Marco Bezzecchi won this Sunday (31) the Italian GP, the seventh round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Aprilia rider took the lead of the race at the Mugello circuit on the 14th of the 23 laps and from there began to open a gap over his rivals, securing his fourth win in seven races this year.
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Second place went to Jorge Martín, who led the race on the first lap but had to recover during the race to complete Aprilia’s 1-2. Francesco Bagnaia, who led the entire early part of the race, finished the podium in third place with Ducati, followed by Ai Ogura, fourth with the Trackhouse Aprilia. Fabio Di Giannantonio, with the VR46 Ducati, was fifth.
Pedro Acosta brought the KTM to sixth place at the end of the 23 laps, finishing just ahead of Marc Márquez, seventh with Ducati in the race where he returned to MotoGP. Raúl Fernández, who won the Sprint on Saturday and made a mistake in the initial meters, recovered to be eighth, with Fermín Aldeguer with the Trackhouse Aprilia in ninth. Diogo Moreira completed the race in tenth after taking two positions on the final lap.
The next MotoGP round will be held next weekend, with the Hungarian GP scheduled for Balaton Park.
<>h5Check out how the race went
The race at Mugello started with Jorge Martín taking the lead in the final meters, while Raúl Fernández, who won the Sprint on Saturday, went off track and dropped down the race classification. Marco Bezzecchi appeared in second, while Francesco Bagnaia moved up to third place at the start of the contest.
Still on the first lap, Bezzecchi passed Martín to take the lead of the race. On the second lap, the Aprilia Spaniard made a mistake and lost a position, dropping to third after being overtaken by Bagnaia. The Italian Ducati rider, in turn, chased the race leader and took first place by overtaking Bezzecchi on the third lap.
Marc Márquez, in fourth, began to be pressured by Pedro Acosta on the fifth lap. Bagnaia was still being pressured by Bezzecchi on the sixth lap, while Martín started to close in on the fight for first place. Further back, Márquez and Acosta began exchanging overtakes, with the current champion maintaining fourth place. Alongside them was Fermín Aldeguer, fifth at the start of the seventh lap.
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Acosta managed to overtake Márquez on the seventh lap, while the Spaniard was soon overtaken by Aldeguer as well. On the pit straight, however, the Ducati rider took advantage of the slipstream and Ducati’s higher speed to regain fourth place on the eighth lap. Moreira, meanwhile, was in 11th place.
Bagnaia maintained the race lead with nine laps to go, holding half a second advantage over Bezzecchi, who could not get close enough to attempt an overtake on the Ducati rider. At this point, Martín was more than a second behind the fight for first place. Márquez and Acosta completed the top 5.
Moreira lost another position on the 10th lap and dropped to 12th place. One lap later, Álex Rins crashed at the first corner of the Italian circuit, retiring from the race. Fernández, in ninth, was riding faster than Bagnaia, the race leader, and was trying to recover positions. One lap later, Enea Bastianini crashed and was another to retire from the race.
With 14 laps to go, Bezzecchi launched an attack on Bagnaia, managing to overtake and take the lead. Quickly, the championship leader began to open a gap, while Martín closed in on the Ducati rider to duel for second place. Further back, Ai Ogura appeared in sixth and started pressuring Acosta for fifth place.
Martín overtook Bagnaia on the 16th lap, taking second place. By then, Bezzecchi had a 1.5-second lead at the front. Acosta was overtaken by Márquez but regained fourth place on the 17th lap. The two exchanged overtakes again, increasingly pressured by Ogura.
With a slower pace, Márquez was overtaken by Ogura and Fabio Di Giannantonio, dropping to seventh place at the start of the 19th lap. With four laps to go, Ogura passed Acosta to take fourth place, and the two made contact but stayed on track. Moreira was still in 12th place on the penultimate lap.
Fernández passed Aldeguer to take eighth position, while Moreira passed Joan Mir to take 11th place. The Brazilian also managed to overtake Binder shortly after, moving up to tenth. Unthreatened, Bezzecchi went on to win, while Martín and Bagnaia completed the podium.
