MotoGP San Marino GP: Marquez takes championship lead with Misano win
Marquez erased a 102-point deficit with his fifth win of the season and Ducati now leads the constructors by two points.
- Marc Marquez won the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, moving to the top of the 2026 MotoGP standings for the first time this season after pole-sitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed on the opening lap.
- The victory completes a significant championship turnaround for the Ducati rider, who overturned a 102-point deficit that existed after May's Italian Grand Prix to challenge for the title.
- Marquez is now level on 274 points with Jorge Martin but leads the championship due to more race wins this season; Alex Marquez finished second and Pedro Acosta third.
- "Feels unreal," Marquez said after securing his fifth victory of the season, emphasizing his focus on the remaining races despite his current position at the top of the standings.
- The 2026 MotoGP season continues next weekend in Austria, where the title battle between Marquez, Martin, and Bezzecchi is expected to intensify as the championship enters its final stages.
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Marc Márquez has repeated triumph in Misano and becomes leader of the MotoGP World Cup, tied to points with Jorge Martín. The Ilerdense already won in the sprint and also did it here last year, leaving that image to the Messi in the Bernabéu, and has crossed the goal again first in 2026. ... Continue reading "Márquez wins again in Misano and assaults the leadership of the World Cup"
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Correio da ManhãSpanish Marc Márquez won the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, taking advantage of the fall of Italian Marco Bezzecchi. He continues ahead of the championship, with the same number of points as Jorge Martín.
Resurgent Marquez powers to San Marino win to take MotoGP lead
Seven-time MotoGP champion Marquez, riding a Ducati, moved level on 274 points with Aprilia's Jorge Martin, who finished fifth. Marquez has the edge over Martin with more wins this season despite missing the races in Le Mans and Catalonia to undergo surgery on his foot and shoulder. "It's a present, I was out, I was over, but now we are leading, how? I don't know," said Marquez, who has won five of the last seven races. "Let's see, there are a …
The Spanish motorcycle champion won the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano and took the lead in the overall World Championship standings for the first time this season.
The Spanish Marc Márquez (Ducati) won this Sunday the Grand Prix de San Marino de MotoGP, taking advantage of the fall of the Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia), and took the lead of the championship, on an equal footing with Jorge Martín (Aprilia).
In three and a half months he has cut the 102 points that separated him from the lead after his seventh operation on the right arm. More information: Master class of Marc Márquez in Misano: Bezzecchi again at the start.
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