Overview
- Race direction reduced the grand prix from 31 to 23 laps just before the start citing track degradation, locking riders into their tyre and fuel choices.
- Marco Bezzecchi holeshot from P2 and controlled the pace to beat teammate Jorge Martin by 3.2s, with Fabio Di Giannantonio fending off Marc Marquez for third.
- Bezzecchi leaves Brazil with the championship lead on 56 points, ahead of Martin on 45 and Pedro Acosta on 42.
- Saturday’s sprint was delayed by over an hour to fix a hole on the main straight, after which Marquez took his first win of 2026 over Di Giannantonio.
- A crash-heavy weekend featured Turn 4 incidents and a chaotic qualifying in which Di Giannantonio took pole, while Sunday’s race saw retirements for Francesco Bagnaia, Joan Mir, Brad Binder and Jack Miller and rider complaints about loose, degrading asphalt.