GP Catalonia 2026: the report of FP2 and Qualifying

Acosta takes pole

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11.40 – KTM’s pole drought lasted more than half a decade.

11.35 – Quite surprising qualifying at least regarding the result of the official Aprilias. Martin and Bezzecchi will have to fight to come back.

11.30 – Pole position for Pedro Acosta, the best Ducati is Franco Morbidelli’s in second ahead of Alex Marquez, Martin claws the third row, Bezzecchi will start from the fourth.

Checkered flag

11.29 – Acosta lowers to 1’38″068, Morbidelli has moved up to second position.

11.28 – Alex Marquez launches, Acosta chases him overtaking Martin in Turn 1.

11.27 – Bezzecchi will therefore start from the back both today and tomorrow. Quartararo has moved up to fifth position.

11.26 – Crash for Marco Bezzecchi in Turn 2.

11.25 – The riders return to the track for the second and decisive run.

11.23 – Bezzecchi and Martin are struggling for now.

11.21 – Raul Fernandez has inserted himself in third position, below the standings after the first run.

11.20 – Acosta lowers to 1’38″118, then Alex Marquez and Zarco.

11.19 – Acosta is currently the fastest in 1’38″397.

11.17 – All riders are on track with the medium front and soft rear combination.

11.15 – Green light at the end of the pit-lane, Q2 starts.

11.10 – This is the situation at the end of Q1.

Checkered flag

11.05 – Bagnaia ‘pulls’ Morbidelli and is outsmarted because the VR46 rider set the best time in 1’38″550, Bagnaia is third and therefore does not pass to Q2 unlike Martin.

11.04 – Aldeguer falls, Morbidelli had set the best time, but went beyond the curb at the exit of the last corner, time cancelled.

11.03 – Martin also falls in Turn 5.

11.02 – Crash for Razgatlioglu, Martin has taken the lead in 1’38″701, 96 thousandths faster than Bastianini.

11.01 – Martin sets the same time as Bastianini, so he is second.

11.00 – Martin launches using Moreira’s slipstream and passes him in Turn 1.

10.59 – Razgatlioglu went wide into the gravel in Turn 4 after nearly sliding, the Turkish rider ruined the tires and is in last position without timed laps.

10.58 – Below the standings after the first run.

10.56 – Bastianini lowers to 1’38″797, Morbidelli is second at 47 thousandths. Martin made a mistake in Turn 4 in this first run. Now in the box Martin has decided to change bike.

10.55 – For now Bastianini is the fastest in 1’39″130, but it is only the first flying lap.

10.53 – Bagnaia, Martin and Ogura opted for two soft tires, all others have medium front.

10.50 – Green light at the end of the pit-lane, Q1 starts.

10.45 – This is the situation at the end of FP2, soon it gets serious with Q1.

10.40 – Checkered flag.

10.39 – Di Giannantonio mounted slightly fresher tires and moved up to third position behind Mir and Acosta.

10.37 – Bezzecchi has moved up to tenth position.

10.35 – Now Quartararo has settled in fourth position.

10.32 – Morbidelli has moved up to fourth position.

10.30 – Martin returns to the track after performing a start test at the end of the pit-lane.

10.27 – Zarco returns to the track with the second bike, no consequences for him.

10.25 – Encouraging start of the session for Bagnaia who currently occupies fifth position.

10.23 – This is the situation after the first runs.

10.20 – Crash for Ogura in Turn 2.

10.17 – Joan Mir is currently the fastest in 1’39″425, two soft tires for the Honda rider.

10.15 – Great variety in tires in these FP2, the preferred combination is soft-soft, but Acosta for example mounted two medium tires and Bezzecchi has medium rear.

10.12 – Crash for Johann Zarco at the last corner.

10.10 – Green light at the end of the pit-lane, FP2 starts.

10.00 – Dry track, 15°C air temperature, 15°C asphalt temperature.

Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the live written coverage of FP2 and the 2026 Catalonia GP Qualifying, the sixth round of the MotoGP World Championship.

Q1 will already be a turning point of the weekend because Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia and Ai Ogura will be on track. Only two of them will be able to access Q2, a session for which Pedro Acosta, Alex Marquez, Brad Binder, Raul Fernandez, Johann Zarco, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Joan Mir, Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo have already qualified.

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