Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose. — Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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MotoGP Mugello LIVE: Sprint reaction following Raul Fernandez's win

Live coverage from the Sprint at the 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix from the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello.

Live updates from the 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. The Sprint is due to start at 15:00 this afternoon.

Key Moments

Raul Fernandez wins sprint
Bezzecchi breaks lap record in Q2
Martin breaks speed record in FP2

Fabio Di Giannantonio came into Saturday as the fastest rider from Practice yesterday and topped FP2 this morning as well, but the Italian was only able to qualify seventh earlier on. He said yesterday that he's riding this weekend with an "annoying" hand injury from Catalunya.

Francesco Bagnaia was second-fastest yesterday and is a three-time MotoGP winner at Mugello, although he had his own concerns over tyre consumption after Practice. The Italian was only sixth in qualifying this morning.

Bagnaia has Marc Marquez back alongside him in the factory Ducati box this weekend. The reigning champion said afterwards that his main objective yesterday was to assess the condition of the shoulder he had an operation on after the French GP. This morning he was able to be the best of the Ducati riders, qualifying fourth.

Perhaps the most surprising name to miss out on a direct Q2 position yesterday was Pedro Acosta, the Spaniard finishing 13th. Enea Bastianini, by comparison, was up in third, so Acosta explained afterwards that he would be trying to learn from Bastianini's data overnight. In qualifying, the gap between them closed and reversed, with Acosta coming through Q1 to qualify 10th, while Bastianini was 11th.

Aprilia were relatively underwhelming on the time sheets yesterday, with Marco Bezzecchi seventh and Jorge Martin eighth, and both Trackhouse bikes out of the top-10. Bezzecchi, though, perhaps had better speed than the final result suggests, after his best lap was cancelled for track limits. Martin, on the other hand, had more significant confidence issues to deal with, perhaps stemming from his crash-strewn weekend in Barcelona.

Qualifying was much better for the Noale factory, though, with a front row lockout for the RS-GP. Bezzecchi starts on pole and Martin third, while Raul Fernandez starts second.

30 May 2026

13:54

Grid

Just over five minutes away from the start of the Sprint. Here's the starting order for this 11-lapper.

1	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
2	Raul Fernandez	ESP	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
3	Jorge Martin	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
4	Marc Marquez	ESP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati GP26
5	Fermin Aldeguer	ESP	Gresini Racing	Ducati GP25
6	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati GP26
7	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina Enduro VR46	Ducati GP26
8	Diogo Moreira	BRA	Pro Honda LCR	Honda RC213V
9	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina Enduro VR46	Ducati GP25
10	Pedro Acosta	ESP	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16
11	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM RC16
12	Alex Rins	ESP	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
13	Ai Ogura	JPN	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia RS-GP
14	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM RC16
15	Joan Mir	ESP	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda RC213V
16	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol	Honda RC213V
17	Jack Miller	AUS	Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
18	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
19	Maverick Vinales	ESP	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM RC16
20	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha	Yamaha YZR-M1
21	Michele Pirro	ITA	Gresini Racing	Ducati GP25
22	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda RC213V

13:51

Conditions

Fairly warm conditions in Tuscany this afternoon, 29C air temperature and 49C track temperature, so consideration of the medium-compound rear for Fernandez is reasonably understandable. At the moment he's still the only one on it, though.

13:44

Tyres

The current tyre allocation suggests all riders on the medium front and soft rear, except second on the grid Raul Fernandez, who went to the grid with a medium rear. Let's see if the Trackhouse rider changes on the grid.

13:41

Pit lane opens

The pit lane opens, and riders head to the Sprint grid under bright sunshine.

13:28

Marini incident

Here's the incident Marini has been penalised for.

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13:26

Moto2 qualifying finish

The chequered flag is out for Moto2 qualifying and it's Manuel Gonzalez who takes pole position. Filip Salac and Alex Escrig complete the front row for tomorrow's race.

MotoGP Sprint now just over half an hour away.

13:10

Marini grid penalty

Luca Marini was penalised for an incident when he slowed when entering pit lane earlier, causing Franco Morbidelli and Jorge Martin to check up behind him.

Marini will lose three places on the grid, but only for the grand prix tomorrow, the penalty will not affect the Sprint this afternoon.

Full story here.

Luca Marini, 2026 Italian MotoGP. — Luca Marini, 2026 Italian MotoGP.
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13:06

Conditions still dry in Mugello as the Moto2 class heads out for its Q2 session.

13:05

Sprint

Welcome back to today's MotoGP action from Mugello, where the Sprint is now just an hour away.

10:58

Mugello Sprint grid

Starting grid for the 2026 Mugello MotoGP Sprint race

Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Racing, 2026 Italian MotoGP — Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Racing, 2026 Italian MotoGP
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10:35

Mugello MotoGP: Qualifying Results

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - QUALIFYING Results

Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 Italian MotoGP. — Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 Italian MotoGP.
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10:31

Bezzecchi takes Mugello pole

It's pole position for Marco Bezzecchi in Mugello. The Italian leads an all-Aprilia front row from Fernandz and Martin.

Marquez, Aldeguer, Bagnaia on row two, then Di Giannantonio, Moreira, and Morbidelli on the third row.

Acosta leads Bastianini and Rins on row four.

10:29

Marquez improves to fourth, he towed behind Acosta on that lap, the KTM rider stays 10th.

10:28

Aldeguer was on a good lap just now and goes fourth, but he lost 0.3s in the third split.

10:26

Bezzecchi to pole and into the 1m43s, that's a lap record.

Bagnaia was on a good lap but blew it at Scarperia, improves anyway to fourth.

Fernandez also improved but stays second although he's jumped Martin who's back to third.

10:23

Second runs beginning now, seven minutes to go.

10:22

Order

Run one is complete and the order is as follows:

Martin
Fernandez
Bezzecchi
Di Giannantonio
Moreira
Morbidelli
Marquez
Aldeguer
Acosta
Bagnaia
Bastianini
Rins

10:20

Bagnaia with the first lap, but he's beaten by almost everyone. Fernandez fastest from Bezzecchi, Moreira, Marquez.

Until Martin finishes his lap to go fastest.

Aprilia 1-2-3 after lap one.

10:15

Q2 start

Pit lane is open again in Mugello and Q2 is underway.

10:05

Fernandez tops Q1

Ogura can't improve on his final lap, either, and it's Fernandez and Acosta who advance to Q2.

Ogura misses out by 0.087s in the end.

10:04

Used tyre or not, Fernandez goes top with the first lap of his second run. Ogura was on a strong lap until the final sector but it went away and he stays third.

10:02

According to live timing, Raul Fernandez is using a used soft-compound rear tyre for this second run.

10:00

Riders heading out now for their second runs.

09:59

Order

Seven minutes to go and the first runs are largely finished. Order as it stands:

Acosta
Fernandez
Ogura
Mir
Marini
Binder
Miller
Vinales
Quartararo
Pirro
Razgatlioglu
Crutchlow

09:56

Acosta back to the top on his next lap. Ogura improves as well but stays third.

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