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MotoGP Sprint (Top 10) 1. Marc Marquez (Duc) 18:46.45 2. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +0.862 3. Jorge Martin (Apr) +1.519 4. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +2.700 5. Johann Zarco (Hon) +3.720 6. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +4.664 7. Ai Ogura (Apr) +4.858 8. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +5.582 9. Iker Lecuona (Duc) +8.082 10. Diogo Moreira (Hon) +9.220 MotoGP Race (Top 10) 1. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) 41:29.173 2. Marc Marquez (Duc) +3.083 3. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +3.614 4. Ai Ogura (Apr) +4.885 5. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +6.948 6. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +7.413 7. Jorge Martin (Apr) +14.023 8. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +15.517 9. Johann Zarco (Hon) +16.257 10. Iker Lecuona (Duc) +17.958 out. Munoz received a long-lap penalty for the incident, then a double penalty later for taking out Eddie O'Shea (GRYD Honda). Almansa maintained a lead of around one second through the middle stages before gradually pulling clear. Behind him, Fernan- dez eventually passed Quiles for second after the World Champion made a mistake at turn six with two-and-a-half laps remaining. Quiles mounted a late challenge but finished just 0.069 of a sec- ond behind Fernandez. Veda Pratama (Honda Team Asia) finished fourth ahead of Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo), while Munoz recovered to ninth. Uriarte salvaged 14th, securing the 2026 Rookie of the Year award. Almansa can clinch second in the championship at Portimao with a top-four finish. CN points. Senna Agius (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) finished seventh, ahead of Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex), Filip Salac (American Racing Team Kalex) and Celestino Vietti (Beta Tools SpeedRS Team Bos- coscuro). Moto3 Starting from second on the grid, David Almansa grabbed the holeshot and quickly established control. World Champion Max Quiles initially slipped back to seventh before recovering to the front group, eventually joining Almansa and Fernandez in the podium fight. The race took a dramatic turn on lap two when contact with David Munoz (Liqui Moly Dyna- volt Intact GP) sent Brian Uriarte (Red Bull KTM Ajo) crashing ROUND 20 / NOVEMBER 6-8, 2026 LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P84 See ya! David Almansa (22) was operating on a different level in Qatar in Moto3 and took an easy win.