Live updates from the 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. FP1 is due to start at 10:45 local time, with Practice coming up this afternoon at 15:00.
Marco Bezzecchi leads the 2026 MotoGP standings heading into the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, his points lead extended to 15 over Jorge Martin after the Spaniard's double-non-score in Catalunya two weeks ago. Bezzecchi has never won his home grand prix, finished off the podium for the first time this season in Barcelona, hasn't won since the US Grand Prix in March, and was down in 14th in FP1 this morning.
Martin, on the other hand, was second-fastest in FP1 and has been a winner in Mugello before, that coming when he fought against Bezzecchi in the 2018 Moto3 race. Martin is also entering this weekend somewhat on the back foot, though, following his crash in the post-race test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was also involved in that battle for Moto3 victory in 2018, but he, like Bezzecchi, has never won in Mugello. The Italian did score his first Moto3 podium here, though, in 2016, and got his first MotoGP pole position at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix. Di Giannantonio is also in strong form coming here this weekend, having won last time out in Barcelona, and was fastest in FP1 this morning.
Di Giannantonio's Catalunya victory came after two red flags, one of which he was involved in the incident which brought it about - specifically, the first one, which was caused by an incident between Alex Marquez and Pedro Acosta. Marquez sustained substantial injuries in the crash, including a fracture of his C7 vertebra, and is missing this weekend. Michele Pirro is replacing the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix at Gresini this weekend.
Johann Zarco caused the second red flag in Barcelona when he made contact with Luca Marini heading into the first turn on the first restart. As Zarco fell, his leg was caught in the rear wheel of Francesco Bagnaia's Ducati and the Frenchman suffered knee ligament damage as a result. He'll be replaced by Cal Crutchlow this weekend at LCR, the three-time MotoGP winner returning to the grid for the first time since 2023.
While Alex Marquez is out of action this weekend, Marc Marquez is back after his most recent surgeries. The Spaniard was declared fit to ride on Thursday but will be assessed again after FP1. Marquez enters this weekend 85 points behind Bezzecchi at the top of the standings. Marquez took his time to build his pace this morning in damp conditions, but was inside the top-10 before some riders chose fresh tyres for their final run, the Spaniard dropping to 15th in the final times.
Marc Marquez resumes his season this weekend at the Italian Grand Prix after missing Sunday at Le Mans and the entirety of the Barcelona weekend to injury. The key source of his early 2026 struggles looks to be sorted now, but practice pace suggests his subdued outlook to the Mugello weekend was absolutely correct…
Friday was not straightforward for Jorge Martin, the Spaniard struggling with physical pain and some setup issues.
He also indicated that there was some confidence lost in his six crashes over the four-day weekend at Barcelona two weeks ago.
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While Enea Bastianini got into the top-three in Practice this afternoon, Pedro Acosta was down in 13th and out of Q2.
Acosta explained afterwards that he will look at Bastianini's data for a way forward, as the problems he feels he is experiencing in Italy this weekend match those he felt a month ago at Jerez.
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Alex Rins details the speed difference between Yamaha and Honda at the Italian Grand Prix
Chequered flag is out in Practice and it's Di Giannantonio once again who ends fastest.
Bagnaia second, then Bastianini for an all-Italian top-three.
Morbidelli fourth, then Aldeguer, Marquez, Bezzecchi, who's had his 1m44.9s lap cancelled. Martin, Rins, and Moreira complete the top-10.
Final lap for Martin and he improves to go eighth, bumps Ogura out.
Acosta has gone off somewhere and he's done, P12 for now.
Now Ogura bumps Fernandez out by going 10th himself.
Bezzecchi marginally improves and gets into the 1m44s, up to fifth.
Fernandez has moved Martin out of the top-10 but Martin is now starting a lap.
Bastianini also moves up, P3 for the Tech3 rider.
Bastianini gets into the top-10 in seventh and Martin - who was 3rd about 45 seconds ago - is back in 10th and on the bubble, in the pits too.
Marquez fastest, immediately beaten by Morbidelli and we're into the 1m44s.
Bagnaia then beats those two, and Di Giannantonio beats them all.
FP2 is underway again after Binder's bike has been cleared.
10 minutes to decide the Q2 positions.
Brad Binder has pulled off along the start-finish straight and has brought out the red flag.
Unfortunate timing for Mir who had just gone third and had his lap cancelled because he didn't get across the line before the red flag.
11:59 on the clock.
Quartararo's crashed bike has just got back to the pits.
20 minutes to go, so time attacks will be starting fairly soon for most.
Miller has crashed at turn one. Looks more of a substantial off than Bagnaia's tip over in the gravel in FP1 there, but Miller looks okay.
Pit lane is open again in Mugello and we are back underway for the final 30 minutes of Practice.
Crash for Quartararo, he's gone down at turn four and ended up at turn five. Red flag for the gravel he's pulled onto the track, but he's okay.
30:48 on the clock.
Long runs going on right now, only Bezzecchi, Ogura, and Aldeguer out there currently on fresh tyres - they're three riders who did their first run on a medium rear.
Ogura briefly went fastest but Bezzecchi has gone down to a 1m45.0s. Presumably an early time attack there from the championship leader - if that's his genuine pace, we might as well pack up and go Balaton.
Marc Marquez is currently 11th in the session and 0.5 seconds off the pace. He's just headed out to start his second run now.