Marc Marquez won the sprint race at the 2026 Brazilian Grand Prix this Saturday, beating Fabio Di Gianntonio after a sinkhole on the track caused major delays in Goiania.
Di Giannantonio scores pole for Brazilian GP. It got off to a good start early Saturday and after the Sprint finally left 75 minutes behind schedule. MotoGP has delayed the race for the Moto2 race at the Brazilian GP until Sunday due to rushed track maintenance.
A After the end of the MotoGP qualifying session in Brazil, a sinkhole appeared directly on the pit of Goiania.And Sprint threatened to force the race to be postponed. Once the sprint started, Di Gianntonio put his satellite Ducati GP26 comfortably out of the lead. Marquez Then it started filling up.
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Marc Marquez won the Sprint race at the 2026 MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix
Factory Ducati star Marquez and front-row starter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out of Aprilia’s D’Giantantonio in the early stages of the sprint at the Brazilian GP. But Marquez spilled the beans and grabbed the lead with three laps to go as Di Giannantonio drifted wide.
Read more: Everything you need to know about the Brazilian Grand Prix, including Goiania statistics
Yamaha rider Fabio Quattararo used his qualifying effort to climb from P4 to P2 on the fearsome V4 YZR-M1 as Di Giannantonio attempted to pull away from the field early in the sprint. Quatararo quickly passed Bezecic and Marquez on lap 1.
The Yamaha M1’s faults saw Quatararo only hold on to P2, while Márquez aboard the Ducati GP26 built up in the Goiania Sprint before taking up position on lap 3. Aprilia Ace Bezcicci followed Márquez despite Quatarro doing his best.
Aprilia’s Jorge Martin also made a move on Quattroro on lap 4 of 15, the Yamaha rider not in the same race as his rivals. Third place came from Martin on lap 7, when his Aprilia team-mate Bezeci made a mistake and tried to catch too much speed at turn 9.
Fermin Aldeguer had a horrible start that could see chaos descend on the sprint at the Brazilian GP as the Gresini rider shot sideways on the grid and fell down the order. Honda’s Joan Mir crashed on lap 3 as Aldegar continued.
Complete final results of the 2026 MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix in the Goiania Sprint Race
| POS | RIDER | group | GAP | Points |
| 1 | Mark Marquez | Ducati | 19:41.982 | 12 |
| 2 | Fabio D’Giantantonio | VR46 | +0.213 | 9 |
| 3 | George Martin | Aprilia | +3.587s | 7 |
| 4 | Marco Bezecchi | Aprilia | +4.061 s | 6 |
| 5 | No. Ogura | Tracking house | +4.994 s | 5 |
| 6 | Fabio Quatararo | Yamaha | +7.728s | 4 |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | Gresini | +8.153 s | 3 |
| 8 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | +8.342 s | 2 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | +9.096 s | 1 |
| 10 | Diogo Moreira | LCR | +10.329 | |
| 11 | Luca Marini | Honda | + 11.106 s | |
| 12 | Raul Fernandez | Tracking house | +14.213 s | |
| 13 | Alex Rin | Yamaha | +15.090s | |
| 14 | Fermin Aldeguer | Gresini | +15.353 s | |
| 15 | Brad Binder | KTM | +15.528s | |
| 16 | Franco Morbidelli | VR46 | +21.396 s | |
| 17 | Ine Bastianini | Tech3 | +22.706 s | |
| 18 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | Pramak | +23.044 s | |
| 19 | Jack Miller | Pramak | + 23.807 | |
| 20 | Maverick Vinales | Tech3 | DNF | |
| 21 | Johann Zarko | LCR | DNF | |
| 22 | Joan Mir | Honda | DNF |
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