6. Brad Binder (KTM) +4.612
7. Joan Mir (Hon) +4.924
8. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +5.748
9. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +6.910
10. Luca Marini (Hon) +7.796
MotoGP (Top 10)
1. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) 39:36.27
2. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +5.543
3. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +9.259
4. Jorge Martin (Apr) +12.182
5. Ai Ogura (Apr) +12.411
6. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc)
+16.845
7. Brad Binder (KTM) +17.363
8. Franco Morbidelli (Duc) +18.227
9. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +18.340
10. Luca Marini (Hon) +19.101
line, Almansa's superior drive
secured victory by a scarcely
believable three-thousandths of
a second.
Perrone snatched third in the
closing corners ahead of Alvaro
Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo), with
Pratama an impressive fifth on
debut.
In the points, it's Almansa
who takes the first lead with 25
points from Quiles on 20 and
Perrone third on 16.
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MotoGP Sprint (Top 10)
1. Pedro Acosta (KTM) 19:39.155
2. Marc Marquez (Duc) +0.108
3. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +0.540
4. Ai Ogura (Apr) +2.100
5. Jorge Martin (Apr) +3.851
Veda Pratama (Honda Team
Asia) and Perrone, covered by
barely a second.
As the race settled, Almansa
and Quiles edged clear, trading
fastest laps in the 1:41s. Quiles
briefly took the lead at turn 12
on lap 11 but ran wide at turn
one, handing it back. Seven sec
-
onds behind, Adrian Fernandez
(Leopard Racing) recovered to
rejoin the podium fight.
On the final lap, a small er-
ror from Quiles gave Almansa
breathing space, but Quiles re-
sponded with a stunning charge
to set up one last move at the
final corner. Almansa defended
tightly, and although Quiles
drew alongside on the run to the
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 1, 2026
CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / BURIRAM, THAILAND
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P98
In the equal-closest finish
in Moto3 history, David
Almansa (22) held off Max
Quiles (28) by a tire's width.
