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ROUND 14 / SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2026 MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P88 MotoGP Sprint (Top 10) 1. Marc Marquez (Duc) 19:48.519 2. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) +1.068 3. Jorge Martin (Apr) +3.538 4. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +3.968 5. Alex Marquez (Duc) +4.348 6. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +6.944 7. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +7.707 8. Fermin Aldeguer (Duc) +8.832 9. Luca Marini (Hon) +11.712 10. Johann Zarco (Hon) +14.534 MotoGP Race (Top 10) 1. Marc Marquez (Duc) 41:13.013 2. Alex Marquez (Duc) +0.657 3. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +2.326 4. Fermin Aldeguer (Duc) +6.027 5. Jorge Martin (Apr) +14.021 6. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +18.252 7. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +20.581 8. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +20.858 9. Luca Marini (Hon) +22.911 10. Fabio Quartararo (Yam) +23.229 line. Twenty-one-thousandths of a second was the difference, with Almansa second after leading 52.4 miles of the 52.5-mile race distance. Quiles' success was the best yet of the season, according to mentor Marc Marquez. "He was half a second slower in practice, yet he was still able to catch them and prepare very well the last corner." Uriarte was a distant third, with Bertelle pipping Perrone, Salmela and Kelso in the fight for fourth, 12 seconds back. Title challenger Alvaro Carpe (Ajo KTM) crashed on the first lap before remounting to finish 17th. Quiles' (281 points) title is a formality as he stretches his lead out to 107 points with Almansa (174) now second and Carpe (159) third. CN Pole man Almansa had been the reference all weekend long. Leading from the off, his early rhythm pulled apart a lead group of seven, with only Brian Uriarte (Ajo KTM) and Quiles able to go with him. Joel Kelso (GRYD Honda), Matteo Bertelle (MTA KTM) and Tech3 KTM runners Rico Salmela and Valentin Perrone were left behind. By lap 12 Uriarte could be seen struggling. And as Quiles swept through to second, it was clear Almansa would have a job on his hands keeping the title leader behind. For the next six laps, he did it well. But the pressure told entering the race's final turn. Taking a defensive line, the longtime leader compromised his exit, leaving Quiles free to draft past on the way to the Imagine leading every session over three days, every lap, even every corner, and still losing the race. That's what happened to David Almansa (22) as Max Quiles (28) picked his pocket on the line for another win.