2026 Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Friday Practice Results - News Beep

Home hero Fabio di Giannantonio completes a Friday practice sweep at the 2026 Mugello MotoGP round.

The VR46 rider finished the afternoon 0.091s clear of fellow Italians Pecco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli.

After losing a fast lap to red flags, Marc Marquez rocketed from 16th to 1st in the closing minutes of his comeback day on the Desmosedici.

But it didn’t last long with Morbidelli, Bagnaia, Bastianini, di Giannantonio and Fermin Aldeguer all moving ahead of the reigning champion.

Title leader Marco Bezzecchi finished just behind Marquez in seventh, while Aprilia team-mate Jorge Martin only claimed a direct Qualifying 2 place on his final lap.

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Alex Rins was the top Yamaha in ninth, ahead of rookie and top Honda rider Diogo Moreira.

Catalunya pole qualifier Pedro Acosta missed the top ten and will need to take part in Saturday’s Qualifying 1.

Cal Crutchlow cut the gap to the top to 3.280s on day one of his MotoGP comeback.

After this morning’s damp patches, the sun was shining brightly for the hour-long afternoon session.

Red Flag 1: Fabio Quartararo Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

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Practice was briefly red-flagged at the halfway stage to recover Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha, which came to a rest in the middle of the track after a lowside at Turn 4.

Pramac’s Jack Miller then crashed at Turn 1, moments after the restart, before Quartararo suffered another Turn 4 scare.

Red Flag 2: Brad Binder Brad Binder, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Brad Binder, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Brad Binder then had to park his KTM on the main straight after a technical issue with 12 minutes to go, bringing out red flags once again.

That also cancelled fast laps for the likes of Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia.

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2026 Italian MotoGP, Mugello – Practice ResultsPos RiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1=Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)1’44.808s16/18352k2^6Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.091s18/21354k3^14Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.103s20/21359k4^6Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+0.151s20/23353k5^2Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+0.196s19/22351k6^9Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.202s19/22353k7^7Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.216s11/26354k8˅6Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.324s25/25359k9^11Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.341s15/18351k10^8Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*+0.354s15/18356k Qualifying 1: 11˅8Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.433s18/19359k12˅3Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.462s23/25353k13˅7Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.486s22/23355k14˅10Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.661s19/21355k15˅2Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.787s19/21355k16˅11Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.809s16/20352k17^2Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.862s18/19346k18˅6Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.996s20/21356k19˅8Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.146s18/22354k20^1Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+1.491s17/18350k21˅5Michele PirroITABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+2.034s15/18350k22=Cal CrutchlowGBRCastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+3.280s18/20346k

^X Rider has improved X positions from FP1.
= Rider has the same position as FP1.
˅X Rider has dropped X positions from FP1.
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Official Mugello MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 44.169s (2025)Fastest race lap: Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 45.770s (2024)Free Practice 1 Fabio di Giannantonio, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Fabio di Giannantonio kicks off his home 2026 Italian MotoGP on top of the FP1 timesheets at a damp Mugello.

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Slick tyres were used throughout the 45-minutes, but damp patches were still visible after overnight rain.

Catalunya winner di Giannantonio moved to the top by 0.369s over Aprilia’s Jorge Martin in the closing stages as some riders tried a new medium rear tyre in the closing stages.

Fermin Aldeguer was the highest-ranked rider to remain on used rubber.

Defending Mugello winner Marc Marquez was 14th in his first session since shoulder surgery.

Factory Ducati team-mate and triple Mugello winner Pecco Bagnaia toppled over in the Turn 1 gravel in the final minutes.

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Cal Crutchlow completed his first MotoGP track session since 2023 with a best lap time 3.7s from the top and 1.8s from Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Marc Marquez, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is returning this weekend after undergoing surgery to remove two damaged screws and a bone fragment that had been compressing the radial nerve in his arm. Marquez’s foot fracture suffered at Le Mans was also stabilised.

However, younger brother Alex and LCR’s Johann Zarco are both missing due to injuries sustained last time at Catalunya.

Cal Crutchlow, 2026 Italian MotoGP.

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Cal Crutchlow returns

Ducati test rider Michele Pirro is replacing Marquez at Gresini, with Cal Crutchlow making a surprise return to MotoGP and LCR in place of Zarco.

The Englishman won three grands prix for LCR during his full-time career. His most recent MotoGP start was as a Yamaha wildcard at Motegi in 2023.

The all-time MotoGP top speed record of 227.5mph/366.1km/h was set by Brad Binder at Mugello in 2023 Mugello, then matched by fellow KTM rider Pol Espargaro the following year.

2026 Italian MotoGP, Mugello – Free Practice (1) ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)1’46.242s15/17352k2Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.369s14/15358k3Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.438s17/17356k4Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.452s15/17356k5Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.502s15/17352k6Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.552s14/16360k7Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+0.674s5/11350k8Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.729s6/13355k9Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.830s17/17352k10Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+0.996s11/15352k11Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.004s10/15355k12Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.035s15/17359k13Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+1.150s13/17356k14Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+1.173s11/17360k15Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)+1.177s10/13352k16Michele PirroITABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+1.180s13/15347k17Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+1.206s10/13362k18Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*+1.278s5/16359k19Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.308s4/10347k20Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.501s8/12354k21Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+1.823s5/17355k22Cal CrutchlowGBRCastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+3.671s16/16350k

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Official Mugello MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 1m 44.169s (2025)Fastest race lap: Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 45.770s (2024)Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter

2026 Italian MotoGP, Mugello – Friday Practice Results

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