MotoGP FP1 results as Alex Marquez sets pace and Jorge Martin crashes at Catalan Grand Prix

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is out at Montmelo, however, after the Ducati ace fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Team leader David Tardozzi confirmed that Marquez’s surgery went wellAfter surgery on his shoulder last Sunday.

KTM Tech3 Star Maverick Vinales He missed the French GP with a shoulder injury, but the Spaniard is back in action. Catalan GP. Vinales has opted to return from injury in Barcelona to avoid feeling raw around Mugello at the Italian GP later this month.

Alex Marquez wins FP1 at the Catalan Grand Prix! Will he repeat his 2025 triumph this weekend in Barcelona?

Alex Marquez goes fast in the first practice at the 2026 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix

Gray clouds hung heavily over the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at the start of FP1 at the 2026 Catalan Grand Prix on Friday. The early conditions seemed to suit the KTMs. Pedro Acostaas the Spaniard set an early pace of 1:40.807, a strong early benchmark.

But Aprilia Racing’s Jorge Martin continued his promising form from the French GP into FP1 at the Catalan GP this Friday, when the Madrid native lowered his benchmark pace to 1:40.299. VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio continued to emerge as the top Ducati in the first season as well.

Ducati rider works Francesco Bagnaia He struggled to start FP1 strongly at the Catalan GP, ​​and the two-time champion was slower than Tech3’s Innea Bastianini, Pramac’s Jack Miller, KTM’s Brad Binder and Yamaha’s Fabio Quatararo in the first half hour.

Martin had little time in traffic at Turn 1 midway through the FP1 Catalan GP, ​​when the Aprilia rider had to check the eye of the needle as Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguerre, Tech3’s Innea Bastiani and Honda’s Joan Mir arrived at the same time.

A look of caution hit the faces of the Aprilia mechanics after Martin crashed at Turn 12 and looked very shaken up with 18 minutes to go in FP1. Martin lost the front end of the Aprilia RS-GP on the long right-hander and followed the bike into the air barrier.

Acosta also crashed with 17 minutes to go after losing the front of his KTM RC16 late in Turn 2. The Mazarone native was quickly back to the pit lane to get on his second bike. After a quick change of skin, Martin returned to the Aprilia garage looking fresh.

Martin did not return to the circuit after the crash, leaving the door open for the Gresini rider. Alex Marquez Aprilia Ace to snatch and set the pace in the last two minutes of FP1 at the Catalan GP. Marquez posted a 1:39.950 to snap Martin’s previous fastest lap by 0.349 seconds.

Full FP1 time sheet for the 2026 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix