Lombok island was far from dreamy for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team during this 4th edition of the Grand Prix of Indonesia. Maverick Viñales chose to withdraw from the remainder of this round on Saturday, to fully focus on shoulder recovery, while Enea Bastianini is going home with two DNFs. Enea faced another letdown on Sunday at Mandalika track, after a technical issue forced the Italian to retire from the main race after 13 laps, a big shame for the Italian who was eager to make it up for yesterday's sprint crash.

Grand Prix of Indonesia

The sprint crash was a tough one for Enea Bastianini on Saturday, and he was willing to make the most of Sunday to try ending Indonesia on a good note before a small break at home. As he lined up in 17th, lights were out at 15:00 LT (UTC+8), Enea moved up to 16th in the first corners behind Miguel Oliveira, and then he managed to luckily go through the chaotic crash between Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi, to exit lap 1 in the top 15. Bastianini passed Johann Zarco in the next lap, and Joan Mir’s crash meant P13 for Enea after two laps, with Fabio Di Giannantonio ahead. Somehow, Enea appeared to struggle to settle into a decent early race pace, and the gap to Di Gia’ had grown, 2 seconds, after 5 laps into the MotoGP™ race. Zarco eventually caught back Enea, and on lap 9, the Frenchman made the move on our Italian, with Enea now in 14th. Unfortunately, a technical issue forced him to retire on the 13th lap. Not the end we wanted for our Grand Prix of Indonesia. Time to work, find solutions to our problems, and come back stronger in the next round, as we will next head to Phillip Island for the Grand Prix of Australia, on October 17-18-19!

ENEA BASTIANINI: "It was a tough weekend for me, from start to end sadly. After my crash in the sprint, the mechanics have worked super hard to give me the best bike possible for today, so I want to say thank you. We had a technical issue during the race, but we were not having a fantastic race anyway, the first laps were tough, pace was not good, feeling was bad, so it is less hard to swallow, but retiring from the races is obviously not what we are looking for. We have to keep working to be able to have something more in the next rounds. We have some positives though, because we were more competitive in the fast corners today, in both warm up and race, so it is important for us, and we have understood a few things to work on for the future."

NICOLAS GOYON, Team Manager: "It seems that things have turned pretty bad for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team in Indonesia, from start to end. Enea Bastianini never really had a positive feeling, and he was not able to go fast. We know that a bad qualifying makes the weekend tricky, but somehow he was fighting for 13th at some stage in the race, but he had to retire due to a technical issue on the bike, which we are currently investigating. Disappointing situation, but there is clearly room for improvements, as both Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder did a super good race. We need to improve, we need to understand what is happening, and we must bring solutions for Phillip Island. We have ten days to rest and arrive at Phillip Island in better shape. We also extend our best wishes to Maverick Viñales, we hope that he will recover as quickly as possible, and come back stronger."

RACE RESULTS

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING

TRACK RECORDS

All Time Record: 2025 - M. Bezzecchi (ITA) - 1’28.832 - 174.3 km/h
Best Race Lap: 2025 - F. Aldeguer (SPA) - 1’30.499 - 171.1 km/h
Best Pole: 2025 - M. Bezzecchi (ITA) - 1’28.832  - 174.3 km/h
Top Speed: 2025 - J. Mir (SPA) - 321.4 km/h