Maximo Quiles won the FIM Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in Spain. Using his Pirelli-shod CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM, the Spaniard won the 19-lap race by 1.991 seconds.

Adrian Fernandez was the runner-up on his Leopard Racing Honda.

David Muñoz was third, 2.009 seconds behind race winner Quiles, on his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP KTM.

Quiles’ teammate, Marco Morelli crossed the finish line fourth and Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Alvaro Carpe got fifth. 

Maximo Quiles leads the championship with 90 points, 37 ahead of Alvaro Carpe who has 53 points. Adrian Fernandez is third with 49 points.

More from a press release issued by MotoGP:

Quiles pulls the pin for home glory, last corner showdown for P2. Racing in a Grand Prix for the first time at Jerez, the 18-year-old timed it to perfection whilst behind, it went right until the chequered flag.

An epic battle in Moto3 saw the return of Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) to the top of the podium as he took a second win of the year at home in Jerez. The #28 had to fight hard before pulling clear in the closing stages, whilst the fight for second saw rivals Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) go head-to-head on the final lap, eventually going to the #31 ahead of his returning compatriot.

Sweeping into the holeshot, David Muñoz hit the front but it didn’t last long as Quiles grabbed the lead back at Turn 8 to lead the opening lap. Disaster before the opening lap even started for Leo Rammerstorfer (SIC58 Squadra Corse) who couldn’t get off the line, whilst Matteo Bertelle’s (LEVELUP-MTA) best weekend of the year ended in the Turn 1 gravel.

On Lap 6, Muñoz’s early charge to Quiles saw him joined by Adrian Fernandez who forced his way into P2, whilst a lap later, he took over the lead from Quiles. Behind, Marco Morelli (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) chased in P4, having dropped Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and a big battle over fifth. Further down the order, COTA winner Guido Pini (Leopard Racing) crashed out and was followed a lap later by Nicola Carraro (Rivacold Snipers Team).

Heading onto Lap 15, Quiles hit the front again at Turn 1, taking over the reins of the Grand Prix whilst at Turn 6, Fernandez was shuffled back to third as Muñoz came on through. Quiles was pulling the pin, the #28 looking to establish his authority on the Grand Prix and instantly dropped the pace from mid-1’45s to high-1’44s. Muñoz was sticking with him whilst Fernandez was keeping in touch with both in P3. However, with three laps to go, a mistake by Muñoz at Turn 1 saw him drop more than half a second back from Quiles, giving him an uphill struggle to try and get on terms with the Championship leader. A lap later and it was a battle for P2 with Fernandez and Muñoz now joined by Morelli, who had put in a mega performance.

Last lap time and it was an Aspar 1-2 with just 4.428km to go. Fernandez sat third with rival Muñoz climbing all over him but the scrap for the final podium positions was going to go until the last corner. An epic fight, that saw them swap paint at Turns 6, 8 and 9, entered the last sector and despite Muñoz’s best efforts at Turn 13, he was beaten in the drag race to the line by Fernandez who clinched second whilst Morelli was fourth. Up front, no catching Quiles who took a second win of 2026 in his first Grand Prix weekend at Jerez. A remarkable Grand Prix by all three as Spain locked out the podium at home.

Behind, Carpe took fifth ahead of Veda Pratama (Honda Team Asia) whilst Valentin Perrone (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) was 7^th, followed home by David Almansa (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP), a season-best performance by Jesus Rios (Rivacold Snipers Team) and Joel Esteban (LEVELUP-MTA) who completed the top ten.

Full Moto3 Grand Prix results from Jerez!

The MotoGP Sprint race at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto was exciting and full of action, with changing conditions turning it into a flag-to-flag race. Marc Márquez still managed to win despite crashing earlier in the race, quickly getting back up and diving into pit lane to swap bikes at the perfect moment. His teammate Francesco Bagnaia finished second after a strong and controlled ride, while Franco Morbidelli took third place, completing the podium in a race full of surprises and bold decisions.

You can find more details and reactions in the teams’ official press releases below.

More from a press release issued by Ducati Lenovo Team:

A Ducati Lenovo Team one-two in an unpredictable Jerez Sprint: Marc Márquez takes the win ahead of Pecco Bagnaia.

