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Marquez crashes, then delivers MotoGP’s biggest pole margin in seven years

Marquez crashes, then delivers MotoGP’s biggest pole margin in seven years

Trev by Trev
October 24, 2026
in MotoGP, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Racing

MotoGP 2026

Round 18 – Phillip Island – MotoGP Qualifying

Aprilia had four bikes in the top five on Friday afternoon, but Phillip Island’s changing weather would give Saturday morning a very different complexion.

As detailed in our Friday practice report, Marco Bezzecchi led Raul Fernandez by 0.072 seconds, with Marc Marquez third ahead of Ai Ogura and championship leader Jorge Martin. Jack Miller missed direct entry to Q2 by just 0.067 seconds, while Pecco Bagnaia also faced the extra hurdle of Q1.

Our Friday rider quotes reflected the different moods in those garages. Marquez was encouraged by his improving feeling and targeting the front row, Miller remained positive about his pace despite two crashes, and Bagnaia was hoping a change in the weather might help shuffle the order.

Some kerbing had been breaking up at points around the circuit, prompting officials to reprofile the affected sections overnight to remove sharp edges.

Marini ruled unfit

Before Saturday’s action began, Luca Marini was ruled unfit despite continued rest and treatment for the virus he picked up in Indonesia. His target is to return next weekend in Malaysia, where he will undergo another medical assessment.

Dr Angel Charte – MotoGP Chief Medical Officer

“For the past week, Luca Marini has been suffering from a viral condition and a high fever for three to four days. For the last 48 to 72 hours, he has been suffering from muscle weakness caused by the virus, affecting both his upper and lower body. During the last examination, conducted on Saturday morning, he presented with the same symptoms and was declared unfit. His condition will be assessed again in Malaysia.”

MotoGP Free Practice Two

FP2 got underway at 1010 on a wet track, although the clouds were holding fire as riders left pit-lane. Bagnaia’s Ducati was also holding fire, the Italian rolling to a stop shortly after heading out and having to park the bike before making his way back to the pits on foot.

Little had gone right for Pecco so far this weekend, and Saturday had offered him another unwelcome complication. He eventually returned to record the 11th-fastest time, 2.338 seconds behind his team-mate.

Rear view of Francesco Bagnaia on his number 63 Ducati, with his leg extended and rear safety light illuminated.
Francesco Bagnaia faces a sixth-row start after an interrupted FP2 session and sixth place in Q1. Image: RbMotoLens.

The track began drying relatively quickly, but there was still enough moisture around to keep riders busy saving slides. Marquez led much of the session before putting down a 1m37.112 on his tenth lap, the first flying lap of his second run.

More telling than that single time was what followed. Marc closed with five consecutive laps of 1m37.112, 1m37.849, 1m37.722, 1m37.507 and 1m37.433. Every one was quicker than any other rider’s best lap of the session, and he did it on the same soft wet tyres used during his opening run.

Marc Marquez leans his red number 93 Ducati into a corner at Phillip Island, with his knee close to the track.
Marc Marquez ended FP2 with five consecutive laps in the 1m37s. Every one was faster than any other rider’s best of the session. Image: RbMotoLens.

Pedro Acosta finally joined him in the 1m37s with a 1m37.935 on his last lap, but that still left the KTM rider 0.823 seconds adrift. Martin also improved on his final lap to claim third with a 1m38.130, just 0.086 seconds ahead of factory Aprilia team-mate Bezzecchi.

Pedro Acosta corners on his orange number 37 KTM, with his body low beside the motorcycle.
Pedro Acosta was the only rider to join Marquez in the 1m37s during FP2, finishing 0.823 seconds behind. Image: RbMotoLens.

Johann Zarco was typically competitive in the sketchy conditions, taking fifth ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez. Miller was the leading Yamaha in eighth, only 0.028 seconds ahead of Raul Fernandez, while Diogo Moreira completed the top ten.

Ogura, fourth on Friday afternoon, finished at the opposite end of the timesheet in 20th. The Trackhouse rider had flagged his lack of wet-weather experience on Friday, and Saturday morning was providing a demanding lesson.

