Marc Márquez clinched victory in San Marino GP to take the MotoGP championship lead forward of brother Alex and Pedro Acosta, whereas native hero Marco Bezzecchi crashed out of the lead on opening lap.
On the primary lap of his residence Grand Prix, Marco Bezzecchi had held the lead from pole place, trying poised to win in entrance of his crowd. Nevertheless, it was to not be. The Rimini native crashed out earlier than finishing the opening lap. His exit left Marc Márquez main the pack, with Jorge Martín looming shut behind.
Martín made his transfer on lap 7, overtaking Márquez for the lead, however the nine-time World Champion fought again to reclaim the highest spot 5 laps later. In the meantime, Álex Márquez closed the hole to the main pair and executed a exact manoeuvre on lap 14 to affix his brother on the entrance. The setback left Martín weak to Pedro Acosta, who seized the chance to assault the Aprilia rider.
Marc Marquez leads the MotoGP 2026 championship
Along with his fifth victory of the 2026 season, Marc Márquez snatched the championship lead from Jorge Martín, changing into the fourth rider to carry the highest spot this marketing campaign after Pedro Acosta, Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martín. Although tied on factors with the Aprilia rider, Márquez claims the general lead by advantage of his 5 Grand Prix wins, greater than every other rider on the grid this season.
The Spaniard crossed the road forward of his brother Álex Márquez and Pedro Acosta, main an all-Spanish high six rounded out by Fermín Aldeguer, Jorge Martín, and Raúl Fernández, a primary within the championship’s historical past. Fabio Di Giannantonio completed because the main Italian in seventh place, forward of Luca Marini and Enea Bastianini.
Additional down the order, Fabio Quartararo secured his greatest Grand Prix end because the return from the summer time break, taking tenth forward of Brad Binder. Pramac rider Toprak Razgatlıoğlu took twelfth forward of Franco Morbidelli, who salvaged two factors in thirteenth regardless of serving an extended lap penalty. Alternative rider Pol Espargaró completed 14th forward of Johann Zarco in fifteenth, who suffered a late-race crash two laps from the checkered flag.
It was an equally punishing race elsewhere on the grid. Jack Miller and Diogo Moreira each crashed out on lap 2, whereas Francesco Bagnaia’s nightmare weekend continued with one other early retirement following a crash.
