2026 Czech MotoGP, Brno - Sprint Race Results

Pecco Bagnaia celebrates his first win of the season in Saturday’s Czech MotoGP Sprint race at Brno.

The factory Ducati rider kept Ai Ogura and team-mate Marc Marquez at bay for his first victory since last season's Sepang Sprint.

Meanwhile, Aprilia’s world championship leader Marco Bezzecchi crashed out of a late fifth place, reducing his points advantage.

• Brno Sprint: New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standings

Maiden pole holder Ogura and fellow front row starter Fabio di Giannantonio joined most of the grid in making a late switch from the soft to medium rear tyre.

That left Bagnaia, Marquez and Diogo Moreira as the only riders in the top ten starting on the soft.

Rookie Moreira then crashed out of third - behind Bagnaia and Ogura - near the end of the opening lap, with Maverick Vinales following him into the Turn 12 gravel moments later.

Bagnaia briefly held a 1.1s lead before Ogura began to close in - with Marquez in tow.

But there wasn’t a clear performance benefit for Ogura on the medium rear, and the closing laps began with the Trackhouse rider sandwiched between the red machines.

KTM’s Pedro Acosta lowsided out of sixth place at the midway stage of the ten-lap race.

That put Jorge Martin directly behind team-mate and title rival Bezzecchi – until the Italian’s late mistake gifted him fifth.

Honda riders Luca Marini and Cal Crutchlow also crashed out.

Alex Marquez, attempting a comeback from his Catalunya injuries, withdrew from the event after qualifying.

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Qualifying

Ai Ogura takes his first MotoGP pole position in style with a new all-time lap record during qualifying for the 2026 Czech MotoGP at Brno.

The Trackhouse Aprilia rider, quickest on Friday afternoon, returned to the top with a 1m 51.139s, putting the Japanese 0.2s clear of VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio.

2025 pole qualifier Pecco Bagnaia completes the front row with factory Ducati team-mate and defending Brno winner Marc Marquez left between Aprilia’s title leader Marco Bezzecchi and LCR rookie Diogo Moreira on row two.

Marquez was without a lap time after exceeding track limits on his first run.

Jorge Martin - who has a double long lap penalty to serve in the grand prix - fought through Qualifying 1, alongside Franco Morbidelli, but could only manage tenth on the grid.

Alex Marquez out -Toprak Razgatlioglu penalty

After claiming 14th place in qualifying, Alex Marquez withdrew from the event due to his Catalunya injuries.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has been given a three place penalty for the grand prix after riding slowly on the racing line and obstructing Enea Bastianini in Qualifying 1. Since he qualified 21st, the Pramac Yamaha rider will only lose one grid place, dropping behind Cal Crutchlow to last on the grid.

The ten-lap Brno Sprint race starts at 3pm local time, 2pm UK.

* Rookie

Official Brno MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Ai Ogura, Aprilia, 1m 51.735s (2026)

Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 53.691s (2025)

Final Practice

Raul Fernandez keeps Trackhouse on top of the MotoGP timesheets during final practice at Brno.

After team-mate Ai Ogura surprised by being fastest on Friday, Fernandez put his RS-GP on top on Saturday morning.

Fernandez defied sickness to finish a massive 0.8s clear of Ducati’s reigning champion and defending Brno winner Marc Marquez.

However, Marquez stayed on old soft rubber, while Fernandez was among those to prepare for qualifying with a fresh-tyre time attack.

Further back, KTM’s Pedro Acosta notably used a medium rear tyre throughout the session for sixth.

Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten on Friday, including Aprilia’s title contender Jorge Martin, will now begin.

Martin ran off track while practising the penalty loop this morning, perhaps unsighted by team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, who was on the outside of Turn 7 to let other riders pass.

Bezzecchi was eighth and Martin just 14th this morning.

* Rookie

Official Brno MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Ai Ogura, Aprilia, 1m 51.735s (2026)

Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 53.691s (2025)

Jorge Martin has a double lap penalty to serve in Sunday’s race for triggering a five-rider pile-up, also involving team-mate and world championship leader Marco Bezzecchi, at the start of the Hungarian grand prix.

Alex Marquez is making a MotoGP return after suffering collarbone and vertebra fractures in a huge accident at Catalunya a month ago.

Johann Zarco remains absent due to knee ligament injuries at the same event. The Frenchman is again replaced at LCR by Cal Crutchlow, standing in for a third event.