14:46
Acosta shoots to the top now with a 1m38.710s.
Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2026 Barcelona MotoGP
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MotoGP Catalunya LIVE: Practice updates as rain threatens crucial session
Live updates from Friday's practice sessions at the 2026 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix.
KEY MOMENTS
- Pedro Acosta fastest in Practice
- Alex Marquez leads FP1
- Jorge Martin looks in pain after crash at Turn 12
The sixth round of the 2026 MotoGP season takes place at the Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona.
Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi leads the championship coming to the Barcelona round of the campaign, though only by a single point, after team-mate Jorge Martin grabbed his first grand prix victory in France last weekend.
With Aprilia continuing to look a cut above the rest of the field, the battle between the Aprilia duo is fast shaping up to be the championship fight this season.
Ducati will be hoping Alex Marquez can repeat his Barcelona heroics from 12 months ago in the same way he did a few weeks prior at Jerez, following a tough French Grand Prix for the brand.
It will also compete in Barcelona without Marc Marquez, who underwent double surgery on his right foot and right shoulder on Sunday, following a heavy crash in the sprint at Le Mans.
Ducati will not replace Marc Marquez in Barcelona, while his participation in the upcoming Italian Grand Prix remains uncertain.
Tech3 have also announced that Maverick Vinales will return to action this weekend in Barcelona, having been out since the US Grand Prix due to a shoulder injury.
2026 Catalan MotoGP: Friday schedule
FP1 - 9:45am BST - 10:30am BST
Practice - 2pm BST - 3pm BST
15 May 2026
14:46
Bastianini, now on a new soft, goes up to second.
14:45
That time from Binder suggests track evolution is quite big right now. So, let's see what the rest of the field can do with 15 minutes to go.
14:44
Binder improves to a 1m38.970s and goes top of the pile. That's more like it!
14:44
Crash - Alex Rins
Alex Rins has gone down now.
14:43
Binder jumps up to fifth on a new soft rear. The KTM looks to be working well here today. The South African really needs a big weekend if he has any hopes of saving his place on the grid in 2027.
14:41
Bezzecchi just ran wide at Turn 4, which is very easy to do, and won't be the last time we see that this weekend for riders.
14:39
A replay of Ogura's crash.
14:38
No improvement for DiGia. He stays fourth.
14:38
Bezzecchi's been off the circuit at Turn 4.
14:37
DiGia is out there on a fresh medium rear, while Raul Fernandez is on a new soft.
14:33
Pretty typical front-end crash for Ogura at Turn 2.
14:33
Crash - Ai Ogura
Ai Ogura has gone down at Turn 2. He's up and ok.
14:30
Standings after 30 minutes:
- Bezzecchi
- Ogura
- Marquez
- Di Giannantonio
- Bastianini
- Aldeguer
- Morbidelli
- R.Fernandez
- Binder
- Moreira
14:29
Ai Ogura's gone early on a new soft rear tyre and jumps up to second with a 1m39.115s. There's still half an hour to go, so that's a very early time attack benchmark.
14:28
Another look at Bagnaia's new swingarm.
14:26
Acosta has made a small improvement to 12th.
14:26
Interesting to see Pecco Bagnaia out on track on a new swingarm. He's still down in 19th for the moment.
14:23
A look inside the Honda garage during this session.
14:22
Firmly into race running now in this portion of the session.
14:20
Standings after 20 minutes:
- Bezzecchi
- Marquez
- Di Giannantonio
- Bastianini
- Aldeguer
- Morbidelli
- R. Fernandez
- Binder
- Ogura
- Moreira
14:17
Some bodywork broke off Acosta's KTM a few moments ago.
14:15
Bagnaia crashed out of a podium place at Le Mans. It sounds like this was down to him using different forks compared to other Ducati riders, and this seems to require a different way of riding.
14:14
Bagnaia completes another lap and is 19th. Very early days, but this weekend last year was one of Bagnaia's worst of the season after he qualified down in 21st.
14:10
Standings after 10 minutes:
- Bezzecchi
- Marquez
- Di Giannantonio
- Bastianini
- Aldeguer
- Morbidelli
- Fernandez
- Binder
- Ogura
- Moreira