MotoGP FP1 Results Marc Marquez sets pace after Pedro Acosta crash at Czech Grand Prix

Marquez admitted that he lacked “strength” when he returned from injury With Bruno, his brother Mark did the double by winning the Sprint Race and the Czech GP in 2025. Another successful weekend in the Czech Republic could await Marc in 2026, also after his weekend debut in FP1.

Speed ​​was not easy to open for Alex Marquez as he returned from injury at the Czech Grand Prix FP1. The Gresini driver spent most of the session at the bottom of the timesheet below LCR before improving to P18 with a late flying lap.

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Marc Marquez sets fastest lap in FP1 at 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix

The MotoGP field wasted no time before taking to the circuit at the start of FP1 in Brno on Friday. But it didn’t take long Pedro AcostaMaverick Vinales and Marco Bezzecchi to push beyond the limit and each have an early visit to the Brno gravel traps.

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KTM star Acosta was the first rider to crash on lap 9 in the opening minutes of the session, accelerating from the front on the right-hand bend and sending the RC16 into the gravel trap. And soon Vinales was also picking his satellite RC16 at Turn 8.

Tech 3’s Vinales lost the RC16 late into turn 8, and ended up in a gravel trap before coming to a full stop, fearing the crash barrier. Turn 8 also saw LCR rookie Diogo Moreira spoil his Honda shortly after in a high-speed incident.

Bezeci added 13 to his list of danger zones shortly after running left-hander in the Aprilia RS-GP braking. After sensing that his bike was out of tune, the Italian took a safer option to ensure he continued his run rather than risking a front bend in the corner.

In a flurry of early events, Yamaha rider Alex Rins set the first benchmark speed on the V4 YZR-M1. But the Spaniard was soon removed from the order, as the VR46 runner Fabio D’Giantantonio He placed his Ducati GP26 in P1 before Gresini Fermin Aldeguer He did so in GP25.

Even Brad Binder was gaining speed on the KTM as Acosta and Viñales returned to the pit lane during Czech GP FP1. But the early pacesetters were all Ducati riders, with the works duo Francesco Bagnaia And then Mark Marquez Rival Aldeguer lap.

Marquez continued to gain ground in FP1 at the Czech GP Group, but Trackhouse’s I Ogura provided the Ducati star with a new challenger at the top of the order in the Aprilia RS-GPP. But issues, rather than speed, were awaiting the factory Aprilia Ace. George Martin.

Martin has to serve a double long lap penalty on Brno. For his massive Turn 1 crash at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix last time out. Knowing that the penalty awaits him, Martin paid a lot of attention to practice the long lap in FP1, but the bike did not want to play ball.

As Martin made a practice run through the longest lap in turn 7, the bike simply cut off the acceleration with 15 minutes left in FP1. During that time, the 2024 champion did not set a fast lap and returned to the pits with only P20.

Even Marc Marquez was in danger in the last three minutes of the Czech GP F1. After going faster than his previous best lap in the first split, Marquez ran wide on lap 7 and lost on the dirty front section of the track to bring out the yellow flags.

Despite the crash, Marquez remained the fastest rider in FP1 at the Czech GP, but Yamaha rival Fabio Quatararo and Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez both shot down the order with Honda’s Joan Mir last. The three are all separated by 0.020 seconds in P2 to P4.

Complete 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix FP1 time sheets