• Franco Morbidelli, third, completes an all-Ducati podium with the Desmosedici GP of the VR46 Racing Team

The Ducati Lenovo Team can celebrate a one-two finish in a dramatic and at times unpredictable fourth Sprint of the season at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto. Under heavy rain, Marc Márquez edged Francesco Bagnaia to take victory.

Starting from pole position, Márquez led the first half of the race before being caught first by his brother Alex and then by Fabio Di Giannantonio. As the rain intensified, Marc crashed at the final corner at the end of lap eight. He quickly jumped back on his Desmosedici GP and returned to the pits to switch bikes. After rejoining the race, the reigning World Champion made his way back to the front, eventually reclaiming the lead ahead of his teammate. Bagnaia, after a complicated first phase of the race, was among the first riders to return to the pits for a bike swap. This decision allowed him to gain sixteen positions in around one lap to eventually finish second.

The Ducati Lenovo Team will be back in action tomorrow at 10:40 local time (GMT +2) for the warm-up session, followed by the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Spain, which will be contested over a 25-lap distance starting at 14:00.

Marc Márquez (#93 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 1st: “I can say, in a way, that I crashed at the right place and at the right time! Obviously, nobody ever wants to crash and it was my mistake to stay out on track, but it’s never easy to decide whether to pit or stay out. It wasn’t the right choice, but luckily I crashed at the last corner: I waited in the gravel trap until all the riders had passed, and then I returned to the pits for the bike swap. When I rejoined the track I realised I was third, and then I worked my way up to first position. We still have work to do ahead of the race in order to make a step forward also in dry conditions.”

Francesco Bagnaia (#63 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 2nd: “I didn’t get a good start but still tried to follow the riders ahead of me. Then some light rain started and I found myself unable to push, as I was struggling with grip. At some point I hoped that the rain would intensify and kept myself ready for this. I maybe should have pitted one lap earlier to get the tyre up to temperature, but it still went well anyway. I tried to stay with Marc after he overtook me, but when I saw he had another level of confidence in the rain, I chose to bring second place home. I noticed a few things in this Sprint that we can work on ahead of tomorrow’s race.”

More from a press release issued by Pertamina Enduro VR46 Team:

Morbidelli claims his first Sprint podium of the season at Jerez. The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team secures the Sprint podium of the Spanish GP with Franco Morbidelli, who claims his first podium of the seasion. Fabio Di Giannantonio is fifth in a race with mixed conditions.

Rain stole the spotlight on Saturday at the Spanish GP, with a Sprint race that was held in mixed conditions. The balance for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is more than positive, having secured a podium with Franco Morbidelli, who delivered a great comeback from eighteenth position. Fabio Di Giannantonio, who started from the front row and fought for the podium, ended the Sprint in Top5.

A difficult qualifying session made Saturday morning more complicated for Morbidelli, who couldn’t get through Q1, finishing with the eighteenth fastest time (1’50”219). Starting from the sixth row, Franco delivered an incredible comeback in the Sprint, also taking advantage of the rain that began to fall in the second half of the race. At the time of the bike change, the Italian-Brazilian rider gained positions with great overtakes, crossing the line in third place. With today’s result, Morbidelli claims his first Sprint podium of the season, his third with the Tavullia-based team, and is now thirteenth in the World Standing with 21 points.

It was also a positive Saturday for Di Giannantonio, who secured a front-row start in qualifying for the third consecutive time this season (1’49”097). Starting from third on the grid, Fabio entered the fight for the podium from the early stages of the race, proving to be competitive even when the rain made conditions more tricky. Leading the race even in wet conditions, the rider from Rome then carried out the bike change and rejoined in fifth place. Di Giannantonio held on to a Top5 finish until the chequered flag and, with this result, is fifth in the World Standing with 55 points.

The Spanish GP will conclude tomorrow with the main race, scheduled to start at 14:00 (local time).

