Rain causes chaos; relive the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix sprint with live text commentary.

MotoGP – Spanish Grand Prix 
Relive the sprint race in live text

👋 Thank you all for following this particularly exciting sprint race with us on AUTOhebdo.fr. See you tomorrow at 14 PM for the Grand Prix, which we hope will be just as crazy!

🇫🇷 Respectively 7th and 8th, fabio quartararo Johann Zarco and Johann Zarco are both in the points! We were hoping for better from Zarco, second on the grid, but it's already very good that the Cannes native was able to see the finish line while many of his rivals fell. 

🏆 Sprint race results 

⚠️ As a reminder, there is a topic about Marc Marquez's pit entry following his crash, which could cause him a penalty. 

🏁 MARC MARQUEZ WINS! The Spaniard triumphs amidst the chaos, despite crashing at the start of the rainy season. He finishes ahead of Pecco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli at the end of a completely crazy race where all the riders pitted to change bikes. 

12 / 12 - And Johann Zarco is even 8th after overtaking Luca Marini, Brad Binder takes 4th place from Fabio Di Giannantonio.

12 / 12 - LAST ROUND! Johann Zarco moves up to 9th place and is in the points.

11 / 12 - Marc Marquez took the lead with a commanding overtake on Pecco Bagnaia. The Spaniard should cross the finish line first, but we'll have to wait a bit because his pit stop where he cut the grass after his crash could cost him a penalty.

11 / 12 - The provisional standings for this completely crazy race

10/12 – 💥 Marco Bezzecchi and Joan Mir crash, Fabio Quartararo drops to 7th!

10/12 – 🏳️ Everyone pits except Fermin Aldeguer, who is overtaken by Pecco Bagnaia, the new leader ahead of Marc Marquez!

9/12 – 💥Series of crashes! Alex Marquez, Jack Miller, and Pedro Acosta are all down. It's crazy what's happening!

9/12 – 🏳️ After his crash, Marquez returns to the pits to get his rain-set bike; Binder, Bagnaia, and Morbidelli have also returned. Is this the right gamble?

9/12 – 💥 MARC MARQUEZ FALLS!

9/12 – 🟡 YELLOW FLAG! Toprak Razgatlioglu fell, taking Lorenzo Savadori down with him.

8 / 12 - He's overtaken Alex Marquez! A very nice attack from the Gresini rider who takes the lead while Fabio Di Giannantonio continues to come back like a bullet.

7 / 12 - Up front, the gaps have narrowed: Alex Marquez has closed the gap to Marc Marquez, while Fabio Di Giannantonio has taken advantage to close the gap to the Spanish duo. There are now only seven tenths of a second between the Italian and the Gresini of the younger Marquez brother, whereas it was 1.4 seconds a lap ago.

6 / 12 - The provisional classification:

5/12 – 🇫🇷 Johann Zarco puts on a show! He crosses and uncrosses with Pedro Acosta and manages to pass in front of the Spaniard, who in the process is also overtaken by Enea Bastianini!

4 / 12 - Ouch, ouch, ouch… Johann Zarco loses two positions in quick succession to Fabio Di Giannantonio and Raul Fernandez. He is now trying to hold off the KTMs as the rain falls more and more heavily.

4/12 – 🏳️ WHITE FLAG! The race is now "flag-to-flag", so riders can come in to change bikes if the first drops of rain intensify.

3 / 12 - The provisional classification:

3 / 12 - Alex Marquez has moved ahead of Johann Zarco, who now has Fabio Di Giannantonio very close behind him.

2/12 – ⚠️ Technical problem for Jorge Martin! Just after taking 3rd place from Alex Marquez, the Spaniard parked, the front brake disc was incandescent, which is not normal.

1 / 12 - Mixed fortunes at Aprilia: Jorge Martin moves up to 4th, while Marco Bezzecchi missed his start and finds himself in 14th.

15:02 p.m. – 🟢 IT'S OFF IN JEREZ! Marc Marquez maintains his lead ahead of Johann Zarco and Alex Marquez. Di Gianntonio has lost three places. 

15h - Note that the air temperature is 22°C and the track temperature is 25°C. No rain is forecast at the moment, but the sky is very grey.

15 p.m. – Round trip to MotoGP with the start of the warm-up lap!

14h56 - After the sprint race, don't hesitate, if you like the rally, go check out our live stream WRC where Sébastien Ogier play for victory in the Canary Islands!

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14h51 -For Fabio Quartararo, it continues to be difficult: the Frenchman is only 17th, behind Yamaha's usual test rider, Augusto Fernandez.

14h46 - Although it remains dry, clouds continue to gather around the circuit…

14:44 – 💬 Diogo Moreira, last on the grid: « The strategy today will be to attack from the first lap to the last! I can't afford to lose anything, so I'm going to try to overtake my opponents, and we'll see what happens.

14h42 - The drivers return to the starting grid; it is now time to decide with the engineers which tires to use for this fourth Sprint of the year.

14h40 - The pit lane is open, the drivers are heading out to discover the conditions on this Jerez track.

14h37 - Marc Márquez will start from pole position ahead of Johann Zarco and Fabio Di Giannantonio, the full grid:

1) Marc Marquez – Ducati
2) Johann Zarco – Honda LCR
3) Fabio Di Giannantonio – Ducati VR46
4) Marco Bezzecchi – Aprilia
5) Alex Marquez – Ducati Gresini
6) Pedro Acosta – KTM
7) Jorge Martín – Aprilia
8) Enea Bastianini – KTM Tech3
9) Raúl Fernández – Aprilia Trackhouse
10) Francesco Bagnaia – Ducati
11) Ai Ogura – Aprilia Trackhouse
12) Fermín Aldeguer – Ducati Gresini
13) Brad Binder – KTM
14) Joan Mir – Honda
15) Luca Marini – Honda
16) Augusto Fernandez – Yamaha
17) Fabio Quartararo – Yamaha
18) Franco Morbidelli – Ducati VR46
19) Toprak Razgatlıoğlu – Yamaha Pramac
20) Lorenzo Savadori – Aprilia
21) Alex Rins – Yamaha
22) Jack Miller – Yamaha Pramac
23) Diogo Moreira – Honda LCR

14h32 - While qualifying took place in changing conditions, the sun quickly returned to Jerez de la Frontera, and Moto2 and Moto3 qualifying saw riders set times similar to yesterday's. But beware, the clouds are returning somewhat…

14h30 - Hello everyone and welcome to AUTOhebdo.fr to follow the sprint race of the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix together, the fifth round of the 2026 season. The start is scheduled in 30 minutes!