Marc Márquez triumphs, relive the MotoGP Brazilian GP Sprint with live text commentary

Despite narrowly missing out on Q1, Fabio Di Giannantonio caused a major upset on the Brazilian circuit, snatching the second pole position of his career. MotoGP since his first success on the Mugello circuit in 2022 during his first season.

The qualifying session was also marked by repeated crashes on a clearly treacherous track where even Marco Bezzecchi and Marc Márquez were caught out. More of a scare than anything serious, however, as both riders started on the front row alongside the day's pole-sitter. fabio quartararo also caused a sensation, bringing his M1 up to fourth position.

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MotoGP – Brazilian Grand Prix
Relive the race in live text

20:44 PM – 👋Thank you for following us for this superb Sprint, see you tomorrow at 19pm for the Brazilian Grand Prix, the first in 22 years!

15 / 15 - 📊 The final standings of the Brazilian Sprint:

15/15 – 🏁MARC MARQUEZ WINS🏁 The Spaniard equals Jorge Martin, until now the sole holder of the record for the most wins in Sprint.

15 / 15 - Fabio Di Giannantonio rejoins the fray on the final lap.

13 / 15 - Marc Márquez takes the lead in the Sprint, to the cheers of the crowd.

13 / 15 - Fabio Di Giannantonio is widening the gap on his pursuer! Just a few more laps to hold on to secure his first Sprint victory.

12 / 15 - Marc Márquez continues to close the gap on Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Spaniard only has a few laps left to attempt an attack.

11/15 – 💥Maverick Viñales crashes out. Third retirement. 

10 / 15 - 📊 The state of the peloton with five laps to go in the Sprint:

9 / 15 - Jorge Martin is faster than Marc Márquez. Will he catch the nine-time world champion?

9/15 – 🇫🇷 The Frenchman gets back up but is forced to abandon.

8/15 – 🟡 Johann Zarco crashed in the first corner of the circuit. The yellow flag is waved.

7 / 15 - Will Fabio Di Giannantonio withstand the attacks of Marc Márquez, who is very threatening at the back?

7 / 15 - Jorge Martin is now chasing Marc Márquez, after having overtaken Marco Bezzecchi, who went too wide.

6 / 15 - The Japanese and the Frenchman are swapping fifth place! The battle is raging in Goiânia.

5 / 15 - Ai Ogura continues his excellent run in Brazil and puts pressure on the Frenchman from Yamaha.

5 / 15 - 📊 The status of the discrepancies:

4 / 15 - Starting seventh, Fermín Aldeguer dropped to seventeenth place… A difficult start for the Spaniard.

4/15 – 🇫🇷 Fabio Quartararo slips to fourth position.

3 / 15 - Marc Márquez has done it, relegating Fabio Quartararo to third place once again.

2 / 15 - Diogo Moreira took off like a rocket, the local favorite is in tenth position.

1/15 – 🇫🇷 Fabio Quartararo snatches second place from Marc Márquez

1 / 15 - Fabio Di Giannantonio got off to an excellent start while Marc Márquez took the lead from Marco Bezzecchi.

20:20 PM – 🟢The Brazilian Sprint is FINALLY underway! 

20h20 - Francesco Bagnaia and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu are the only drivers using medium tires.

20h15 - At the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, the start will be key, as overtaking is difficult on the Brazilian track.

20:10 – 🇫🇷 Since the start of the weekend, Johann Zarco has only ridden on the soft tire and will continue in this vein for the Sprint race. 

20h05 - 🇧🇷 Local star Diogo Moreira is fourteenth, four places behind his French teammate Johann Zarco.

20h00 - 🟢 The drivers take to the track, 20 minutes before the start of the Sprint race

19h57 - 🇫🇷 Fabio Quartararo will start from fourth place. His best qualifying position since his third place in Portugal last season.

19h55 - Starting ninth on the grid, Pedro Acosta will be aiming for a second consecutive victory on Saturday after his controversial win in Thailand. This is his worst qualifying result since Misano 2025.

19h50 - Back in MotoGP after missing the opening round, Fermín Aldeguer will start in seventh position, even though he is limping in the paddock, leaning on a crutch!

19h45 - Despite the events of the day, the Goiânia circuit, completely resurfaced to host MotoGP, had passed all the FIM validation tests at the end of February to be homologated.

19h40 - 🇯🇵 Ai Ogura qualified sixth after setting the fastest time in FP2. The Trackhouse Aprilia rider was a genuine contender for pole position on his final lap before losing time in the last sector. He would have become the first Japanese rider to take first place since Takaaki Nakagami in 2020 at Teruel, held in Aragon.

19h35 - 🇪🇸 Marc Márquez will be aiming for his first Sprint victory since last year’s Catalan Grand Prix in order to equal Jorge Martín’s record of 16 Saturday wins.

19h30 - Starting second in the Sprint, Marco Bezzecchi ended a run of three consecutive pole positions. He nevertheless secured his fourth consecutive front-row start… Could a fifth Sprint victory be on the cards?

19h25 - ‼️In Moto2, competitors will have to wait until Sunday morning (local time) for their qualifying session due to the postponement of the Sprint race. Moto3 riders will take to the track after the MotoGP Sprint.

19h20 - Besides this subsidence of the track, it is turn 4 which has trapped more than one driver, with a total of seven crashes in the same place since the start of the weekend!

19h15 -  🇮🇹 When the Sprint race finally gets underway, Fabio Di Giannantonio will be aiming for his first Sprint victory, which would make him the 10th different winner of this format on the current grid, and the 11th overall.

19h10 - ‼️The start of the Sprint is postponed again, to 20:20pm (Paris time) in principle.

19h05 - The starting grid for this Sprint in Brazil:

1) Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati)
2) Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia)
3) Marc Marquez (Ducati)

4) 🇫🇷​ Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
5) Jorge Martin (Aprilia)
6) Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia)

7) Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati)
8) Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
9) Pedro Acosta (KTM)

10) 🇫🇷​ Johann Zarco (LCR Honda)
11) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
12) Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (Pramac Yamaha)

13) Joan Mir (Honda)
14) Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda)
15) Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati)

16) Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Aprilia)
17) Alex Rins (Yamaha)
18) Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha)

19) Luca Marini (Honda)
20) Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM)
21) Brad Binder (KTM)

22) Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM)

19h00 - 💭 After tests disrupted by rain, Marc Márquez was surprised by the dry track.  “It’s never easy when it’s your first time riding in the dry and you have to push hard right away! In the thirty minutes of FP2, we were able to fine-tune the bike a bit, and then we had to go for it. I’m happy to be on the front row because I was expecting much worse on this circuit, and so far I’m holding my own pretty well. We’ll see if we can stay with the top two during the afternoon Sprint.”

18h55 -‼️The start of the Sprint race is now scheduled for 19:35 PM, after a collapse of the track.

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