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO: “We have to be optimistic: we did a good job finishing in fifth place in a race where it would have been easy to score zero points. It’s also good for the championship, we recovered a few points from the top. Of course, I wanted something more. In the opening laps on the dry we were fast and I tried to play my cards to win, but with the rain I was a bit cautious because I had the used rear tyre from this morning. We didn’t expect wet conditions in the afternoon, but that’s also part of racing. Now we focus on tomorrow, where we’ll have another opportunity to try to win given the expected dry conditions. We only need to improve the start, but we proved we are fast.”

FRANCO MORBIDELLI: “It was a crazy race, the conditions were very unusual. I started from eighteenth position, it was raining, then it wasn’t, the track was wet… At a certain point I decided it was the right moment to come into the pits, and I managed to do it at the perfect time. When I got back on track, in the wet, my only goal was to overtake, and I completed several moves. Then I saw I was third at the end: it’s a fantastic result, something we really needed in this difficult moment. I want to dedicate this result to all those people who feel they are not enough, that they don’t deserve it. The truth is they have to keep pushing and working because something will come anyway. When I crossed the finish line, I thought of all the people who are suffering for some reason. For tomorrow, we’ll start from the sixth row; if conditions return to normal, we’ll do our best to recover as many positions as possible and enjoy the race.”

More from a press release issued by Monster Energy Yamaha:

Quartararo & Rins Take P7 and P10 in First Ever Flag-To-Flag Sprint. An overcast Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto set the scene for the Grand Prix of Spain Saturday. With rain hammering down midway through the race, it became the first ever flag-to-flag Sprint. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo rode from P17 on the grid to P7 at the chequered flag. Álex Rins turned a P21 start into a P10 result.

Today Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins showed experience and clever riding in a spectacular flag-to-flag Grand Prix of Spain MotoGP Sprint. They wrapped it up in P7 and P10 respectively.

Quartararo launched from P17 and gradually moved up the order. He had climbed as high as 13th place, when the first drops started to fall. El Diablo came into the pits on lap 9 to switch to his wet bike and then settled in P8. Gaining another position in the final stages as the rain intensified, he finished in seventh place, 13.525s from first.

Rins commenced the Sprint from P21 and spent the majority of the 12-lap dash battling with the Prima Pramac Yamaha Moto2 teammates. He was riding in P21 when sudden rain turned his fortunes around. Coming in on lap 8, he moved up the rankings and, after some battles in the final laps, salvaged a P10 finish, 15.821s from the winner.

Today‘s Sprint results put Quartaro in 16th place in the championship standings with 9 points. Rins is in 18th with 3 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are in 10th position in the team classifications with 12 points, and Yamaha is fifth in the contructor rankings with 12 points.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team will be back in action on Sunday for Warm Up, held from 09:40-09:50 (GMT+2), and the 25-lap Race, which starts at 14:00.

Fabio Quartararo: “I would say that for me this flag-to-flag was positive. Unfortunately, I came in one lap too late, but we still took three points. I didn’t expect to be fast in the wet today as this this was one of the first times riding in these conditions with this bike. But tomorrow will be a different story if it’s dry. We will have to work hard and find something.”

Alex Rins: “More than ‘survival’ this was a race where you really had to use your head. It was quite easy to make a mistake. I’m happy about how I managed the Sprint: I entered the pits at the perfect time, and I made the flag-to-flag in a good way. I had hoped for more than P10 because of this. Overall, we are struggling, in the wet and the dry. But I will take away from today that I can be happy with how I handled the race and adapted to the situation, and let’s see what tomorrow brings us.”

Massimo Meregalli – Team Director: “Today the weather conditions played a big role in the on-track action and the results. The riders already did some laps in damp conditions this morning in FP2, but it was nothing compared to the rain the riders faced midway through the Sprint. It was the first flag-to-flag of the season. When this happens, the riders have to assess the situation and decide for themselves what is the best time to come in. Both Fabio and Álex handled it well, though Fabio could have come in one lap earlier. Considering our grid positions, we can take comfort from the fact that we made the most of this afternoon’s sudden opportunity. However, with the weather forecast predicting dry weather tomorrow, we have to now switch gears again and prepare for a very different sort of race on Sunday.”

