09:42
FP2 finish
Chequered flag is out on FP2 then and it's Marc Marquez who ends fastest from Martin and Bezzecchi.
Q1 coming up in just under 10 minutes.
Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Misano MotoGP LIVE: Reaction after Marc Marquez wins San Marino Sprint
Live coverage of the Sprint race at the 2026 Misano MotoGP at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
Live updates from the qualifying session at the 2026 Misano MotoGP on the Rimini coast. Qualifying is due to start at 10:50 local time, with the Sprint coming up this afternoon at 15:00.
Key Moments
- Marquez wins sixth sprint of 2026
- Bezzecchi second
- Martin's championship lead shrinks
Marco Bezzecchi came into Saturday at Misano off the back of setting the fastest time of Friday in Practice, and backed that up in qualifying this morning, breaking the lap record to take pole. Despite the championship context, the Italian sitting third in the standings ahead of this weekend's races, Bezzecchi said afterwards that there is no point in comparing himself at the moment to his title rivals.
One such rival is Marc Marquez, who sits second in the standings and who was second to Bezzecchi in qualifying this morning. Marquez has won here six times, but said yesterday that he is "struggling a bit" at the moment on the Misano layout.
Championship leader Jorge Martin won at Misano in 2023, and qualified fifth this morning, an improvement on his 10th in Practice. He said on pace he felt better than over one lap, where the soft-compound rear tyre changes the balance of the bike in a way he doesn't like.
Raul Fernandez also struggled on the timesheets aboard the Aprilia on Friday, but he said the problem was himself, not the bike, as he was using the wrong line through the first sector. There was not the kind of improvement Martin showed in terms of position, but Fernandez was able to come through Q1 to qualify on the fourth row.
Pedro Acosta was one of two KTMs in the top-10 yesterday, the other being Pol Espargaro in ninth. Acosta was pleased enough with his performance and said afterwards that his "plan is working" in relation to a more aggressive approach to bike setup, and was also one of the riders credited by Espargaro for his ninth-placed finish in Practice. Qualifying was comparatively underwhelming for Acosta, the Spaniard ending up only seventh.
Francesco Bagnaia struggled significantly yesterday, bemoaning the same issues that have plagued him all season, predominantly a lack of grip that means he can't effectively stop the bike on corner entry. There were signs of progress in FP2 this morning, but he was only fourth in Q1, and will therefore start 14th today, after a disastrous second run that saw him abort all four attempts at timed laps.
Bagnaia was not the only Ducati rider to under-perform in qualifying, as two Q2 crashes for Alex Marquez left him only ninth on the grid.
Franco Morbidelli received a long lap penalty after Practice for riding dangerously. It will apply only to tomorrow's grand prix, and not today's Sprint.
12 Sep 2026
09:42
Marquez improves again on his final lap to go fastest, continuing to lose 0.2s in the third split, but makes a tenth back in sector four and over 0.2s in sector two, the two left-handed sectors.
09:40
Marc Marquez goes from ninth to third, still losing a lot of time in the third sector, as you'd probably expect.
09:38
Bezzecchi now 0.015s clear of Martin at the top.
Morbidelli's just popped up to third and immediately run on at the first turn, looking down to the right-hand side of his bike.
09:35
Martin now to the top on a 1m31.128s, puts him almost 0.2s clear of Marquez.
09:32
Bagnaia now up to third as he ends that run, 0.169s off the pace of Marquez. Let's see if that translates to qualifying, he'll have to go through Q1 of course.
09:31
‘The bike is strange’ - The bizarre Ducati issue affecting one VR46 MotoGP rider
Fabio Di Giannantonio says he has effectively had one bike to use in recent rounds.
‘The bike is strange’ - The bizarre Ducati issue affecting one VR46 MotoGP rider
Fabio Di Giannantonio, VR46 Ducati, 2026 San Marino MotoGP
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09:31
Bezzecchi heading out now on the same bike that was refusing to start a few minutes ago.
09:30
Positivity for Bagnaia? Up to P5, albeit 0.5s behind Alex Marquez at the top.
09:28
Problem for Bezzecchi, was just about to head out and the bike is refusing to start just outside the Aprilia box. They've wheeled it back in. Could be a critical factor come Q2.
09:26
Most riders in the pits as we enter the second half of FP2, Alex Marquez still fastest on a 1m31.300s.
09:19
Alex Marquez, Martin, and Marc Marquez all down into the 1m31s now.
09:19
Marini has crashed at turn three. He's okay but frustrated, will possibly only have one bike for Q2, but at least he doesn't have to go through Q1.
09:17
Marco Bezzecchi leading FP2 after seven minutes. Lap times in the 1m32s at the moment so a little bit off the pace of yesterday, owing to the conditions of course.
09:11
FP2 start
Pit lane is open for the start of the FP2 session at Misano.
09:05
Conditions
There was some rain early this morning at Misano. Both the Moto3 and Moto2 FP2 sessions have been run on a drying track, the Moto2 riders able to get out on slicks towards the end of their session a few minutes ago. Very patchy still, so expect a tentative start to MotoGP FP2 which is starting in just a few minutes.
08:56
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP action from Misano, where qualifying will be getting underway in just over 50 minutes at 10:50 local time.