Overview
- Friday practice produced a wave of record laps with Ai Ogura first lowering the benchmark to 1:51.735 and multiple riders beating the old Brno record.
- Marc Marquez remained a pace reference despite crashing twice on Friday and staying competitive through practice and qualifying runs.
- Raul Fernandez led Saturday final practice for Trackhouse, showing the team’s race‑trim speed before qualifying.
- Ogura converted the practice form into pole on Saturday with a 1:51.139, his first MotoGP pole and the new all‑time lap record at Brno.
- Jorge Martin missed automatic Q2 and will contest Q1 on race day while carrying a double long‑lap penalty from the Hungarian Grand Prix, increasing the weekend’s strategic risk for his title bid.