Marc Marquez Beats Bezzecchi to Win San Marino GP Sprint

Ducati rider Marc Marquez secured his sixth sprint victory of the 2026 MotoGP season at the San Marino Grand Prix. Starting from second on the grid for the 13-lap contest, Marquez overtook polesitter Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia into Turn 1 at the start to take the lead.

Marquez quickly established a one-second lead by lap five. Although Bezzecchi managed to halve the gap on lap eight, Marquez responded by setting the fastest lap of the race to push his advantage back up to 0.8 seconds before taking the chequered flag.

Jorge Martin completed the podium in third place for Aprilia after passing Fabio di Giannantonio on lap seven. Behind the leaders, Alex Marquez recovered from two crashes in qualifying to claim fifth place, finishing ahead of Pedro Acosta and Raul Fernandez. The remaining top-10 positions were filled by Fermin Aldeguer, Luca Marini, and Johann Zarco.