MotoGP practice results I Ogura sets Czech Grand Prix lap record after Marc Marquez crash

friday morning Marquez set the pace in FP1 at the Czech GP. with a benchmark lap time of 1:53.303 around Brno. That time proved unchallenging in the scheduled practice session, with Aprilia’s Marco Bezecchi the first rider to break the benchmark set by Marquez.

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Ai Ogura set the fastest lap in timed practice at the 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix

Although the FP1 timesheet was added earlier on Friday at the Czech GP, Mark Marquez After crashing late in Turn 7, he ended the session walking to the Ducati garage. However, breakdowns in action have been the hallmark of the Spaniard’s biography, and another followed this afternoon.

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Looking to find his way back after the opening 10 minutes of FP1, Marquez visited the gravel trap at Turn 11 and smashed the left side of the Ducati GP26. Moments into the middle of the corner, Marquez bent his front tire and slid off the road.

As Marquez made his second lap of the Brno service roads on Friday, the early pace of the provisional practice session at the Czech GP was being set by the Aprilia rider. Marco Bezecchi. The championship leader set a 1:53.080, after setting a 1:54.194 for P16 in FP1.

The star of KTM Pedro Acosta He soon brought the pointer up as he set a 1:53.002. But Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez didn’t stay in command for long as he was the first rider to lap a 1:52.862 on the Aprilia with 35 minutes to go to go within 1:52.

A Trackhouse one-two was even on the cards, as No. Ogura He took his satellite Aprilia RS-GP to P1 in 1:52.718. However, even his time was not to last long as Bezcicci set a new all-time MotoGP lap record for Brno in action with a factory Aprilia of 1:52.275.

Ducati Racing Francesco Bagnaia has secured pole position for the 2025 Czech GP First lap record in MotoGP for Brno with 1:52.303. However, it should be noted that Marquez had won before the Spaniard crashed late in Q2 and Bagnaya’s best effort.

KTM Tech3 star Maverick Vinales became the first rider to break Aprilia’s dominance with 23 minutes remaining. Gresini’s ace Fermin Aldeguer also started to gain speed on his satellite Ducati GP25.

Acosta’s 1:52.228 with 17 minutes to go took P1 back and KTM were on top. But as soon as Acosta washed the Breno, the KTM ace ran into trouble pushing the bike to the service track after experiencing technical issues with smoke coming out of the bike.

The incident forced Acosta out of the pits and when the first flying time came, Marquez was the first rider to take the lead with a time of 1:51.988, while Ducati team-mate Bagnaia blew an erroneous fast lap at the end. Ogura soon joined Marquez with a 1:51.998 lap.

Good margins continued to separate the top riders as the final sprints began, but the pointer was not Marquez’s as VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio set a 1:51.942 with his satellite Ducati GP26. Posting a 1:51.816 lap, however, Bezecchi will have his own opinion.

However, even Bezecchi’s time wasn’t enough to finish the day on top, as Ogura took over the lead going into the final minutes with a 1:51.735 before Honda’s Joan Mir exited the gravel in turn 7.

Complete 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix practice time sheets