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and his 16th overall, tying Martin
for the all-time record.
Martin completed an emotion
-
al return to the podium in third,
his first since the day he won the
World Championship in Cata
-
lunya in 2024, while Bezzecchi
held fourth. Ogura claimed fifth
ahead of Quartararo, with Alex
Marquez (Gresini Ducati), Fran
-
cesco Bagnaia (Lenovo Ducati),
and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull
KTM) rounding out the points.
fight for the top five.
By the closing stages, Mar
-
quez had erased the gap and
made his move with three laps
remaining, diving past Di Gi
-
annantonio to seize the lead.
Italian Di Giannantonio stayed
glued to Marquez's rear wheel
and tried to mount a final-lap
charge, but a small twitch from
Marquez at the final corner
wasn't enough to deny the Span
-
iard his first Sprint win of 2026—
73 ALEX MARQUEZ
7TH/6TH MOTOGP
"The initial [start] situation was a bit
confusing, and maybe we deserved a
delayed start to have more time," Alex
Marquez said about Sunday's race.
"The race wasn't entirely negative,
but in turns 10 and 11 the asphalt
was literally lifting, and at times it felt
more like a motocross race. It was
important to bring home some points;
it's a shame about the top five, but we
definitely had a good Sunday. Look-
ing at the weekend as a whole, we
are still missing something in qualify-
ing for the moment."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
6TH/16TH MOTOGP
"The start was not as good as yes-
terday, and then we struggled a bit
more," Quartararo said. "We also had
an issue with the rear grip. We were
informed on the reduction of the race
length just a few minutes before the
start, so it was quite last minute, but
I had planned to go with the soft rear
anyway. Today something wasn't
right, so I'm going to leave this GP
behind me and enter the next round
with an open mind. That said, all in all
I really liked this circuit."
MYOWNRACE
One small slip was all it took
for Marc Marquez (93) to
slice up the inside of
Fabio Di Giannantonio
to take the Sprint
race win.
