2026 United States GP: the Sprint report

Stage and jersey for Martin

That’s all for the Sprint report, thanks for being with us. Enjoy the rest of your evening with FormulaPassion.it. We leave you with the finishing order and the updated Riders’ World Championship standings.

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21.42 – Martin hadn’t won for 511 days.

21.41 – Acosta is under investigation for tire pressure.

21.40 – Unbelievable, Martin crashed after a wheelie on the long straight to celebrate. He seems unharmed.

21.35 – Below is the top-15 at the conclusion of a truly gripping Sprint.

21.30 – Martin wins ahead of Bagnaia and Acosta.

Checkered flag

Lap 10/10 – Martin passes Bagnaia at Turn-12.

Lap 10/10 – Martin is on Bagnaia’s tail. Crash for Mir at Turn-1.

Lap 10/10 – The last lap begins for Bagnaia, he has an eight-tenth margin over Martin.

Lap 9/10 – Below is the new top-9: Bagnaia, Martin, Acosta, Mir, Alex Marquez, Bastianini, Marini, Fernandez, and Ogura.

Lap 8/10 – Crash for Bezzecchi at Turn-11, he was trying to close the gap to Bagnaia.

Lap 8/10 – Three laps to go, Bagnaia has a 1.3″ margin over Bezzecchi.

Lap 7/10 – Bezzecchi passes Martin at Turn-11 and moves into second place.

Lap 7/10 – Bagnaia is pulling away from Martin, while Bezzecchi is now on his teammate’s tail.

Lap 6/10 – Bagnaia still has a 1.2″ margin over Martin, followed by Bezzecchi, Acosta, Mir, Alex Marquez, Marini, Bastianini, and Fernandez.

Lap 5/10 – Bezzecchi has passed Acosta and is now in third place.

Lap 5/10 – We are halfway through the race, Martin has the medium tire compared to Bagnaia and can try to exploit it in the second half of the race. Below is another angle of Marc Marquez’s crash that involved Di Giannantonio.

Lap 4/10 – Martin also passes Acosta on the long straight and now has 1.4″ seconds to make up on Bagnaia.

Lap 4/10 – Martin passes Mir at Turn-1 and moves into third place.

Lap 3/10 – Martin is threatening on Mir’s tail in the fight for third place, Bagnaia is pulling away from Acosta.

Lap 2/10 – This is the top-9: Bagnaia, Acosta, Mir, Martin, Bezzecchi, Alex Marquez, Marini, Bastianini, and Fernandez.

Lap 1/10 – Marc Marquez tried to respond at the end of the straight at Turn-12, but his front end tucked and he dragged the VR46 rider down with him. A penalty to be served tomorrow will most likely arrive for the nine-time world champion.

Lap 1/10 – Aggressive attack by Di Giannantonio on Marquez in the changes of direction. The VR46 rider is third.

Lap 1/10 – Bagnaia gets a good start and takes the lead of the race with Acosta and Marc Marquez behind Pecco.

Lights out

21.12 – The grid reforms at the start, the Sprint start at COTA is coming up shortly.

21.10 – The riders leave the starting grid to perform the formation lap.

21.05 – Jorge Martin has switched to the medium rear tire, the only one so far.

21.00 – Beautiful special livery for the Trackhouse team racing at home.

20.55 – The race distance will be 10 laps.

20.50 – At the moment, regarding tires, everyone has made the same choice: medium at the front and soft at the rear.

20.40 – Let’s recap the starting grid for a Sprint that promises to be nothing short of explosive.

20.30 – We begin our report with some breaking news: Bezzecchi and Marini will drop two positions on the starting grid for tomorrow’s race due to impeding.

Good evening dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the appointment dedicated to the live text coverage of the Sprint race of the 2026 United States GP in the MotoGP class.

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