Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez beat Jorge Martin to win the sprint race at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix as championship leader Marco Bezecic battled it out in P5..
Marco Bezecchi led the Aprilia front row lock. After taking pole position on Saturday morning, however, he was unable to support his record-breaking lap in the sprint race.
As the lights went up to signal the start of the 11-lap sprint race, Mark Marquez He swung into action by snatching the lead from the championship leader in the first lap.
His leadership spanned all two corners, with Raul Fernandez And George Martin Muscling around in a factory Ducati rider. At the end of the first lap, Marquez had dropped to P5 Fabio D’Giantantonio And Diogo Moreira make use of.
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Fernandez and Martin quickly opened up a gap at the front of the pack, while Moreira helped their chances as Di Giannantonio on the Honda kept close. The Italian finally got out on lap three and set his sights on the Apres in front.
Ine Bastianini He brought out the yellow flags on lap five when he crashed out at turn 10. The Italian was being chased by the factory KTM star. Pedro AcostaMurcian P8 with the offense. Franco Morbidelli A similar fate befell the following lap.
Fernández was almost second on Martin entering the sprint, but not until a few laps later. The Spaniard led until the checkered flag to take his first sprint race win in MotoGP.
Di Giannantonio rounded out the podium finishes, with Bezcicci and Marquez rounding out the top five respectively.
Full 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix Sprint Race Results
| POSITION | RIDER | group | TIME/GAP |
| 1 | Raul Fernandez | Tracking house | 19:28.408 |
| 2 | George Martin | Aprilia | +1.289 |
| 3 | Fabio D’Giantantonio | VR46 | +3.287 |
| 4 | Marco Bezecchi | Aprilia | +4.481 |
| 5 | Mark Marquez | Ducati | +9.055 |
| 6 | Fermin Aldeguer | Gresini | +9.758 |
| 7 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | +10.983 |
| 8 | No. Ogura | Tracking house | +11.411 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | + 11.809 |
| 10 | Diogo Moreira | LCR | +12.932 |
| 11 | Brad Binder | KTM | + 16.690 |
| 12 | Alex Rin | Yamaha | +17.043 |
| 13 | Luca Marini | Honda | +18.407 |
| 14 | Fabio Quatararo | Yamaha | +20.619 |
| 15 | Maverick Vinales | Tech3 | +20.669 |
| 16 | Jack Miller | Pramak | + 22.907 |
| 17 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | Pramak | +25.423 |
| 18 | Michel Pirro | Gresini | +27.085 |
| 19 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR | + 39.641 |
| 20 | Joan Mir | Honda | DNF |
| 21 | Ine Bastianini | Tech3 | DNF |
| 22 | Franco Morbidelli | VR46 | DNF |
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