securing his first-ever front row start in MotoGP. Yamaha's Alex Rins and KTM's Pedro Acosta rounded up the top five. Meanwhile, two-times MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia struggled to maintain the momentum from his flawless Japanese Grand Prix weekend. The Ducati rider missed out on Q2 and will start a disappointing 16th on the grid for Saturday's sprint and Sunday's (October 5) race. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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(Revises slug to remove emphasis on Israel ties, adds details) DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday executed seven men convicted of killing security personnel and a cleric several years ago, the judiciary’s news agency Mizan reported. Six of the men were ethnic Arab separatists accused of carrying out armed attacks and bombings in Khorramshahr, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, that killed four security forces. The seventh, Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh, a Kurd, was convicted over the 2009 assassination of Mamousta Sheikh al-Islam, a pro-government Sunni cleric in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj. Mizan said the men had links to Israel, a charge that rights groups say Tehran routinely uses against ethnic minorities to portray dissent as foreign-backed rather than homegrown. Activists have also questioned Mohammadi Khiyareh’s case, noting he was only 15 or 16 at the time of the assassination, arrested at 19, and held for more than a decade before his execution. His conviction, they said, relied on confessions extracted under torture — a practice activists accuse Iranian courts of using regularly. According to Amnesty International, Iranian authorities have executed more than 1,000 people so far in 2025, the highest annual figure recorded by the group in at least 15 years. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by William Mallard and Susan Fenton)
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By Erwin Seba, Shivani Tanna, Nicole Jao and Shariq Khan (Reuters) -Chevron's 285,000-barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery in Southern California had taken multiple units offline on Friday after a large fire erupted in a jet fuel production unit, disrupting supply in the Golden State's isolated energy market. The El Segundo refinery is the second-largest refinery in California, and Chevron's second-biggest refinery in the United States. The facility supplies a fifth of all motor vehicle fuels and 40% of the jet fuel consumed in southern California. A fire broke out at the facility's jet fuel production unit on Thursday evening. No injuries were reported, and all workers at the refinery were accounted for, Chevron spokesperson Allison Cook said in an email. Chevron on Friday said the fire had been put out. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at the facility in the suburb of El Segundo, which supplies jet fuel for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located just north of the refinery. "There is no known impact to LAX at this time," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. A spokesperson for LAX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The fire broke out in the refinery's Isomax 7 unit, which converts mid-distillate fuel oil into jet fuel, two sources said. On Thursday evening, multiple units at the refinery were shut, including the 60,000 bpd catalytic reformer, 45,000 bpd hydrocracker, and 73,000 bpd fluid catalytic cracker, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie. The refinery's crude distillation units were still online, two traders said, citing Wood Mackenzie data. FLYERS HIT MORE THAN DRIVERS On the West Coast, traders were still assessing the extent of damage to the refinery but early indications pointed to a small increase in motor fuel prices and potentially larger impacts for aviation fuel. Gasoline prices in California, already the highest in the country, are expected to rise five to 15 cents per gallon for now as the refinery's gasoline producing unit was said to have not been impacted by the fire, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. California's nearly 28 million drivers were paying close to $4.70 a gallon for gasoline in the state as of Friday, compared to a national average of under $3.22 a gallon, GasBuddy data showed. However, airlines serving Southern California will see much bigger impacts as prices for jet fuel surged by 33 cents a gallon Friday afternoon, De Haan said. California will likely need to pull more jet fuel imports from northeast Asian refiners in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan to make up for the loss of El Segundo's output, Asian trade sources said. The Long Beach region was receiving around 45,000 to 50,000 bpd of jet fuel imports in recent weeks, and would need to step that up by bringing one more cargo over the next few weeks, a market source said. Fuel prices in California were expected to surge in the months ahead, as Phillips 66 is winding down operations at its 139,000-bpd Los Angeles-area refinery for permanent closure and Valero's Benicia refinery is set to close in April 2026. Those two refineries slated for closure produce roughly 20% of the state's gasoline supply. "In a region that was already expected to see some tightness in supplies after a refinery shutdown this December, the fire could provide support to (fuel prices) in the area and a scramble