More from a press release issued by Honda HRC Castrol:

Marini clinches ninth in volatile Jerez Sprint. A wet morning and a flag-to-flag Sprint race made for an unforgettable Saturday at the Spanish GP, Luca Marini keeping his cool to come through the field for ninth while Joan Mir fell.

Unpredictability was the order of the day at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto as rain, sun and more rain punctuated sessions which riders and fans will remember as a classic Sprint Saturday. The weather, and a fall for each Honda HRC Castrol rider, complicated the morning performance of Luca Marini and Joan Mir and saw them unable to pass through Q1. With Mir starting in 14th and Marini a place behind in 15th, they were presented with an uphill battle in a Sprint which initially started dry.

Rocketing off the line, Marini quickly passed his teammate and set about chasing the points scoring positions as dark clouds loomed overhead. Swapping bikes in the second group, the #10 rejoined in the battle for the points and fought Zarco until the very last corner for top Honda honours. Ninth at the flag, Marini took the final point in the dramatic Spanish GP Sprint and collected valuable data and insight should Sunday’s Grand Prix follow a similarly chaotic rhythm.

Racing nose to tail with his teammate for most of the race, Mir remained in the mix as the field dove into the pits with the rain. A quick bike change saw him gain time and track position in the closing laps as the intensity of the race increased. Unfortunately, a fall at Turn 10 would end any chance of points, Mir walking away unharmed. The #36 will serve a double long lap penalty in Sunday’s race for an earlier infringement.

Both Marini and Mir will no doubt be stronger in Sunday’s 25-lap Spanish Grand Prix for the lessons learned today. The unpredictable 2026 MotoGP World Championship season continues to excite fans around the world.

Luca Marini: “I think everyone enjoyed that race, you need some spice in your life sometimes! I did a great start and feeling comfortable in the dry, when I saw some rain on the screen of the bike, I waited to see a little bit the overall situation and what was happening. It’s hard to know when the best moment to pit is, I thought the first group had gone too early but finally that proved to be the correct moment. The rain arrived quite fast in the end and we battled hard until the end in these conditions. Nice to get a little reward, we will need another good start tomorrow.”

Joan Mir:“We had one of those days! A difficult weekend, missing Q2 for nothing on Friday which compromised our day today, it was complicated in the wet to push for a fast lap in time. In the race I made a great start and could overtake a lot of riders, then the rain started and I made a good bike change. On the out lap I lost the front behind Quartararo, I went to pick up the bike because in races like this you always have a chance, but the damage was too much. Like always we head into Sunday to give our 100% even if the penalty makes it really difficult.”

More from a press release issued by Red Bull KTM Tech3:

Rain denies Bastianini points in chaotic Jerez Sprint. A heavy and unexpected downpour denied Enea Bastianini a strong points haul in today’s 12-lap MotoGP™ World Championship Sprint at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, despite the Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider having delivered his best qualifying performance of the 2026 season to-date.

Qualifying

After completing 12 laps in mixed conditions during FP2, Bastianini carried that momentum into Q2, keeping his composure on a damp-but-drying track surface to go eighth-quickest aboard his #23 KTM RC16, despite suffering a fall on his final lap as conditions worsened. That grid position will improve to seventh for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Spain following a penalty applied to a rival ahead.

Sprint Race

A strong launch put Bastianini immediately in contention, and the Italian swiftly settled into a multi-bike battle just shy of the podium positions. After trading places with fellow KTM rider Brad Binder, ‘La Bestia’ gained a spot to seventh when Jorge Martín suddenly slowed, before joining a five-way fight for third. A close battle with Pedro Acosta followed, but all the while, the skies were darkening.

Rain began to fall and several front-runners came unstuck. The heavens then opened fully just as Bastianini passed pit entry, leaving him no option but to complete another lap on slicks in treacherous conditions. He kept the bike upright, but the time loss was decisive. He rejoined well down the order and crossed the finish line 11th.

The action concludes tomorrow with the weekend’s main event, the 25-lap Grand Prix, representing round four of the season and scheduled to get underway at 14:00 local time (UTC+2).

