09:55
Acosta with the early Q1 benchmark on a 1m45.199s, but he's soon beaten by Raul Fernandez and Ogura. They're both into the 1m44s and it's a Trackhouse 1-2.
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
09:51
Qualifying start
Pit lane is open in Mugello and Q1 is underway.
09:49
Mugello MotoGP: Final Practice Results
Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Saturday Practice Results
Fabio di Giannantonio, 2026 Italian MotoGP.
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09:43
Di Giannantonio tops FP2
Chequered flag is out in FP2 and it's Di Giannantonio who ends fastest from Acosta and Bagnaia in the top-three.
Just under 10 minutes now until Q1 gets underway.
09:38
There was an incident earlier in the session between Morbidelli, Marini, and Martin.
Martin was behind Morbidelli, who was behind Marini exiting the final corner.
Marini decided to enter the pits and slowed on the exit, which checked up Morbidelli a bit, and Martin as well.
There was earlier on a notification that there was no further action between Morbidelli and Martin, but now there is an investigation between Marini and Morbidelli.
09:37
MotoGP's fastest bike is now an Aprilia
Jorge Martin breaks all-time MotoGP top speed record at Mugello
Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP.
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09:36
Di Giannantonio has got back to the pits via the service road with his bike, so maybe they'll have time to get it fixed for Q2.
09:33
Problem for Di Giananntonio it looks like, he's pulled off the track in the first sector.
10 minutes of FP2 to go but it looks like he might be a bike short for qualifying. He's trying to get back to the pits, though.
09:29
Pirro crash
Pirro has crashed at the first part of the Biondetti chicane, so that's turn 13, the corner Valentino Rossi broke his leg at in 2010.
No such problems for Pirro, though, he's just lost the front on an out-lap and he seems to be okay.
09:28
Bezzecchi was losing most of his time yesterday in the third sector, yesterday and that seems to be continuing this morning so far, at least compared to Di Giannantonio who had 0.270s over the field at the moment.
09:23
Looks like Martin's had a run on at the first turn. Bit of a weird one, looks like he was looking behind at someone or a screen, and he's just missed the corner. Anyway, no real harm done.
09:22
Bagnaia had started this FP2 session out on top, but he's dropped into second now as Di Giannantonio's hit the top.
Bezzecchi in third but 0.4s off the pace of the Catalunya winner.
09:18
Top speed record
New speed record for Jorge Martin, 368.6kph has just come up, so that's 228mph. Shifting along fairly well.
Previous record was set here by Binder and KTM in 2022 at 366.1kph.
09:13
FP2 start
Pit lane is open in Mugello for the start of MotoGP FP2.
09:10
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP action from Mugello, where FP2 is due to start in just a few minutes and qualifying will be coming up at 10:50 local time, so in around 40 minutes.