After solely every week off, MotoGP returns to motion because the paddock descends on the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli alongside the Adriatic Riviera. With simply two rounds remaining In Italy and in Austria earlier than the sequence heads abroad, the stress is mounting for Spherical 14 of the 2026 season.
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Marc Márquez may take the MotoGP championship lead
The stakes may hardly be larger following a pivotal weekend in Aragon that compressed the highest three within the standings. Marc Márquez swept each the Dash and the principle race in Spain, closing the hole to championship chief Jorge Martín to only 19 factors.
The Spaniard may take the lead in Misano, a sensible prospect given his document: since Misano returned to the calendar in 2007, Márquez has claimed victory six occasions, greater than some other rider on the circuit.
However, doubt nonetheless lingers over the 2025 champion’s bodily situation, Marc Márquez having just lately posted a photograph revealing the lasting toll on his repeatedly injured proper arm.
The Spaniard has traditionally favoured anticlockwise circuits, a desire heightened by recurring accidents to his proper arm and shoulder, which Misano, with its 10 proper hand turns and 6 left hand turns, isn’t.
Excessive expectations at residence for Marco Bezzecchi
In the meantime, native hero Marco Bezzecchi arrives at his residence race carrying momentum. After a troublesome run that started at Balaton Park, the Italian has launched the second half of his 2026 marketing campaign on a extra constructive be aware.
Regardless of battling a painful left knee, the Rimini native constructed on his pair of podium finishes at Silverstone by storming to an excellent pole place and two extra podiums in Aragon.
These outcomes introduced him inside 24 factors of teammate Jorge Martín, who endured a more durable outing in Spain, managing solely two prime 5 finishes. Even so, Martín has efficiently rebuilt a niche, extending what was a slim 11-point lead previous to the summer season break.
Nonetheless, a Sunday victory for Bezzecchi would mark a number of milestones, with Italy’s three hundredth premier class win, Bezzecchi’s eleventh profession victory throughout 11 totally different circuits, and Aprilia’s first-ever win at Misano.
Climate threatens San Marino GP
Unusually for this time of yr, climate may play a task within the GP’s final result. Rain threatens to disrupt a number of classes all through the weekend as heavy clouds hover over the monitor, although Sunday’s Grand Prix is anticipated to flee the worst of it.
Lastly, the grid will probably be in need of two full-time entries. Attributable to a left thumb harm, Trackhouse Racing’s Ai Ogura stays sidelined after lacking the Aragon GP, the place Aprilia take a look at rider Lorenzo Savadori substituted for him. For this weekend, the squad has opted to not discipline a substitute.
Over within the Tech3 storage, KTM take a look at rider Pol Espargaró steps in for Maverick Viñales for the third consecutive weekend. Viñales continues to recuperate from a left shoulder harm sustained on the Sachsenring in 2025, together with his absence, stretching again to the 2026 British GP, coming amid rising pressure between the Spaniard and the French outfit.