2026 US MotoGP, COTA – Warm-up Results

Marco Bezzecchi keeps Aprilia on top during warm-up for the 2026 US MotoGP at COTA.

Bezzecchi, who lost the title lead to team-mate Jorge Martin after crashing from second late in the Sprint, got the better of Marc Marquez by 0.089s on his final lap of the ten-minute session.

Seven-time COTA MotoGP winner Marquez has a long lap penalty to serve in this afternoon’s race for taking down pole qualifier Fabio di Giannantonio on the opening lap of the Sprint.

Marquez practised the penalty loop in warm-up before briefly moving to the top of the timesheets.

After Jorge Martin, the only rider to pick the medium rather than soft rear tyre, swept past Francesco Bagnaia on the final lap of the Sprint, all riders selected the medium rear (and front) for warm-up.

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KTM’s Pedro Acosta, who lost a Sprint podium after a tyre pressure penalty, moves up to second on the grid while Bagnaia joins the front row.

However, Acosta began the day with a fast crash at Turn 2 in warm-up, followed shortly after by a lowside for Jack Miller at Turn 1.

Miller’s Pramac Yamaha team-mate Toprak Razgatlioglu was an impressive fifth in warm-up, behind di Giannantonio and Enea Bastianini, who was promoted to third on Saturday after Acosta’s penalty.

Bezzecchi and Luca Marini have two-place grid penalties for obstructing Marc Marquez in qualifying, demoting them to fourth and eleventh on the grid.

2026 US MotoGP, COTA – Warm-up ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)2’1.631s5/5340k2Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.089s5/5347k3Fabio Di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)+0.462s5/5339k4Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.476s4/5344k5Toprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*+0.513s5/5333k6Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)+0.564s5/5335k7Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)+0.661s5/5342k8Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.674s5/5341k9Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)+0.739s5/5338k10Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+0.775s5/5341k11Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26)+0.793s5/5340k12Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)+0.848s5/5344k13Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)+0.853s5/5344k14Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.010s5/5331k15Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)+1.061s5/5337k16Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.160s5/5337k17Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)+1.366s5/5341k18Jack MillerAUSPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.368s3/5334k19Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*+1.569s3/5336k20Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.983s4/5336k21Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)+2.316s2/2339k

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* Rookie

Official COTA MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Fabio di Giannantonio, Ducati, 2m 0.136s (2026)

Fastest race lap: Marc Marquez, Ducati, 2m 2.221s (2025)

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