Phillip Island MotoGP FP2 Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Speed
1 M. Marquez Duc 1m37.112 335.4
2 P. Acosta KTM +0.823 334.4
3 J. Martin Apr +1.018 337.5
4 M. Bezzecchi Apr +1.104 335.4
5 J. Zarco Hon +1.240 326.3
6 F. Di Giannantonio Duc +1.354 318.7
7 A. Marquez Duc +1.375 335.4
8 J. Miller Yam +1.596 316.8
9 R. Fernandez Apr +1.624 325.4
10 D. Moreira Hon +2.226 324.4
11 F. Bagnaia Duc +2.338 334.4
12 M. Viñales KTM +2.374 325.4
13 B. Binder KTM +2.401 326.3
14 A. Rins Yam +2.533 329.3
15 I. Lecuona Duc +2.837 326.3
16 E. Bastianini KTM +2.863 332.3
17 F. Quartararo Yam +2.937 325.4
18 A. Fernandez Yam +3.009 310.4
19 F. Morbidelli Duc +3.042 321.5
20 A. Ogura Apr +4.318 320.5

MotoGP Q1

After a short break, the ten riders who had missed Friday’s direct Q2 cut headed out to fight for the two remaining places. Zarco immediately set the pace, his early 1m36.557 already quicker than Marquez had managed in FP2, with Miller initially his closest challenger.

The Frenchman subsequently lowered the benchmark to 1m35.997 after fitting a fresh soft wet rear while retaining his original soft front. Bagnaia briefly moved ahead of Miller into second as the Australian prepared for his final run.

Brad Binder had been at the foot of the order before producing a 1m35.996 to take the lead by a single thousandth. The South African had switched from a soft to a medium wet rear, and Miller made the same change for his second run.

Jack made that fresh medium rear count immediately. His first flying lap after the stop was a 1m35.461, putting the Pramac Yamaha more than half a second clear and giving the home crowd something to cheer.

Jack Miller leans his purple number 43 Pramac Yamaha into a corner on wet-weather tyres at Phillip Island.
Jack Miller topped Q1 by one thousandth of a second before qualifying fifth for his home Grand Prix. Image: RbMotoLens.

Zarco responded on his final lap with a 1m35.462, missing Miller by the smallest possible margin. Comparing their best laps, Jack had been 0.313 seconds quicker through the first three sectors, but Zarco clawed back 0.312 in the final sector. One thousandth separated them at the line.

Both advanced to Q2, with Binder missing out by 0.534 seconds. Iker Lecuona was fourth, Maverick Viñales fifth and Bagnaia sixth, leaving Pecco 16th on the combined qualifying classification. Augusto Fernandez, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli completed the Q1 order.

MotoGP Q2

Rain started blowing across the circuit from Bass Strait as Q2 got underway, adding another complication to an already difficult morning. Marc Marquez was the first to get caught out, losing the front under braking into Turn Four before putting a time on the board.

He tried to save it, but the Ducati went too far and too quickly. Marc managed to keep the clutch in, get back to the pits and jump on his spare bike while Zarco established the early benchmark ahead of Alex Marquez and Moreira.

Marc wasted little time on his return. His first completed flying lap was a 1m36.049, enough to take over at the top as the session moved into its second half. Zarco, Alex Marquez, Di Giannantonio and Moreira followed, while championship leader Martin was still down in tenth.

There was another pit visit to come for Marc, however. The timing sheets record soft wets front and rear for that first completed lap, then a retained soft front and a medium wet rear for his final run. That medium rear already had two laps on it when the run began.

Zarco put the Honda back on provisional pole with a 1m35.706 in the closing minutes, before Miller improved to second with a 1m35.984. The Australian’s Q2 best came on a fresh soft wet rear, after his successful medium-rear gamble in Q1.

Then Marc arrived. He was 0.723 seconds under Zarco’s benchmark at the third split and found another 0.780 through the final sector. The clock stopped at 1m34.203, a staggering 1.503 seconds quicker than the provisional pole time.

Marc Marquez leans his number 93 factory Ducati through a left-hand corner, wearing a turquoise helmet.
A crash, a bike change and a 1m34.203: Marc Marquez secured pole by 1.494 seconds at Phillip Island – Image RbMotoLens

Alex Marquez’s final lap trimmed the eventual winning margin to 1.494 seconds, MotoGP’s biggest pole margin since Marc himself dominated qualifying at Brno in 2019. A crash, a spare Ducati and a lap that made a wet Phillip Island look rather less wet than it felt to everyone else.

It was also a record sixth MotoGP pole at Phillip Island for Marquez, moving him ahead of Casey Stoner’s five. His performance ended Aprilia’s run of six consecutive poles, while the Italian manufacturer missed the front row for the first time since the Sachsenring.