Enea Bastianini: “When the track was dry during the Sprint, we were competitive and I was able to gain some positions – I was up to sixth, and we were fighting to move even further forward – but midway through, it began to rain more, which made things difficult. In conditions like that, it’s always a bit of a game of roulette. When I switched bikes, I went onto the one I had crashed at the end of qualifying; the Tech3 guys put in a lot of energy to re-assemble it for which I’m super grateful, but with the lack of time available, it probably wasn’t 100 per cent. Our final position was obviously disappointing because we had been fighting for something more, but the big race is tomorrow and we’ll target the top five again.”

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team had planned to use the Grand Prix of Spain Saturday to collect further race-weekend setting data. However, the damp conditions in FP2, dry conditions in qualifying, and mixed conditions in the Sprint meant the team had to contend with a lot of variety per session. Augusto Fernández was still riding competitively in the first ever flag-to-flag Sprint and ended the 12-lap dash in P13.

Fernández had qualified in P16 as the top Yamaha, but lost ground in the opening stages of the race, falling back to 22nd place. When the rain started to fall, the Yamaha test rider made the most of the situation. The test team was ready to let him switch to his wet bike in this unprecedented flag-to-flag Sprint situation. The number-47 rider climbed as high as P12 but lost a position on the final lap and took the chequered flag in P13, 19.777s from the winner.

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will be back in action tomorrow for Warm Up, held from 09:40-09:50 (GMT+2), and the 25-lap Race, which starts at 14:00.

Augusto Fernández: “I had fun today. We had a bit of everything. It was not easy to manage, but I’m happy with my performance. In the quali, I managed to be the first Yamaha in the wet, so that was not bad. In the dry, I was able to improve the feeling a bit personally, but we still have to work on the bike. That said, I was a bit closer to the other Yamaha guys, which is my main goal as a rider. There’s not much data to analyse today because of the wet sessions, but we were able to compare the feeling in the wet and the dry. In the Sprint, we focused on bringing the bike back to the box in one piece, having completed a full race-distance. This is also important for tomorrow so we have more data.”

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu: “I was struggling from the beginning of the race, especially with braking, because the bike wasn‘t stopping the way I expected and I was making mistakes in several corners. Even with that, I had to keep pushing, because the corners are where we have the best chance to make up ground or try to pass.

When the rain started, I saw an opportunity as the pace dropped, so I tried to push harder. At Turn 5 I attempted to pass both Salvadori and Morbidelli, but I went onto a dirty line and, with the track becoming very slippery, I lost the front.

I‘m very sorry for involving Salvadori in the crash. That was not my intention. As soon as I fell, I went to check on him, and I was very relieved to see that he was OK.” 

Jack Miller: “Not an ideal day for us, but in these kinds of conditions you have to take risks and try to make the right calls. We were making good progress during the race, and the pace wasn‘t too bad, but when the rain started to come down it became a bit of a gamble.

On that lap we were debating whether to come into the pits or try to stay out, especially with only a few laps remaining. You‘re trying to make that decision in real time, doing the calculation in your head, and unfortunately we didn‘t get the timing quite right.

We still managed to finish the race in 16th, but I think we definitely had more potential today. It‘s a shame not to have made the most of it, but we‘ll take the positives and look ahead to tomorrow.” 

FERMIN ALDEGUER #54: “It was important to keep putting in laps and working. In the race, at the start of a season where honestly we’re not fighting for anything yet, between going back to the pits and racing for fourth or fifth place, or going for the win, I chose to go for it. It didn’t work out, but with four laps to go, anything could have happened. In the first part of the race I felt very good physically, I was able to battle with the KTMs, and these are definitely important sensations that I’ll carry with me starting tomorrow.”

ALEX MARQUEZ #73: “I felt good during the race. Maybe taking the lead wasn’t the best choice, but even this morning in the wet I felt good. I could have come in a lap earlier, but part of the track was still very dry, and on the lap when I was about to come in to change bikes, I crashed. We definitely weren’t lucky, but I’m convinced that tomorrow we have a great opportunity to be competitive again, especially if the conditions are dry.”

More from a press release issued by Aprilia:

Complicated sprint race for Aprilia Racing in Jerez.

The sprint race on the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto ended with a negative result for Aprilia Racing.

