VR46 Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio set the benchmark in qualifying practice for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix as he led a Ducati one-two with Francesco Bagnaia in second.
State Grand Prix winner Fabio D’Giantantonio Turn on the timing sheets at FP1 on Friday morning in the marked session Mark Marquez Return to the prototype machine after missing the last race in Barcelona.
The Italian morning measure was quickly surpassed after things were done in practice Francesco Bagnaia He managed to claim the top spot with a 1:45.697 effort.
Similar to FP1, Marquez looked to be out of the way as he trailed his team-mate by half a second. Britain’s only representative on the grid Cal CrutchlowHe also missed a three-second goal at the bottom of regulation.
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In the middle of the session, Fabio Quatararo He brought out the red flag after exiting the Yamaha prototype at turn four. The Frenchman returned to his car with his left hand, before returning to the track on his spare bike.
After the session continued, Jack Miller He drew more yellow flags when he took a lap in the first round. Marco Bezecchi He then set a new session benchmark, putting himself six tenths ahead of the rest of the field.
KTM had another engine problem and another red flag with 12 minutes to go Brad Binder’s RC16 is cut off while on the main line. Marquez was on course for a personal best lap but was forced to abort after race control interference.
A late tussle in the final minutes of the session saw Ducati’s stable of riders trade off with Aprilia. In the end, Di Giannantonio continued his impressive pace from the morning session and put his times in action.
Full practice time sheets for the 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
| POSITION | RIDER | group | TIME/GAP |
| 1 | Fabio D’Giantantonio | VR46 | 1:44.808 |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | +0.091 |
| 3 | Ine Bastianini | Tech3 | +0.103 |
| 4 | Franco Morbidelli | VR46 | +0.151 |
| 5 | Fermin Aldeguer | Gresini | +0.196 |
| 6 | Mark Marquez | Ducati | +0.202 |
| 7 | Marco Bezecchi | Aprilia | +0.216 |
| 8 | George Martin | Aprilia | +0.324 |
| 9 | Alex Rin | Yamaha | +0.341 |
| 10 | Diogo Moreira | LCR | +0.354 |
| 11 | No. Ogura | Tracking house | +0.433 |
| 12 | Raul Fernandez | Tracking house | +0.462 |
| 13 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | +0.486 |
| 14 | Maverick Vinales | Tech3 | +0.661 |
| 15 | Joan Mir | Honda | +0.787 |
| 16 | Jack Miller | Pramak | +0.809 |
| 17 | Fabio Quatararo | Yamaha | +0.862 |
| 18 | Brad Binder | KTM | +0.996 |
| 19 | Luca Marini | Honda | +1.146 |
| 20 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | Pramak | +1.491 |
| 21 | Michel Pirro | Gresini | +2.034 |
| 22 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR | +3.280 |
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