The sector analysis underlined the performance. Marc set the fastest time in all four sectors on that same pole lap, and he completed only two valid flying laps in the entire session: the 1m36.049 that first put him on top, then the 1m34.203 that settled it.

Marc Marquez – Pole

“Just to cover my big mistake. You cannot crash in the first lap because it means that you don’t have a lap time. I did a big mistake on that Turn Four, but then the team were ready with the other bike.”

Close-up of Marc Marquez’s eyes inside his turquoise Shoei helmet, with the visor raised.
Marquez put his early mistake behind him to claim a record sixth MotoGP pole at Phillip Island, moving ahead of Casey Stoner.

Marc said he had kept his focus and tried to recover the feeling he had enjoyed during free practice before committing everything to the final lap.

Alex’s 1m35.697 secured second by just 0.009 seconds over Zarco. The Gresini rider had initially doubted that an improvement would be possible when the rain intensified during his pit stop, only to find another opportunity when it stopped again.

Alex Marquez corners on his blue number 73 Gresini Ducati, with his left knee close to the asphalt.
Alex Marquez delivered his best lap at the end of Q2 to claim second, just 0.009 seconds ahead of Johann Zarco – Image RbMotoLens
Alex Marquez – P2

“We are in front row. That was the main target for me. We are in a good feeling on dry and also wet. We never know what will happen in three hours, so you need to be ready for everything.”

Zarco’s front-row result completed a strong recovery from Q1. He had started Q2 on medium wets at both ends, then retained the medium front and fitted a soft rear when the returning rain suggested more grip was needed. When that rain cleared again, he was left wondering what the medium rear might have delivered.

Johann Zarco leans his red, white and green number 5 Castrol Honda into a left-hand corner at Phillip Island.
Johann Zarco progressed through Q1 and put the LCR Honda on the front row after another strong performance in changing conditions – Image RbMotoLens
Johann Zarco – P3

“We put a soft rear, and we go out. No rain anymore, so I got some improvement. But I think if I wait the last lap with a medium rear, maybe I can catch the pole. But pretty happy to put the Honda in first row.”

Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez and Johann Zarco pose with their helmets and Michelin caps after qualifying at Phillip Island.
Alex Marquez, pole-sitter Marc Marquez and Johann Zarco, left to right. Marc’s 1.494-second advantage was MotoGP’s biggest pole margin since Brno in 2019.

Martin improved to fourth on his final lap, just 0.074 seconds away from the front row. The leading Aprilia rider heads row two alongside Miller and Raul Fernandez, with the championship situation unchanged at the end of qualifying: Martin on 355 points, two ahead of Marc.

Fifth was Miller’s best qualifying result of the season, comfortably improving on his previous best of 11th. Having missed the direct Q2 cut on Friday, the Australian had fought through the extra session to secure his strongest grid position of 2026 at home.

Jorge Martin corners on his number 89 factory Aprilia, with the grooves of his wet-weather front tyre visible.
Championship leader Jorge Martin qualified fourth, the leading Aprilia rider, just 0.074 seconds behind the front row – Image RbMotoLens

Acosta, Di Giannantonio and Friday pacesetter Bezzecchi fill the third row, separated by only 0.020 seconds. For Bezzecchi, ninth was his second-worst qualifying result of the season, leaving the Italian facing a recovery job with 46 points to make up on Martin in the championship.

Di Giannantonio believed the second row had been within reach, but said a slowing rider interrupted his qualifying lap. He remained encouraged by his feeling on the Ducati and confident in the race setup.

Fabio Di Giannantonio – P8

“Unfortunately, on our qualifying lap, a rider ahead slowed down at T3 and I couldn’t complete my ideal lap. Anyway, in the Sprint we will start from eighth place and we try to do the maximum as always, we have a good setup to do a good race.”

Moreira’s early 1m37.884 remained his best and left him tenth, ahead of Enea Bastianini and Ogura.

At the other end of the grid, Morbidelli reported setup difficulties and other problems, leaving VR46 searching for answers before the Sprint.

Miller starts fifth as the leading Yamaha, Zarco has Honda on the front row, and Marquez has given Ducati a commanding pole position after Friday’s Aprilia show of strength.

