Relive the 2026 Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix with live text commentary

MotoGP 2026 – Spanish Grand Prix
The race in live text

14h44 - Jorge Martín finished fourth ahead of the two Aprilia Trackhouse bikes, and Johann Zarco who finished seventh.

25/25 – 🏁 Álex Márquez wins the Spanish Grand Prix! Victory without any dispute for the n°73, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Di Giannantonio.

25 / 25 - Ai Ogura overtakes his teammate at the hairpin, he moves into fifth place.

25 / 25 - Last lap for Alex Márquez!

24 / 25 - Beware of Joan Mir's attack on fabio quartararo The two former world champions are battling for fourteenth place. What a difficult situation for them!

23 / 25 - And now Ai Ogura also manages to overtake the Frenchman, who now sits in seventh place.

22 / 25 - Raúl Fernández finds an opening on Johann Zarco for fifth place.

21 / 25 - The situation five laps from the finish:

20 / 25 - Joan Mir continues his climb after his two penalties, he is now fifteenth, in the points.

19 / 25 - The top three are firmly on the podium, with Jorge Martín, fourth, 3,5 seconds behind Fabio Di Giannantonio.

17 / 25 - There is now a 2,2 second gap between the two leaders.

16 / 25 - The ranking ten laps from the finish:

15 / 25 - Another attack at the hairpin, Bastianini finds the opening again! Ogura manages this time to get through three corners further on.

14 / 25 - Ogura makes his first attack on Bastianini for seventh place, and the Italian immediately responds.

14 / 25 - The gap now rises to two seconds between Márquez and Bezzecchi, while Bagnaia returns to the pits.

13 / 25 - 🛠️ Mechanical problem for Pecco Bagnaia, Grand Prix to forget for the official Ducati team.

12 / 25 - Fermín Aldeguer is starting to put pressure on Pedro Acosta for tenth place.

11 / 25 - We are approaching the halfway point of the race, the peloton has now found its cruising rhythm.

8 / 25 - Álex Márquez now has a 1,5 second lead, Marco Bezzecchi must have made a small mistake and he sees Fabio Di Giannantonio closing in on him.

7 / 25 - Pecco Bagnaia slipped through on the final corner to take ninth place from Pedro Acosta. The Spaniard lost an aerodynamic appendage after touching the rear of Raúl Fernández's bike.

7 / 25 - The gaps are stabilizing at the front of the race, it should be noted that Joan Mir has served his two long-laps, and that Toprak Razgatlıoğlu has served his, obtained yesterday for contact with Lorenzo Savadori.

6 / 25 - The standings after the first five rounds, a great comeback now for Raúl Fernández:

5 / 25 - Bezzecchi is closing in on Márquez, with four tenths of a second separating the two men now.

4 / 25 - Enea Bastianini takes the top spot as KTM's best rider by overtaking Pedro Acosta, who returns the favor in the first corner!

4 / 25 - Fabio Di Giannantonio joins the battle, overtaking Jorge Martín for the third step of the podium.

3 / 25 - Both factory Aprilias therefore made it onto the podium, six tenths of a second behind Álex Márquez. Johann Zarco held on in fifth place for the time being.

2/25 – 💥 HUGE FALL FOR MARC MÁRQUEZ! Car number 93 loses control in the right-hand corners at the end of the lap, losing the front end in the fastest corner of the circuit. He's okay, but it's a retirement!

2 / 25 - Álex Márquez takes the lead over his older brother, he is in the lead of the Grand Prix!

2 / 25 - The standings after the first round:

1 / 25 - Álex Márquez takes the lead over Bezzecchi, and for the first time this season, a rider other than #72 leads a lap in a Grand Prix!

1 / 25 - Jorge Martín is already fourth, ahead of Johann Zarco.

1/25 – 🟢 The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​underway! A very good start for Marc Márquez and Marco Bezzecchi, the Italian takes second place!

14h01 - Ducati has won five consecutive Grand Prix races at Jerez, the last one thanks to Álex Márquez last year, the Spaniard securing his first Grand Prix victory on that occasion. MotoGP.

14h - The formation lap of the Spanish Grand Prix has begun.

13h58 - The safety car leaves the starting grid, the fourth Grand Prix of the year will kick off in five minutes.

13:57 p.m. – ☀️ The drivers put on their helmets a few minutes before the start of the Grand Prix. 26°C in the air, 40 on the track, all drivers on medium tires front and rear.

13h52 - 97,000 spectators are gathered this Sunday in Jerez, while army helicopters fly over the circuit at the end of the Spanish anthem.

13h50 - Having won the first three Grands Prix of the season, can Marco Bezzecchi make it four in a row this Sunday? We'll start to find out in ten minutes…

13h44 - The drivers are gathered at the front of the grid for a bit of flamenco before the Spanish national anthem!

13h42 - For now, all drivers are choosing to start with a medium tire on the front and another on the rear, but changes can take place up to five minutes before the start.

13h40 - The starting grid for this fourth round of the season, with Johann Zarco on the front row!

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) Enea Bastianini – KTM Tech3
8) Raúl Fernández – Aprilia Trackhouse
9) Francesco Bagnaia – Ducati
10) Jorge Martín – Aprilia – Penalized three places
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

13h37 - The drivers head towards the starting grid, a little over twenty minutes before the lights go out!

13h33 - Joan Mir will have to serve a double long-lap penalty today, for driving while ignoring a black and orange flag (forcing a driver to return to the pits to fix a mechanical problem) during Free Practice 2.

13h32 - Unlike yesterday, the weather is very nice in Jerez this Sunday, bright sunshine and it's starting to get quite warm!

13:30 p.m. – 👋 Hello everyone, welcome to AUTOhebdo.fr to follow the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix live from Jerez!