13:19
Marquez P7
Marquez wide at turn one on lap 11 and Aldeguer moves through on the exit. Turning into a disaster for Marquez.
That third place prediction we made earlier is ageing like milk!
Pedro Acosta, 2026 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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MotoGP Austria as it happened
Live coverage of the race at the 2026 Austria MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring with Jorge Martin starting from pole position.
Live updates from the race at the 2026 Austria MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring. Jorge Martin starts from pole position, and the race is due to start at 14:00 local time.
Key Moments
- Marc Marquez makes podium charge before dropping to P7 with rear grip issues
- Acosta from 5th to 1st in 10 laps as he passes Martin
- Martin leads early laps, fends off Bezzecchi
- Race to start at 14:00 local time/13:00 BST
Jorge Martin starts from pole position today as he looks to double up after winning the Sprint yesterday. The Sprint win was both fortuitous, for Pedro Acosta's crash, but also well-earned, for his clinical move through the field after losing ground in the first lap in the incident at turn two with Marc Marquez, in which Martin says he "almost crashed".
Acosta was obviously furious after letting that 2.5-second lead go in the closing laps. He explained afterwards that the crash happened when he checked his dashboard to make sure he was okay on fuel to make it to the end of the 14-lap Sprint, and simply missed his braking marker. He's still been the benchmark rider this weekend and has a shot - from third on the grid - to win his first premier class grand prix today.
Marc Marquez starts between Martin and Acosta on the front row. He was subdued after the race yesterday, and admitted that he simply didn't have the pace of Acosta and Martin, from whom he said it would've been "not smart" to defend when the Aprilia rider passed him for second.
Marco Bezzecchi moved up from fourth to third as a result of Acosta's crash, important points for his championship hopes, which remain slim. He's now 38 points behind Martin.
Marquez has been the best Ducati this weekend but the others have struggled to find rear grip with the harder-construction tyre Michelin brings to the Red Bull Ring, including Alex Marquez who said he had "zero fun" in the Sprint, in which he finished fifth. Most affected by this yesterday was Fabio Di Giannantonio, who was perplexed by his difficulties to find speed with the tyre given its the same one as was used at Goiania where he was on the podium in both races.
Francesco Bagnaia had struggled even more than Di Giannantonio on Friday, but was much better on Saturday, qualifying on the third row and finishing in the points. It's not where three-time Austria winner Bagnaia expects to be, of course, but he said afterwards that advice from Dani Pedrosa helped him find some steps forward.
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13:17
Marc Marquez back to sixth now as Binder goes through to fifth. Aldeguer now putting the reigning champion under pressure.
13:17
Marquez wide at turn one, he's back behind Ogura at the beginning of lap 10.
Just completely lost the rear in braking.
13:16
Marquez P4
Marquez up to fourth past Ogura at turn three on lap nine. He's just under a second behind Bezzecchi.
13:15
Acosta leads
Acosta makes his move, he passes Martin on the exit of turn one on lap nine. Martin was a little untidy maybe, but it was a great run from Acosta. 20 laps for the KTM man to hold on.
13:13
Lap 7/28
Martin and Acosta well over a second clear of Bezzecchi in third now. Marquez is regrouping and putting the pressure on Ogura for fourth. You feel Marquez has a P3 available to him here.
13:09
Bezzecchi runs widde at the final corner on lap four. He's dropping out of contention already and into the clutches of Ogura.
13:08
Acosta P2
Acosta up to second at turn 2a on lap four. He's half-a-second behind Martin.
Impressive for Acosta to be so decisive at that corner, just clean out-braked Bezzecchi.
13:07
Lap 3/28
Still Martin from Bezzecchi and Acosta. Ogura half-a-seocnd back.
Two fastest laps in a row from Acosta, he's the only one in the 1m29s.
13:05
Acosta up to third, he passed Ogura at turn six on the second lap.
13:05
Martin back to the front at turn three on the second lap. This is helping Ogura and Acosta, who are closing back in on the factory RS-GPs.
13:04
Bezzecchi leads
Bezzecchi leads, he passes Martin at turn one on lap two.
13:04
Lap 1/28
Martin leads Bezzecchi, who looks the faster Aprilia at the moment.
Marquez back to fifth now behind Acosta, just ahead of Bagniaa.
13:03
Race start
It's lights out in Austria and it's Martin again with the holeshot. Bezzecchi passed Marquez around the outside of turn one, then Ogura passed the Spaniard at turn 2a.
Bezzecchi might be penalised for his move.
Acosta P5.
13:00
Warm-up lap
Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead of this 28-lap Austrian Grand Prix.
12:55
Grid
Here's your starting order for today's Austrian Grand Prix.
| 1 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 2 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 5 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 6 | Alex Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP26 |
| 7 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP26 |
| 9 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR | Honda RC213V |
| 11 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 12 | Fermin Aldeguer | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP25 |
| 13 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 14 | Pol Espargaro | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 16 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Pro Honda LCR | Honda RC213V |
| 17 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 18 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 19 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP25 |
| 20 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 21 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 22 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
12:53
Riders have gathered at the front of the grid for the pre-race ceremony.
12:47
As for tyres, everyone is on the medium-compound front and medium-compound rear.
12:45
Conditions
Perfectly dry conditions for the race, in fact probably the most stable conditions we've seen all weekend.
Still very cool though, only 22C air temperature and track temperature down at 15C, probably the lowest we've seen all year.
12:41
Championship picture
After the Sprint, Jorge Martin has pulled back ahead of Marc Marquez to the tune of three points in the riders' standings. Marco Bezzecchi is 38 points adrift of his team-mate ahead of this 28-lapper.
12:40
Austria being a high fuel consumption track, it's a very slow sighting lap for everyone. The factory Aprilias both have a cover over the radiator, possibly to stop the radiator sucking in air and therefore reducing drag a little bit & gaining a little bit of fuel economy on that sighter as a result.
12:36
Sighting lap
Riders are arriving on the grid after their sighting lap.
12:24
Acosta's WUP crash
Acosta went down again this morning in Warm Up, but he joked afterwards during the rider parade that he normally races better after crashing on Sunday morning.
Full story here.
Pedro Acosta after warm-up crash, 2026 Red Bull Ring MotoGP.
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12:15
Acosta's error of judgement
The key point of the Sprint yesterday was obviously Pedro Acosta's crash from the lead.
He explained it afterwards as an error of judgement as he looked down as his dashboard and missed his braking marker for turn two.
Full story here.
Pedro Acosta, KTM Factory Racing, 2026 Austrian MotoGP
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12:07
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP race from the Red Bull Ring, which is due to start in just under 55 minutes at 14:00 local time.