MotoGP San Marino GP: Marquez Takes Championship Lead with Misano Win
The Ducati rider earned his fifth win of the season after Marco Bezzecchi crashed while leading on lap one, leaving Jorge Martin to fade to fifth.
- On Sunday, reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez won the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, securing his fifth victory of the season and moving to the top of the 2026 MotoGP standings for the first time.
- Pole-Sitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out of his home race on the opening lap after losing control at Turn 12, ending his title challenge in front of local supporters.
- Marquez now sits level on 274 points with Aprilia rider Jorge Martin, leading the title race on a countback of race wins after overturning a 102-point deficit since May's Italian Grand Prix.
- Alex Marquez finished second behind his brother Marc, securing the first 1-2 finish for the Marquez brothers this season, while Pedro Acosta of KTM completed the podium in third.
- The MotoGP championship moves to the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the next race weekend from Friday to Sunday, September 18-20, with eight rounds remaining in the title fight.
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Marquez seizes championship lead with San Marino win after Bezzecchi crash
Ducati's Marc Marquez seized the MotoGP championship lead for the first time this season after winning a chaotic San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, where Aprilia's home favourite Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the opening lap.
The MotoGP round of the motorcycle circuit race in Misano was won by Spaniard Marc Marquez (Ducati; 41.13.010), beating his younger brother Alex Marquez (Gresini) by just 0.657 seconds.
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.
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