MotoGP Fastest rider of the MotoGP class training sessions lead directly to the Second Qualifying session on Saturday. Others compete in Q1. The two fastest riders from Q1 advance to the Second Qualifying.
Top Performers in Q2 Session
In the MotoGP race, Alex Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Marc Marquez, Marco Bezzecchi, Enea Bastianini, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Fabio Quartararo, Jorge Martin, Diogo Moreira, and Johann Zarco advance directly to the Second Qualifying.
Q1 Struggle
The Q1 session takes place Saturday morning. In this session, Trackhouse riders Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez advance to the Second Qualifying. Before this session, Marco Bezzecchi sets the best time in the second free practice at 1:43.321. World Champion Jorge Martin secures a place in the qualifiers. Pedro Acosta, Marc Marquez, and Fabio Di Giannantonio complete the top five. Ai Ogura participates in the race without injury.
In the Q1 session, Toprak Razgatlıoglu, Luca Marini, Maverick Vinales, Somkiat Chantra, Franco Morbidelli, Raul Fernandez, Brad Binder, Alex Rins, Jack Miller, Fermin Aldeguer, Pecco Bagnaia, and Ai Ogura compete to advance. Brad Binder has an accident at Turn 13. The South African rider is uninjured, but his RC16 is scraped hard. Local matador Ogura sets the best time in Q1 at 1:42.883. Raul Fernandez remains slower by just one second lap. Thus, two Trackhouse riders advance to the Second Qualifying. Pecco Bagnaia misses out by 0.123 seconds in third place in Q1. Somkiat Chantra surprises by overtaking Luca Marini of the Honda team to take fifth place in Q1, an achievement she cannot repeat in 2025. This is the best Qualifying session for Chantra.
Fast Q2 Session
At the start of the 15-minute Q2 session, the air on the Twin Ring Motegi was slightly cloudy and the temperature was 22 degrees Celsius. MotoGP bikes set a high speed setting from the start. Alex Marquez sets the fastest time at 1:42.878. However, immediately after, his brother Marc breaks the lap record with 1:42.481, surpassing the previous record set on Friday by three decimal seconds. Alex Marquez sets the fastest time in the second lap at 1:42.546. Marco Bezzecchi finishes in third place with 1:42.750. Pedro Acosta finishes fourth with 1:42.891, while Jorge Martin completes the top five with 1:42.914.
Then the final race starts. Ai Ogura enters the session and finishes ninth in the first lap. In the next lap, he moves to seventh place. His teammate Raul Fernandez sets the third fastest time. Shortly after, Aprilia rider Jorge Martin breaks the lap record with 1:42.371. Marc Marquez slides at Turn 3 and has to crash into a barrier. Johann Zarco has an accident at Turn 9. Marco Bezzecchi moves to fourth place. World Champion Marc Marquez makes a final attack but it is not enough, and he finishes second with Martin. Bezzecchi cannot improve his position. Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, and Pedro Acosta take first place on the MotoGP bike. In second place are Marco Bezzecchi, Alex Marquez, and Fabio Di Giannantonio. In third place are Enea Bastianini, Raul Fernandez, and Diogo Moreira. In fourth place are Johann Zarco, Ai Ogura, and Fabio Quartararo.
Statistics
- Alex Marquez races in 8th place with 158 points in the 2026 MotoGP season (Gresini Racing).
- Archive: Marc Marquez wins in Sprint (October 3, 2026)
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