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.
More or less an unsurprising group of names at the top - Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio, Martin, Bezzecchi.
But also Alex Rins there in second and Enea Bastianini in fifth, good start to the session for those two. Soft tyre for Rins, but the same for everyone else in the top-five. Bezzecchi the fastest at the moment with a medium rear tyre in sixth.
Everyone, by the way, running medium front tyres.
Bagnaia to the top now, 1.45.697s, so already under the race lap record this afternoon.
He's just in front of Bezzecchi at the moment on-track, the championship leader sitting in fifth at the moment.
Lap times straight down to a good pace, Di Giannantonio fastest at the moment on a 1m45.746s.
Pit lane is open and Practice is underway in Mugello for the next hour.
Conditions are much better than this morning for Practice, with the track having completely dried for this afternoon's practice.
The temperature has warmed up a bit, too, with 27C air temperature and 37C track temperature.
Moto2 Practice has just finished in Mugello with some big names down the order, notably Barry Baltus and Dani Holgado missing out on Q2 spaces.
Vietti fastest from Guevara and Gonzalez - Vietti, of course, seemingly in contention for a 2027 MotoGP seat at VR46 at the moment.
Just over 10 minutes until MotoGP Practice gets underway.
13 minutes to go in the Moto2 session with Izan Guevara fastest at the moment.
Ivan Ortola just pops up to third there, ahead of Manuel Gonzalez and Celestino Vietti.
The practice start session at the end of FP1 had a less than ideal start for championship leader Bezzecchi.
Welcome back to live coverage of today's MotoGP practices at Mugello. Practice is due to start in just under an hour at 15:00 local time. Moto2 Practice is just about to start, and conditions have completely dried up compared to this morning.
Fabio Di Giannantonio led first practice at Mugello as Marc Marquez returned to action
Chequered flag is out in Mugello and Di Giannantonio ends fastest in FP1, then it's Martin and Ogura in the top-three.
Vinales, Miller, and Acosta in the top-six, then Aldeguer, Bagnaia, Fernandez, and Morbidelli complete the top-10.
Bagnaia's crash, not really a crash. Just ran on in the gravel and tipped over. Engine stalled so he had to go behind the barriers to restart.
Acosta's time at the top didn't last long, Di Giannantonio now fastest on a 46.242 Martin up to second as well on a 46.611, so a decent gap for the VR46 rider.
Bagnaia has crashed at turn one.
A few riders putting fresh tyres in late on, Di Giannantonio goes up to third, then Acosta to the top by a tenth on the KTM.
Marquez has pushed on a little bit more on his latest lap, down to a 1m47.419s to go seventh.
Mir now into the top-five, just over a tenth behind his teammate Marini.
Pretty uneventful session so far as we enter the final 10 minutes, everyone aware of the sketchiness of the conditions this morning.
Morbidelli now into the top-three, 1m47.238. Still only Aldeguer and Bagnaia in the 1m46s.
Marini inside the top-three now as well on the Honda, Bezzecchi down to fourth now and Martin fifth.
Moreira followed Bezzecchi at the start of the session and rode well, he's still up there in sixth at the moment.
Here's footage of Marc Marquez heading out for the first time this morning. He's just ended his first run and sits 13th, 1.4s off the pace.
Aldeguer into the 1m46s now and goes to the top, displacing Bagnaia after a good few minutes at the top for the Ducati Lenovo rider.
Marquez now within 1.6 seconds of the top time and continuing his run.
Quartararo on-track now as well and in the top-10.
Marquez taking his time to build up to speed this morning, as you'd expect. First lap was 5s off the pace, but he's taken two seconds off that on his second lap. Seems like the third sector is where he's losing the most time. Obviously, he'll improve from here, but it will be interesting to see if that trend continues.