Overview
- Alex Marquez, who dominated dry running all weekend, won Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez for a second straight year to give Ducati its first grand prix win of 2026.
- Marc Marquez crashed out on lap two after losing the lead to his brother, and factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia later retired with a technical problem.
- Marco Bezzecchi finished second to push his points advantage to 11 over Jorge Martin, as Fabio Di Giannantonio took third and rose to third in the standings while Martin recovered to fourth after a grid drop.
- Following Saturday’s rain-hit flag-to-flag sprint, Marc Marquez won by switching to a wet-weather bike after a fall, illustrating how MotoGP rules allow mid-race bike changes when conditions flip.
- Davide Brivio said Ai Ogura has told Trackhouse he will leave for 2027, with coverage indicating he is set to join Yamaha as Alex Rins’s replacement.