Marco Bezzecchi, after starting from the fourth spot on the grid, had a less than perfect start, compromised by Álex Márquez’s tear-off getting stuck beneath his rear tyre. Three laps from the end, with the arrival of heavy rainfall, the Italian rider opted to swap out his bike for the one set up for the rain, only to crash a few turns later.

It was an unlucky race for Jorge Martín as well who, despite a good start from the seventh spot on the grid, was forced to retire during the second lap due to a problem with the bike as he was in fourth place.

Lorenzo Savadori, riding in a wild-card slot, was involved in a crash caused by Toprak Razgatlioglu, forcing him to retire.

Marco Bezzecchi: “Unfortunately, the tear-off got stuck in the fairing and it stayed there when I stopped. A bit before the start, it came loose and ended up beneath the bike, just ahead of the rear tyre, so I ran over it and started to burn out. When I got back out on the track with the rain tyres, I crashed almost straight away.”

Jorge Martin: “I realised straight away from the start that something wasn’t right. I had a strange feeling with the brake. We still don’t know what happened – the techs are analysing all the data. The team is still united though, and that is the most important aspect. These situations are all part of racing, and over the years I’ve learned to face them more calmly.

Lorenzo Savadori: “Today was an unlucky race for me, the rhythm and the pace was good because I was in the top ten, so it was a good race. Then another rider did a mistake, and I did a very big crash. So fortunately, I’m not injured, nothing broken in my body but I’m not at 100%. I hope to be in a better shape for the race”

Fabiano Sterlacchini – Technical Director: “The morning started off well enough, despite some difficulties, with four bikes still going through to Q2. It’s a shame because the sprint race was compromised by a series of unfortunate events beyond our control, like the tear-off under Marco’s tyre – a situation that has already happened to other riders but shouldn’t, because of a whole series of precautions that are supposed to be taken. As for Jorge, we had a problem for which we are still trying to figure out the cause, but it is quite clear that it was not a technical problem, but rather a procedural one. We’ll try to make up for it on Sunday, because we are competitive overall, once everything falls into place.”

More from a press release issued by Castrol Honda LCR:

• After progressing through Q1 with the fastest lap time to reach Q2, the Frenchman delivered an outstanding performance, narrowly missing out on pole position and securing a front-row start in second.
• At Sprint time, Zarco made a strong start and fought for the podium during the opening laps, defending his position and producing impressive overtakes against his rivals.
• They declared wet race, and with four laps remaining, riders started to enter the pits. Zarco reacted immediately, switching bikes and continuing to push to the very end, ultimately crossing the line in 8th and collecting valuable points.

 

 

Diogo Moreira 14th: “It was fun! It was nice to ride like this, to do my first flag-to-flag race and understand the situation. It was important to finish the race and learn a lot. Looking ahead to tomorrow, in the dry I was there, I felt fast and was following the factory Hondas. I’m excited for tomorrow; let’s see how the race goes.”

Marc Marquez mastered tricky conditions to win the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP26 on Michelin control tires, the seven-time and defending World Champion won the 12-lap race by 3.050 seconds.

His teammate, Francesco Bagnaia was the runner-up.

Franco Morbidelli finished third on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP25.

Brad Binder crossed the finish line fourth on his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing RC16. 

Morbidelli’s teammate, Fabio Di Giannantonio, got fifth.

Marco Bezzecchi, the World Championship point leader coming into the weekend, crashed his Aprilia Racing RS-GP26.

Marco Bezzecchi leads the championship with 81 points, 4 ahead of Jorge Martin who has 77 points. Pedro Acosta is third with 60 points.

More from a press release issued by MotoGP:

Crash, switch, win: Marc Marquez back on top in dramatic flag-to-flag Sprint. The weather plays havoc in Jerez but the home crowd get the result they came for.

We’ve checked the databases and every now and then, the wildest of history does indeed repeat itself – rarely does a rider crash and still come away with victory. Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team), just when you think he’s won in every kind of scenario, did just that to take Sprint honours at home in Jerez, with teammate Francesco Bagnaia in second – from P10 on the grid – and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) – from P18 on the grid – joining the #93 on the podium. Instead of some poetry about how great it is, this is how it happened.

