Marc Marquez claimed his sixth sprint win of the 2026 MotoGP season at the San Marino Grand Prix to close the gap to Jorge Martin in the championship.
The Ducati star passed polesitter Marco Bezzecchi at the start of the 13-lap contest and resisted a late challenge from his Aprilia rival to take the chequered flag by 1.068s.
Martin completed the podium spots in third place aboard the other Aprilia, but couldn’t challenge the leading duo.
At the start of the race, Marquez got the holeshot from second on the grid, passing polesitter Bezzecchi into Turn 1 in a repeat of the Aragon sprint last time out.
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