10:20
Bagnaia also only eighth with his 51.9s.
Marquez's lap has been cancelled.
Ai Ogura, 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Brno MotoGP LIVE: Sprint reaction after Bagnaia takes first win of 2026
Live coverage of the Sprint at the 2026 Brno MotoGP from the Automotodrom Brno.
Live updates from the Sprint at the 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix at Brno. The Sprint is due to start at 15:00.
Key Moments
- Bagnaia leads lights to flag for first win of 2026 from Ogura, Marquez
- Bezzecchi, Acosta crash out
- Moreira out of third on lap one
Ai Ogura came into Saturday having been fastest on Friday. The Japanese rider was one of five riders to go under the 1m52s barrier yesterday after Marc Marquez became the first. Ogura's best qualifying of fifth place came in his first ever MotoGP race at Buriram last year, and his best of 2026 was sixth before he scored his maiden premier class pole this morning.
Marco Bezzecchi was second-fastest yesterday behind Ogura. It was something of a turnaround in the afternoon for Bezzecchi, who had been 16th in FP1, and he complained of a worse-than-expected physical condition after Practice due to the impact his right leg took in the crash at Balaton two weeks ago. Qualifying went reasonably well for the championship leader, who will start fourth this afternoon.
Bezzecchi's team-mate, Jorge Martin, was also out of the top-10 in FP1, but unlike Bezzecchi he was unable to recover in Practice, saying afterwards he missed a "spark" to go faster. Martin, second in the championship, came through Q1 this morning but could do no better than 10th in Q2.
Fabio Di Giannantonio and Francesco Bagnaia also featured in the top-five yesterday, the latter feeling that he was able to benefit from the high-grip track surface at Brno. The two complete the front row behind Ogura, too, after solid qualifyings for the pair of them.
Marc Marquez had an underwhelming qualifying and will start fifth, but he seemed to have the strongest pace in FP2 this morning on a used soft tyre.
Pedro Acosta was on the podium for the first time in 2025 at Brno. In 2026 he arrives in Czechia having had a much more successful season so far, but the Spaniard was only sixth-fastest yesterday and did not lap in the 1m51s. In qualifying, he managed only eighth, the KTM missing turning performance compared to the Ducatis and Aprilias.
Alex Marquez made his return to MotoGP yesterday after a month out through the injuries he sustained in Catalunya. Marquez finished 15th in Practice, and qualified 15th this morning, but has since withdrawn from the event.
20 Jun 2026
10:20
First lap in from Marquez and it's a 1m51.856s to start off, Bagnaia a 51.9s.
Fernandez then into the 1m51.7s, but Moreira and then Di Giannantonio both get to a 51.6s.
Factory Aprilias only fifth and sixth at the moment.
10:16
Q2 start
Pit lane is open and Q2 is underway with Marc Marquez leading the field out.
10:12
Q2 riders
Here are the riders set to take part in the Q2 session that's due to start in around three minutes.
- Ogura
- Bezzecchi
- Di Giannantonio
- Bagnaia
- Marquez
- Acosta
- Mir
- Moreira
- Aldeguer
- Fernandez
- Martin
- Morbidelli
10:08
Martin tops Q1
Martin and Morbidelli take the two Q2 spots from Q1 as the chequered flag comes out.
Vinales, A. Marquez, Quartararo on row five;
Marini, Bastianini, Miller row six;
Rins, Binder, Razgatlioglu row seven;
Crutchlow at the back on the eighth row.
10:03
Quartararo caught all of the later riders to take their second runs as he approached the final corner, they were on their out-laps. He improved anyway but only 5th.
10:00
Everyone else heading out for their second runs now.
09:58
Quartararo has already headed out for his second run with 7 minutes on the clock. Everyone else waiting it out.
09:57
Martin and Morbidelli hold the two Q2 spots at the moment after the first runs of Q1. Everyone now back in the pits bar Marini who is on an in-lap.
09:57
Over 40C track temperature already in Brno, and with the long layout here a lot of riders seem to only be doing one lap per tyre. Only Marini did two laps, he improved on his second one but only 5th.
09:54
1m51.819s for Martin to kick off qualifying, second-best time of the weekend. Decent from Morbidelli behind him as well on a 52.0s.
09:53
Martin leading on the road so it'll be his benchmark.
09:50
Q1 start
Pit lane is open at Brno and we are underway for Q1.
09:47
Q1 contenders
Here are your contender for the upcoming Q1 session. Especially crucial session for 2nd in the championship Martin given his double long lap tomorrow.
- Martin
- Vinales
- Marini
- Quartararo
- A. Marquez
- Bastianini
- Morbidelli
- Miller
- Binder
- Rins
- Razgatlioglu
- Crutchlow
09:44
Brno MotoGP: FP2 Results
Czech MotoGP, Brno - Saturday Practice Results
Practice starts, 2026 Brno MotoGP.
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09:41
Fernandez tops FP2
Chequered flag is out in FP2 and it's Fernandez with that late time attack who ends fastest.
Marquez and Vinales complete the top-three ahead of Aldeguer, Ogura, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, Moreira, and Mir in the top-10.
09:39
Fresh soft rear for Fernandez and he goes back to the top and down to a 1m52.050s.
09:38
Marquez back to the top now, 0.046s ahead of Fernandez. Same soft tyre he started the session with for Marquez, 10 laps on it, so Sprint distance.
09:36
Bezzedchi up to third now with his latest lap, still only Fernandez and Marquez that have lapped in the 1m53s, though.
Bezzecchi then quickly moved back to fourth by Acosta, who also runs a 1m53.0s, but on a medium rear.
09:33
Martin and Bezzecchi both out on fresh soft rears towards the end of FP2. Bezzecchi up to P5 and Martin to P8 after their first laps of this final run.
09:22
Martin has just run off in the gravel on the exit of turn seven as he was practicing the long lap loop that he'll have to do twice in tomorrow's race.
09:21
Fernandez back to the top of the times now over Marquez, they're both into the 1m52s now.
Acosta and Bastianini also in the top-10 on the medium rear. Martin also on a medium rear but down in 11th - that's still ahead of Bezzecchi, though, who is only 12th on the soft.
09:17
Raul Fernandez was initially fastest early on in FP2, but he's been replaced by Marc Marquez by 0.055s.
Fernandez one of the only riders running a medium-compound rear tyre at the moment, most of the field running softs.
09:10
FP2 start
Pit lane is open at Brno and we are underway for 30 minutes of FP2.
09:09
Conditions & records
The MotoGP lap record was set at Brno last year by Francesco Bagnaia in qualifying at a 1m52.303s, but Ai Ogura's lap in Practice yesterday was almost 0.6 seconds quicker than that as the top-seven in Practice - including Bagnaia himself - all went under last year's record.
Conditions are cooler this morning than yesterday afternoon, when track temperatures were up towards 50C, by around 10C, so further improvements on Ogura's 1m51.735s lap are to be expected.