LIGHTS OUT IN THE SPRINT

Marc Marquez got a great start from pole, with Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) remaining second as the shuffle began behind. Alex Marquez shot up into second place, with Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) in fourth and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) in fifth.

Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) got a shocker, seemingly with a tear off under the rear off the line, and plummeted down the order, facing a fight back from P16 as the battle at the front started to heat up. Marc Marquez was starting to build a gap but the chase was on. First, Martin attacked Alex Marquez but the #73 answered back at Turn 1, forcing Martin wide. The #89 sat up and looked down at a red-hot front disc too – having struggled to drop anchor.

THE HEAVENS OPEN

Next, Alex Marquez was past Zarco. And with 10 to go, the grey overcast skies became drops of rain – with the white flag out, denoting riders can change bikes. We’ve seen it before in a Sprint but never so early in the lap count. This time, there was time to make it count – if it rained enough.

At that point however, it clearly wasn’t too damp – with Zarco and Diggia throwing down in an awesome duel for third. As the drops continued though, Diggia was able to get a grip on P3, with Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) stalking his way up into fourth.
That left Zarco with his hands full of KTMs. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was first on the chase, with Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) for close company. After Acosta was denied by Zarco, Bastianini was able to profit and slip through – the Beast then on the tail of the Frenchman.

THE FRONT GROUP

Meanwhile at the front, what had been a reasonable gap had been cut and cut until Alex Marquez’s Gresini was absolutely glued to Marc Marquez’s Ducati Lenovo machine in the lead. He shadowed him and looked tempted to make a move, dropped back a little, and then by 6 to go the attack came – the #73 was alongside and through at Turn 9, as Diggia homed in on both.

Drama hit quickly after that. First Marc Marquez slid out at the final corner, just getting it wrong as the rain started to increase. But that would prove absolutely pivotal – with the #93 choosing to then pick it up and dive straight into the pitlane to switch bikes. The rest of the frontrunners continued – with Binder leading the group of those who dived into pitlane too.
That left Alex Marquez at the front leading Diggia, and Binder leading the chase of those who had switched – with only 4 laps to go. Was there enough time?

THE SECOND MARQUEZ CRASH

Suddenly, even more drama – this time for Alex Marquez. The #73 was down at the same corner his brother fell at in last year’s Grand Prix, the rain intensifying from a drizzle to a deluge, and it was suddenly absolutely sure – wets were needed. The rest headed for pitlane and Binder was net leader – until the South African suffered his own off too. As the shuffles continued, it was a red duo of Bagnaia and Marc Marquez thundering towards the race lead, passing a defenceless Fermin Aldeguer as the Gresini rider gambled to stay out on slicks.

THE IMPOSSIBLE… MADE POSSIBLE

Bagnaia led Marc Marquez as the rain came down, but the #93 struck for the lead not long after – from the front to the floor and back to the front. As high as P1 and as low as P17 before somehow finding his way back to the lead, it was a Sprint to remember for the #93 who was back on top ahead of his teammate Bagnaia, who in-turn makes it back-to-back Sprint rostrums whilst unbelievably, having pitted in the first group, Morbidelli came home in third. Binder, despite his crash, still took fourth which on any other day would’ve been thestory. ‘Diggia’ was fifth ahead of Raul Fernandez whilst Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) took Sprint points in seventh. Fellow countryman Zarco and Honda’s Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) were the last of the points finishers.

Check out the full results from the MotoGP Sprint at Jerez!

Breath back, time to go again tomorrow in front of a massive crowd – we’re ready, they’re ready, make sure you’re ready!

Maximo Quiles earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team KTM on Pirelli control tires, Quiles topped the 26-rider field with a lap time of 1:44.070.

David Muñoz was the best of the rest with a 1:44.445 on his Liqui Moly Dynavolt IntactGP KTM, and Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Alvaro Carpe claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:44.655.

Row-two qualifiers LEVEL UP – MTA’s Joel Esteban (1:44.836), Carpe’s teammate, Brian Uriarte (1:45.049) and Leopard Racing’s Adrian Fernandez  (1:45.049).