Phillip Island MotoGP Qualifying Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Speed
1 M. Marquez Duc 1m34.203 337.5
2 A. Marquez Duc +1.494 333.4
3 J. Zarco Hon +1.503 335.4
4 J. Martin Apr +1.577 340.7
5 J. Miller Yam +1.781 327.3
6 R. Fernandez Apr +1.947 337.5
7 P. Acosta KTM +2.297 342.9
8 F. Di Giannantonio Duc +2.303 334.4
9 M. Bezzecchi Apr +2.317 337.5
10 D. Moreira Hon +3.681 329.3
11 E. Bastianini KTM +4.444 335.4
12 A. Ogura Apr +5.186 333.4
Q1
13 B. Binder KTM +1.793 336.5
14 I. Lecuona Duc +2.093 333.4
15 M. Viñales KTM +2.484 330.3
16 F. Bagnaia Duc +2.556 335.4
17 A. Fernandez Yam +2.575 316.8
18 A. Rins Yam +2.708 333.4
19 F. Quartararo Yam +3.037 328.3
20 F. Morbidelli Duc +3.701 325.4

Qualifying classification; the issued Sprint grid follows the same order.
All gaps are relative to the Q2 pole time. Speed in km/h.

2026 MotoGP Championship Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 J. Martin 355
2 M. Marquez 353
3 M. Bezzecchi 309
4 A. Ogura 259
5 P. Acosta 258
6 F. Di Giannantonio 245
7 R. Fernandez 236
8 A. Marquez 172
9 F. Bagnaia 166
10 F. Aldeguer 125
11 E. Bastianini 122
12 L. Marini 108
13 B. Binder 104
14 F. Quartararo 74
15 D. Moreira 74
16 F. Morbidelli 59
17 J. Zarco 51
18 J. Mir 33
19 J. Miller 28
20 A. Rins 25
21 T. Razgatlioglu 18
22 M. Viñales 12
23 I. Lecuona 9
24 A. Fernandez 6
25 P. Espargaro 5
26 S. Chantra 3
27 T. Nakagami 3
28 C. Crutchlow 0
29 J. Folger 0
30 L. Savadori 0
31 M. Pirro 0
32 A. Espargaro 0

Moto2 Free Practice Two

Izan Guevara denied Senna Agius top spot in a treacherous wet Moto2 FP2 session at Phillip Island, the championship contender finding a late 1m43.446s to finish 0.316 seconds clear of the Australian. Alonso Lopez and Tony Arbolino completed a leading quartet covered by less than six-tenths, with more than a second separating Guevara from fifth-placed Daniel Holgado.

The conditions caught riders out almost immediately. Deniz Öncü tumbled out at Southern Loop as the session got underway, before Alex Escrig suffered a mid-corner high-side at the fast turn one. Dani Muñoz then went down at the same corner, followed by his Italtrans team-mate Adrian Huertas, leaving the marshals at Doohan Corner with plenty of work to do.

Huertas appeared to suggest there might be fluid other than water on the surface at turn one, although that was not confirmed.

Luca Lunetta also came unstuck between turns four and five, while Mario Aji suffered a high-side at turn 11. With the air temperature at 15 degrees and the track at 18, Saturday morning was presenting a very different challenge to Friday’s dry running.

Agius was quick to establish himself among the front-runners. His first completed flying lap, a 1m48.641s, put him on top, and although Filip Salac, Guevara and Lopez all had spells at the head of the order, the Australian became the rider setting the targets through the middle stages.

A 1m44.313s on lap eight restored Agius to first place. He then chipped that down to 1m44.014s, 1m43.949s and 1m43.836s, putting together a convincing run while so many others were struggling simply to stay aboard.

Guevara had other ideas, however. With five minutes remaining, the BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha rider produced his 1m43.446s to take over by 0.390 seconds. Agius continued to attack, improving to 1m43.762s on his penultimate lap despite having to gather up a number of slides, but could not quite reclaim the position.

The sector times show how close that late response came to being enough. Through the first three sectors of his best lap, Agius was a combined 0.055 seconds quicker than Guevara had been on the benchmark lap. That included the fastest third sector of the session, but a final sector 0.371 seconds slower than Guevara’s left the Australian second overall.

Lopez’s 1m43.954s secured third, 0.192 seconds behind Agius, with Arbolino another 0.082 seconds back. Holgado and CFMOTO Aspar team-mate David Alonso took fifth and sixth, ahead of Salac, Celestino Vietti, Ayumu Sasaki and Taiyo Furusato.

Further down the order, Muñoz finished 21st, Lunetta 22nd, Aji 23rd, Öncü 24th and Huertas 25th. Escrig and Sergio Garcia ended the session without a timed flying lap.

