Bezzecchi wins 2026 Qatar Grand Prix as Marquez extends MotoGP championship lead, Digi Mart USA News (Lusail, Qatar): Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia Racing bounced back from his Saturday crash to win the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar under the lights at Lusail. The victory is the Italian’s 12th MotoGP win and his most important to date, keeping him in the championship frame.
Marc Marquez of Ducati Lenovo Team finished second and collected 20 points, taking another step toward retaining his title. Raul Fernandez of SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team took third despite nursing two broken fingers, his sixth Sunday podium of the season.
Jorge Martin of Aprilia Racing finished seventh, just two weeks after breaking his wrist, and remains in the championship hunt. Bezzecchi started from pole and led the race into Turn 1, while Fernandez passed Marquez early to take second before Marquez regained his position late in the race.
Pedro Acosta of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ran on the podium for much of the race before dropping back, with tyre pressure warnings reported on his dashboard. Ai Ogura finished fourth, with Enea Bastianini fifth and Acosta sixth.
Marquez set the fastest lap of the Grand Prix, a 1:52.558, during the middle stage of the race. Bezzecchi now holds a points lead of 60 over Marquez with 74 points remaining, and the championship moves to Portimao for the penultimate round.
Di Giannantonio finished eighth from the front row, followed by Johann Zarco and Iker Lecuona in the top 10. Franco Morbidelli, Fermin Aldeguer, Maverick Viñales and Jake Dixon also scored points, with Dixon earning his first MotoGP points in 14th place.
Diogo Moreira and Brad Binder retired with technical problems.