ahead of the closure," said StoneX analyst Alex Hodes. FIREBALL TURNED THE SKY ORANGE Local officials said no evacuation orders were issued for nearby residents, some of whom live in apartment buildings across the street from the refinery. Residents of Manhattan Beach, located southwest of the refinery, were told to shelter in place until 2 a.m. "Chevron fire department personnel, including emergency responders from the cities of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach are actively responding to an isolated fire inside the Chevron El Segundo Refinery," Cook, Chevron's spokesperson, said on Friday. "All refinery personnel and contractors have been accounted for and there are no injuries," Cook said. Los Angeles residents posted numerous videos of the fire online, saying they were stunned by the noise of the blast. A University of California-San Diego camera captured video of the explosion shortly after 9:30 p.m. PDT (0430 GMT). A fireball from the blaze, along with the refinery's safety flare – triggered by the fire – turned the sky orange over western Los Angeles, pictures showed. Safety flares, which emit a tall plume of flame, are used when refineries cannot process hydrocarbons normally. In addition to Chevron, state and federal safety agencies said they will investigate the fire after the blaze is extinguished. In December 2022, an isolated fire in the refinery was quickly extinguished. In the U.S. so far in 2025, there have been several refinery fire incidents. The refinery's total storage capacity is 12.5 million barrels in about 150 major tanks. The sources said they were not sure how much jet fuel was currently in storage. (Reporting by Nicole Jao and Shariq Khan in New York, Erwin Seba in Houston, Shivani Tanna, Anmol Choubey, Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru, Stephanie Kelly in London, Trixie Yap in Singapore; Editing by Susan Fenton, Clarence Fernandez and Edward Tobin)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX OF THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MANDALIKA INTERNATIONAL STREET CIRCUIT / SOUNDBITE OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MANDALIKA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (DORNA – See restrictions) 1. VARIOUS OF APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI (NUMBER 72) CLOCKING BEST LAP DURING QUALIFYING FOR INDONESIAN GRAND PRIX 2. APRILIA RACING TEAM CHEERING 3. BEZZECCHI BEING CONGRATULATED BY TEAM 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) APRILIA RACING’S MARCO BEZZECCHI WHEN ASKED ABOUT BEING VERY FAST WHILE BLITZING TO POLE POSITION, SAYING: “It's mandatory. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace, seeing from the FP2 result, was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax. So, I'm happy for the qualifying for sure, because it's also the grid for tomorrow, not only today. And this is important, but now we still have to do the main part of the weekend, that are the races. So, yeah, let's keep ourselves focused and let's try to make our best.” REPORTER SAYING: “Brilliant lap. Well done.” “Thank you very much.” / BEZZECCHI WAVING TO CAMERA 5. VARIOUS OF BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S FERMIN ALDEGUER (NUMBER 54) ON TRACK DURING QUALIFYING 6. ALDEGUER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS 7. VARIOUS OF TRACKHOUSE MOTOGP TEAM’S RAUL FERNANDEZ (NUMBER 25) ON TRACK 8. FERNANDEZ’S TEAM WATCHING QUALIFYING ACTION 9. RAUL FERNANDEZ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AFTER CONFIRMING P3 IN QUALIFYING 10. VARIOUS OF MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S ALEX RINS (NUMBER 42) IN ACTION 11. RINS GETTING OFF HIS BIKE AND HUGGING TEAM MEMBERS 12. VARIOUS OF RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING’S PEDRO ACOSTA (NUMBER 37) ON TRACK 13. MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA MOTOGP’S FABIO QUARTARARO (NUMBER 20) CRASHING 14. BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP’S ALEX MARQUEZ (NUMBER 73) CRASHING 15. DUCATI LENOVO TEAM’S MARC MARQUEZ IN THE GARAGE REMOVING HELMET AND HAVING ENERGY BAR STORY: Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi seized a dominant pole position in qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix after demolishing the lap record at Mandalika on Saturday (October 4), while newly-crowned 2025 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez qualified a lowly ninth. Bezzecchi's blistering lap of one minute and 28.832 seconds was enough to comfortably finish ahead of Spanish duo Fermin Aldeguer, riding for Gresini Racing, and Raul Fernandez of Trackhouse, who will line up second and third, respectively. It's true that I am quite quick, but the pace… was pretty close between me and many other MotoGP riders, many other riders that are super quick. And as you know, in MotoGP, you can never relax," Bezzecchi said. The session also marked a significant milestone for Aldeguer, the 20-year-old rookie securing his first-ever front row start in MotoGP. Yamaha's Alex Rins and KTM's Pedro Acosta rounded up the top five. Meanwhile, two-times MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia struggled to maintain the momentum from his flawless Japanese Grand Prix weekend. The Ducati rider missed out on Q2 and will start a disappointing 16th on the grid for Saturday's sprint and Sunday's (October 5) race. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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