Phillip Island Moto2 FP2 Results

MotoGP
Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Top
1 I. Guevara Bos 1m43.446 283.6
2 S. Agius Kal +0.316 280.0
3 A. Lopez Kal +0.508 280.7
4 T. Arbolino Kal +0.590 280.7
5 D. Holgado Kal +1.016 280.0
6 D. Alonso Kal +1.137 285.1
7 F. Salac Kal +1.256 277.8
8 C. Vietti Bos +1.577 282.1
9 A. Sasaki Kal +1.866 278.5
10 T. Furusato Kal +1.880 280.0
11 J. Roberts Kal +1.926 280.0
12 A. Ferrandez Bos +1.963 285.1
13 M. Gonzalez Kal +2.058 281.4
14 B. Baltus Kal +2.078 278.5
15 A. Piqueras Kal +2.125 279.2
16 J. Rueda Kal +2.750 280.0
17 I. Ortola Kal +3.164 283.6
18 Z. vd Goorbergh Kal +3.552 278.5
19 X. Zurutuza For +4.201 277.1
20 C. Veijer Kal +4.292 275.7
21 D. Muñoz Kal +5.114 275.7
22 L. Lunetta Bos +5.751 276.4
23 M. Aji Kal +6.111 275.7
24 D. Öncü Bos +7.556 275.7
25 A. Huertas Kal +13.843 263.6
NC S. Garcia Kal — —
NC A. Escrig For — —

Moto2 Championship Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Manuel GONZALEZ 265.5
2 Izan GUEVARA 260
3 Ivan ORTOLA 191.5
4 Daniel HOLGADO 170
5 David ALONSO 166
6 Senna AGIUS 165
7 Filip SALAC 153
8 Celestino VIETTI 133
9 Alonso LOPEZ 125.5
10 Daniel MUÑOZ 83
11 Tony ARBOLINO 82.5
12 Collin VEIJER 80.5
13 Alex ESCRIG 63
14 Barry BALTUS 60
15 Deniz ÖNCÜ 47.5
16 Joe ROBERTS 44
17 Jose Antonio RUEDA 43
18 Adrian HUERTAS 42
19 Luca LUNETTA 27
20 Ayumu SASAKI 24
21 Alberto FERRANDEZ 17.5
22 Aron CANET 17.5
23 Taiyo FURUSATO 17
24 Zonta VD GOORBERGH 14
25 Sergio GARCIA 11
26 Angel PIQUERAS 4
27 Mario AJI 3

Moto3 Free Practice Two

Newly crowned Moto3 World Champion Maximo Quiles mastered the wet conditions at Phillip Island on Saturday morning, topping FP2 by 0.534 seconds over Brian Uriarte. David Almansa was another 0.484 seconds behind in third, while Indonesian rookie Veda Pratama starred in fourth as the leading Honda rider.

With the air temperature at 15 degrees and the circuit at 18, there was little room for error on the wet track. David Muñoz received an early reminder of that when the rear broke loose on the exit of turn ten with just over 20 minutes remaining. His KTM snapped sideways and launched him into a violent high-side, giving the Spaniard the full tumble dryer treatment.

Leo Rammerstorfer also lost the rear at one of the Island’s slower corners, but his turn-four low-side was a much gentler affair. The Austrian recovered to finish ninth, while Muñoz was left down in 25th after a session interrupted by his crash.

Uriarte did much of the early pace-setting. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rookie worked down through 1m44.333s, 1m43.990s and 1m43.601s before posting his best of 1m43.411s on lap ten. A violent high-side at Southern Loop late in the session then ended his opportunity to answer Quiles.

Quiles had been building his speed behind him. A 1m43.343s on lap nine put the CFMOTO Aspar rider on top, before he extended the advantage with a 1m42.877s next time around. That was the only lap under 1m43s, and he followed it with another 1m43.863s before returning to the pits.

His fastest lap was particularly complete: Quiles joined all four of his personal-best sectors together, setting the outright fastest times in sectors one, three and four. Uriarte was fractionally quicker through the second sector, but Quiles’ gains elsewhere gave him a margin of more than half a second.

Almansa’s 1m43.895s made him the only other rider below 1m44s. Pratama was the best of the rest on 1m44.670s, improving during his second run and backing up his fastest lap with a 1m44.779s. The Honda Team Asia rider finished 0.388 seconds ahead of Rico Salmela, with Guido Pini sixth.

