The MotoGP moved into the early hours of this Saturday (the 10th) to decide the starting grid for the Indonesian Grand Prix, the 17th round of the 2026 season. Raúl Fernández, clocking a lap of 1:28.852, will lead the Sprint as well as the main race at the Mandalika circuit aboard an Aprilia prepared by the Trackhouse team.
The second place went to Marco Bezzecchi, the Aprilia rider who was narrowly defeated by Fernández by 0.109 seconds. Fabio Di Giannantonio, aboard VR46’s Ducati, starts from third. The two leading title contenders line up together on the front row: Marc Márquez, on a Ducati, in fourth, and Jorge Martín, on an Aprilia, in fifth. Diogo Moreira, the LCR Honda rider, was only 21st.
The Mandalika Sprint will be contested this Saturday, starting at 4:00 a.m. The Indonesian MotoGP Grand Prix has its lights out at 4:00 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Check out the starting grid:
1st – Raúl Fernández (ESP/Trackhouse-Aprilia) – 1:28.852
2nd – Marco Bezzecchi (ESP/April ia) – 1:28.961
3rd – Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/VR46-Ducati) – 1:29.048
4th – Marc Márquez (ESP/Ducati) – 1:29.118
5th – Jorge Martín (ESP/Aprilia) – 1:29.152
6th – Fermín Aldeguer (ESP/Gresini-Ducati) – 1:29.232
7th – Ai Ogura (JAP/Trackhouse-Aprilia) – 1:29.279
8th – Álex Márquez (ESP/Gresini-Ducati) – 1:29.386
9th – Pedro Acosta (ESP/KTM) – 1:29.408
10th – Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) – 1:29.786
11th – Franco Morbidelli (ITA/VR46-Ducati) – 1:29.790
12th – Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) – 1:29.837
13th – Álex Rins (ESP/Yamaha) – 1:29.834
14th – Enea Bastianini (ESP/Tech3-KTM) – 1:29.879
15th – Luca Marini (ITA/Honda) – 1:30.037
16th – Brad Binder (AFS/KTM) – 1:30.248
17th – Jack Miller (AUS/Pramac-Yamaha) – 1:30.357
18th – Maverick Viñales (ESP/Tech3-KTM) – 1:30.504
19th – Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (TUR/Pramac-Yamaha) – 1:30.532
20th – Johann Zarco (FRA/LCR-Honda) – 1:30.703
21st – Diogo Moreira (BRA/LCR-Honda) – 1:30.725
22nd – Aleix Espargaró (ESP/Honda) – 1:31.067
