Marc Márquez took victory in Saturday’s Aragón Grand Prix Sprint, the 13th round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Ducati rider seized the lead right from the start at MotorLand in Spain, built a comfortable margin to preserve first place over the 11 laps, and claimed the win in the weekend’s sprint race.
The runner-up was Álex Márquez, aboard a Gresini Ducati, who could not keep pace with his brother. Marco Bezzecchi, who started from pole on an Aprilia, completed the podium in third, followed by Pedro Acosta in fourth on a KTM after duking it out with championship leader Jorge Martín, and fifth on an Aprilia.
Fermín Aldeguer, aboard a Gresini Ducati, finished sixth after overtaking Diogo Moreira on the final lap, leaving the Brazilian from LCR Honda in seventh having started from tenth. Raúl Fernández, on a Trackhouse Aprilia, ended eighth, with Johann Zarco, Moreira’s teammate, sealing ninth place in the points. Jack Miller, on a Pramac Yamaha, finished tenth.
The race was marked by two crashes. Luca Marini fell on the opening lap with his Honda and retired. A few laps later, Fabio Di Giannantonio crashed the VR46 Ducati, also exiting the race. Fabio Quartararo did not crash, but his Yamaha’s engine failed, taking him out of contention in Spain.
The MotoGP riders will contest the Aragón Grand Prix again on Sunday, starting at 9:00.
See how the race unfolded
Marc Márquez took the lead of the race within the opening meters, while Álex Márquez moved up to second, leaving the pole-sitter Marco Bezzecchi in third. Raúl Fernández and Jorge Martín completed the top five, while Diogo Moreira climbed to ninth. Luca Marini crashed and retired on the opening lap.
Also on the opening lap, Acosta passed Martín and Fernández to take fourth place, while Moreira advanced to seventh by overtaking Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Di Giannantonio. On the second lap, the Brazilian mounted an attack on Fernández for sixth, making the overtake on the following lap. Di Giannantonio crashed at turn 16 and retired.
Martín took fourth from Acosta on the third lap, while Márquez stretched his lead to six-tenths over his brother Álex. Bezzecchi was third, close to the Spaniard from Gresini. Further back, Bagnaia, in 11th, began trading blows with Jack Miller to break into the top ten, while Toprak Razgatlıoğlu made a mistake and dropped to 15th.
Acosta closed in again on Martín for fourth, taking the position after the championship leader err’d. Quartararo watched his Yamaha’s engine blow and he retired from the race. Seventh, Fernández came under pressure from Zarco and Aldeguer, unable to keep pace with Moreira, who remained sixth and could not close the gap to his rivals.
At the front, Márquez maintained a safe lead over Álex Márquez, about one second apart. Bezzecchi followed in third, four tenths behind the closest rival. Further back, Aldeguer overtook Zarco to take eighth. A little further ahead, Fernández began shrinking the gap to Moreira, cutting it to about one second as the ninth lap opened.
Fernández reached the Brazilian, with Aldeguer in pursuit, who passed the Trackhouse rider on the penultimate lap to take seventh. The Gresini rider soon pressured Moreira, who defended initially but could not hold sixth. In front, Márquez went on to win the Sprint, followed by Álex Márquez and Bezzecchi. Moreira crossed the line seventh.