Home favourite Joel Kelso was seventh on the GRYD Racing Honda, his 1m45.189s just 0.019 seconds behind Pini. Joel Esteban, Rammerstorfer and Alvaro Carpe completed the top ten. Matteo Bertelle was a late faller at turn four as he tried to get the power down, finishing 14th on the timesheet.

For last-minute Australian stand-in Marianos Nikolis, the session was another steep learning exercise on the CODE Motorsports KTM. He rounded out the 26-rider field on 1m49.256s, but his lap sequence showed steady progress: from a first flying lap of 1m56.097s, he worked into the 1m49s and finished with three consecutive laps in that bracket.

Uriarte’s second place and Pratama’s fourth also put the rookie contest in focus. Uriarte arrived with an 88-point advantage over the Indonesian and a chance to clinch Rookie of the Year this weekend, but Pratama’s wet-weather showing ensured he remained one of the riders worth watching.

Phillip Island Moto3 FP2 Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Top
1 M. Quiles KTM 1m42.877 239.7
2 B. Uriarte KTM +0.534 235.0
3 D. Almansa KTM +1.018 238.6
4 V. Pratama Hon +1.793 237.6
5 R. Salmela KTM +2.181 239.2
6 G. Pini Hon +2.293 236.5
7 J. Kelso Hon +2.312 237.6
8 J. Esteban KTM +2.427 235.5
9 L. Rammerstorfer Hon +2.441 233.0
10 A. Carpe KTM +2.516 238.1
11 A. Fernandez Hon +2.688 240.2
12 C. O’Gorman Hon +2.881 237.1
13 V. Perrone KTM +2.888 240.2
14 M. Bertelle KTM +2.889 238.1
15 S. Ogden KTM +2.943 236.0
16 A. Cruces KTM +3.042 235.5
17 E. O’Shea Hon +3.152 241.3
18 M. Morelli KTM +3.335 235.5
19 K. Singhapong Hon +3.643 237.1
20 R. Moodley KTM +3.889 238.6
21 J. Rios Hon +3.968 232.0
22 Z. Mitani Hon +4.248 235.0
23 R. Yamanaka KTM +4.277 239.2
24 H. Danish KTM +4.439 234.5
25 D. Muñoz KTM +5.417 236.0
26 M. Nikolis KTM +6.379 236.5

Moto3 Championship Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Maximo QUILES 351
2 David ALMANSA 219
3 Brian URIARTE 203
4 Alvaro CARPE 191
5 Marco MORELLI 146
6 Valentin PERRONE 123
7 Veda PRATAMA 115
8 Matteo BERTELLE 109
9 Hakim DANISH 107
10 Rico SALMELA 92
11 Adrian CRUCES 83
12 Guido PINI 78
13 Joel ESTEBAN 73
14 Adrian FERNANDEZ 71
15 Casey O’GORMAN 70
16 Joel KELSO 67
17 Eddie O’SHEA 65
18 David MUÑOZ 61
19 Jesus RIOS 50
20 Ryusei YAMANAKA 44
21 Scott OGDEN 36
22 David GONZALEZ 7
23 Marcos URIARTE 6
24 Cormac BUCHANAN 5
25 Leo RAMMERSTORFER 4
26 Zen MITANI 2
27 Ruche MOODLEY 1
28 Kiattisak SINGHAPONG 1

MotoGP Calendar

Rnd
Date
Event
Circuit
1
01 Mar
Thai
Chang International Circuit
2
22 Mar
Brazil*
Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
3
29 Mar
US
Circuit of the Americas
4
26 Apr
Spain**
Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto
5
10 May
France
Le Mans
6
17 May
Catalonia
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
7
31 May
Italy
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
8
07 Jun
Hungary
Balaton Park Circuit
9
21 Jun
Czech
Automotodrom Brno
10
28 Jun
Netherlands
TT Circuit Assen
11
12 Jul
Germany
Sachsenring
12
09 Aug
GB
Silverstone Circuit
13
30 Aug
Aragon
MotorLand Aragon
14
13 Sep
San Marino
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
15
20 Sep
Austria
Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
16
04 Oct
Japan
Mobility Resort Motegi
17
11 Oct
Indonesia
Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit
18
25 Oct
Australia
Phillip Island
19
01 Nov
Malaysia
Petronas Sepang International Circuit
20
08 Nov
Qatar
Lusail International Circuit
21
22 Nov
Portugal
Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
22
29 Nov
Valencia
Circuit Ricardo Tormo

 

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