More from a press release issued by MotoGP:

Quiles storms to home turf pole in Jerez. The #28 pulls clear of Muñoz and Carpe as home heroes lock out the front row.

Maximo Quiles (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) slammed in a 1:44.070 to pull an impressive 0.375 clear for pole position in Jerez, with conditions drying out by qualifying for Moto3 and the #28 proving unstoppable.

David Muñoz (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) takes second as he returns from injury an immediately makes a mark, with Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completing the top three and front row.

After wet conditions on Saturday morning, the lightweight class were able to enjoy a fully dry Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, although the laptimes are split by some bigger gaps than usually seen in Moto3 as the field adapted. Quiles’ 1:44.070 is closer to the lap record – a 1:43.710 – than Muñoz is to the polesitter, and Carpe takes the front row by just over half a second off pole.

Row 2 is more home crowd heroes as Joel Esteban (LEVELUP- MTA) takes P4 ahead of rookie Brian Uriarte (Red Bull KTM Ajo), with Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) sixth – on exactly the same best laptime as Uriarte. Despite racing two different machines, both set a 1:45.049. Fernandez also crashed in Q2, losing the chance to improve further.

Joal Kelso (GRYD – MLav Racing), David Almansa (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) and Matteo Bertelle (LEVELUP – MTA) are on Row 3, with Malaysian Hakim Danish completing the top ten for AEON Credit – MT Helmets – MSI.

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Marc Marquez mastered tricky conditions to claim pole position during MotoGP qualifying Saturday at Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP26 on the 2.75-mile (4.42 km) track, Marquez turned a 1:48.087 to top the 23-rider field.

Johann Zarco was the best of the rest with a 1:48.227 on his Castrol Honda LCR RC213V, and Fabio Di Giananntonio claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 1:49.097 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP26.

Row-two qualifiers included Aprilia Racing’s Marco Bezzecchi (1:49.115), BK8 Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez (1:49.146) and Red Bull KTM Factory’s Pedro Acosta (1:49.230).

More from a press release issued by MotoGP:

Marc Marquez denies Zarco in damp pole shootout. The Spanish GP’s qualifying session was a tasty affair but it gave the home crowd what they wanted as the #93 took a first pole of the year.

Making his mark on home turf, Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) was able to bag a first pole of the 2026 season in what was a classic head-to-head battle for qualifying supremacy. Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR) will line up in the middle of the front row despite a heroic effort whilst top Ducati in the standings Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) completes the front row.

It was damp conditions as Q1 got underway at Jerez and instantly, it caught out big names. Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was an early crasher before he was joined by Diogo Moreira (Pro Honda LCR) who wasn’t able to set a lap time and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), the latter just missing the cut. With a good feel for the conditions, Zarco and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) graduated to join the Q2 pole battle and had the experience – and perhaps the advantage – of understanding the latest of the tricky conditions.

After a small delay to the session due to track conditions following Morbidelli’s smoking Ducati at the end of Q1, the riders hit the track, all out on wet tyres but a dry line was appearing. Halfway into the session and it was Marc Marquez who was leading the way but the same joy wasn’t reached for his brother Alex, who crashed at Turn 9 with seven minutes on the clock. Provisionally joining the #93 on the front row, whilst Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) was third but crashed at Turn 1 and was soon bumped down the order by a flying Zarco who went into P1.

Looking to take Honda’s first pole since 2023, Zarco’s hopes of a first pole in 4 years were dashed when Marc Marquez pulled out a mighty lap time to take a first pole position since the Hungarian GP last year. Zarco was pushing hard on the final lap but had to settle for P2 after a mistake in the final corner saw the Frenchman nearly lose the front. Rounding out the front row, Di Giannantonio, who despite being more than a second off, managed to sneak ahead of Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) who heads up the second row, ahead of Alex Marquez and Acosta.

A crash left Martin in the gravel and unable to improve on his lap time, rooting him to seventh and the third row, joined by Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) who also fell, this time at Turn 8, and Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team), the third of the Aprilias. More qualifying struggles left double World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) on the fourth row in P10, ahead of Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) and Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) who suffered a second crash of the day – this time at Turn 8, having fallen at Turn 13 in FP2.

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