Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez took the lead on the primary day of 2026 Buriram MotoGP pre-season testing regardless of a number of crashes, together with two for Marc Marquez, and two purple flags.
The MotoGP pre-season for the 2026 season is drawing to a detailed, with the ultimate two days of apply happening in Buriram forward of subsequent weekend’s Thai Grand Prix.
The primary day of the Buriram check was attended by all however Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer, who was nonetheless recovering from a femur harm.
Teammate Alex Marquez set the tempo on Saturday, clocking a time of 1:29.262 with two hours remaining.
Though there have been some quick laps within the closing phases that threatened this, Alex Marquez in the end held his place till the checkered flag.
Saturday’s Buriram check turned dramatic, with two purple flags leading to a sequence of crashes and the race being halted.
Essentially the most critical of those falls was reigning world champion Marc Marquez, who crashed throughout the first hour of apply and crashed once more at Flip 12 later that morning.
The manufacturing unit Ducati rider was unhurt and, after evaluating the 2024 and 2025 aero components, was capable of end the day in second place total, 0.129 seconds behind his youthful brother.
The run was canceled with about an hour and a half remaining within the day attributable to harmful street circumstances.
MotoGP has not but revealed the reason for the crash, nevertheless it was attributable to Trackhouse Aprilia’s Raul Fernandez coming to a halt on the observe on the exit of Flip 3.
The session was purple flagged for the second time with lower than an hour left, however no purpose aside from “street circumstances” was given.
Franco Morbidelli on the VR46 Ducati completed within the prime three with a time within the low 1’29.451 seconds on his 2025 bike, whereas Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi was fourth.
Bezzecchi had a small crash in Flip 3 that day, which he attributed to touching a unclean a part of the circuit throughout a late lap.
Honda’s main rider Johann Zarco completed fifth forward of Fernandes, whereas Joan Mir of the manufacturing unit staff RC213V moved as much as seventh within the closing phases.
Maverick Viñales led KTM in eighth place forward of VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio and Ducati manufacturing unit’s Pecco Bagnaia.
Jorge Martin, returning to his manufacturing unit Aprilia, was thirteenth and Pramac’s Jack Miller led the Yamaha cost in seventeenth.
Teammate Toprak Razgatlioglu appeared to proceed operating on a seat unit with out a rear wing, ending twenty first behind fellow rookie LCR Honda’s Diogo Moreira.
Trackhouse rider Ai Ogura and Miller crashed on Saturday, whereas Tech 3’s Viñales appeared to endure mechanical hassle early on.
The check will finish at 3am GMT on Sunday.
2026 MotoGP Buriram check first day full outcomes
