2026 Brazilian MotoGP, Goiania - Sprint Race Results

Marc Marquez hunts down Fabio di Giannantonio to win a delayed 2026 Brazilian MotoGP Sprint race at Goiania.

di Giannantonio bolted from pole to build an early lead, but momentum began to swing towards Marquez in the middle stages.

The Italian held firm, but a late mistake onto the home straight allowed Marquez to pounce.

Diggia tried to retaliate on the final lap, but Marquez held firm for his first win since last year’s shoulder injury.

The fight for the final podium place was an Aprilia vs Aprilia affair, with Jorge Martin capitalising on a mistake by Buriram winner Marco Bezzecchi to take over third place at the halfway stage.

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Bezzecchi regrouped, but Martin kept his team-mate at bay for a first rostrum on the RS-GP, with Trackhouse rider Ai Ogura in fifth.

Fabio Quartararo started with all guns blazing, passing Bezzecchi and then attacking Marquez for second place behind di Giannantonio.

The Monster Yamaha rider was soon on the defensive, but continued to make life difficult for his rivals on his way to the V4’s best finish of sixth, ahead of Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia.

Pedro Acosta could only manage ninth, albeit as top KTM, but keeps the title lead over Bezzecchi.

Fermin Aldeguer, making his 2026 race debut this afternoon, got sideways off the line and dropped from seventh to 20th on the opening lap.

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Joan Mir, Johann Zarco and then Maverick Vinales crashed.

The 15-lap contest was thrown into doubt when a sinkhole was found on the main straight after qualifying, prompting emergency repair work.

After several delays, apparently to allow concrete to dry, the MotoGP Sprint eventually started one hour and 20 minutes later than planned, at 16:20.

All riders picked the hard front tyre, and most the soft rear, although Francesco Bagnaia, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Raul Fernandez and Jack Miller opted for the medium.

2026 Brazilian MotoGP, Goiania – Sprint Race ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/Diff1Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)19m 41.982s2Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)+0.213s3Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+3.587s4Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+4.061s5Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+4.994s6Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+7.728s7Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26)+8.153s8Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+8.342s9Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+9.096s10Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*+10.329s11Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+11.106s12Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+14.213s13Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+15.090s14Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+15.353s15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+15.528s16Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+21.396s17Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+22.706s18Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+23.044s19Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+23.807s Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)DNF Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)DNF Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)DNF

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* Rookie.

Qualifying:

Fabio di Giannantonio took the first Brazilian MotoGP pole position since 2004 despite crashing during an incident-packed qualifying at Goiania on Saturday morning.

The VR46 rider joined Thai Grand Prix winner Marco Bezzecchi in fighting through a closely contested Qualifying 1 before the pair picked up where they left off by battling for pole in Q2.

Fabio di Giannantonio snatched only his second MotoGP pole by 0.070s from Bezzecchi – although the Aprilia rider lapped slightly faster in Q1 – with Marc Marquez also among the five fallers on his way to completing the front row.

Fabio Quartararo claimed an excellent fourth for Yamaha’s new V4, ahead of the RS-GPs of Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura.

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The Q2 drama began when Francesco Bagnaia was dumped onto the asphalt in the opening minutes, leaving his factory Ducati heavily damaged.

Cameras then cut to title leader Pedro Acosta sprinting through the gravel after sliding off his KTM, before Marc Marquez also crashed at the same Turn 4, this weekend’s most hazardous corner.

Fortunately, all were back on track for the final run, when Jorge Martin and finally di Giannantonio brought out more yellow flags.

Rookie Diogo Moreira will start his home races from 14th place, just behind HRC’s Joan Mir.

Bezzecchi, Luca Marini and Franco Morbidelli had just one bike available for qualifying after falling in final practice.

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Marini, who had the fewest crashes of any full-time rider last year, fell again in Q1, when Pramac’s Jack Miller was also caught out.

The KTMs of Maverick Vinales, Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini will start at the back of the grid.

The 15-lap Brazilian Sprint race begins at 3pm local time (6pm UK).

2026 Brazilian MotoGP, Goiania – Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)1’17.410s6/6343k2Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.070s6/10345k3Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.081s2/9348k4Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.151s9/10336k5Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.220s7/7344k6Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.292s6/10345k7Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+0.305s7/10341k8Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26)+0.389s7/10344k9Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.624s2/8343k10Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+0.655s8/9341k11Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.712s8/8340k12Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+1.012s2/8338k Qualifying 1: 13Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)1’17.710s6/9342k14Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*1’17.812s2/9345k15Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)1’17.815s6/9341k16Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)1’17.964s7/10339k17Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1’17.975s5/9336k18Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)1’18.022s7/7335k19Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)1’18.169s3/3339k20Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)1’18.176s7/8338k21Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)1’18.237s6/9340k22Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)1’18.479s6/9340k

* Rookie.

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Official Goiania MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia, 1m 17.408s (2026)

Final Practice:

Ai Ogura and Aprilia moved to the top during an ultra-close final practice for the 2026 Brazilian MotoGP at Goiania.

After Friday’s mixed conditions, the premier class got their first fully dry session of the weekend on Saturday morning.

Johann Zarco’s Friday best of 1m 21.2s was smashed in the opening laps, with Ogura, tenth on day one, eventually setting a 1m 18.2s

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Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Pedro Acosta and Joan Mir followed as one second covered the top 20 riders, all the way down to Zarco.

Alex Marquez crashed after losing the front at Turn 4 early in the half-hour session, much to his obvious frustration. HRC’s Luca Marini suffered a rare fall, at Turn 1, shortly after.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, who starred with third on Friday, then Thai Grand Prix winner Marco Bezzecchi fell in separate incidents at Turn 4 in the closing stages.

Riders had previously warned of wet patches emerging through the asphalt at Turn 4.

Franco Morbidelli was the last rider to be caught out, at Turn 13.

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Fermin Aldeguer is making his 2026 debut this weekend after missing all of pre-season testing and the Thai season opener due to a femur fracture in winter training.

MotoGP is returning to Brazil for the first time since 2004 and to Goiania for the first time since 1989.

No testing has taken place ahead of this weekend, with Michelin offering an enlarged allocation of three front and three (reinforced) rear tyre options.

Qualifying 1 for those outside of the top ten on Friday afternoon, including Bezzecchi, will now begin.

2026 Brazilian MotoGP, Goiania – Saturday Free Practice ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)1’18.237s16/16341k2Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.011s16/17346k3Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.168s16/17341k4Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.281s12/16344k5Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.379s15/15343k6Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.534s16/16342k7Maverick ViñalesSPARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.555s16/16339k8Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+0.597s8/12339k9Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)+0.615s12/14342k10Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.627s13/13343k11Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.684s9/13339k12Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.692s15/16338k13Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+0.713s9/11338k14Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*+0.838s15/15342k15Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26)+0.839s4/12346k16Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.872s16/16342k17Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.892s6/10342k18Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.902s12/14336k19Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.975s13/15339k20Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+0.996s18/18340k21Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.144s17/19342k22Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+1.256s6/13343k

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* Rookie.

Official Goiania MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Johann Zarco, Honda, 1m 21.257s (2026)

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