Bizarre after-the-flag Martin crash as MotoGP resumes

MotoGP's 2026 season resumed with a VR46 Ducati 1-2 and another bizarre post-session Jorge Martin crash in first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Having crashed as he landed from a wheelie while celebrating his sprint win at Austin a month ago, this time Martin had a low-side into the Turn 3 gravel on his out-lap around to do a practice start after the main practice session on Friday morning.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 💥@88jorgemartin has gone down on his Practice Start outlap 🤯#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/9fWQGW80Qq

Martin was unhurt and ran back across to the pits in time to watch the rest of the field doing their practice starts. He was 10th in the actual session.

Aprilia nearly managed two after-the-flag shunts as Trackhouse's Ai Ogura nearly fell - and kicked off some of his bike's aero - as he had a massive lock-up as he tried to enter the pitlane on his return after the practice starts.

WOAH@aiogura79 almost went down too 🤯#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/qYlVKkRNKI

Before the post-session strangeness, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli's late laps to put them top for VR46 were aided by taking fresh tyres.

Until then, last year's Spanish GP winner Alex Marquez led the way as he tried the latest Ducati aero on his Gresini bike for the first time.

His time held up for third ahead of championship leader Marco Bezzecchi, who was the only Aprilia to infiltrate a Ducati-heavy top six in the main part of the session as he got between Alex and Marc Marquez. That trio's first through third places became third through fifth when the VR46 fresh-tyre times came in.

Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez got a second Aprilia in the top six with a fresh-tyre lap at the end.

Jack Miller also used fresh tyres - and gathered himself back up after nearly running into Martin - as he put his Pramac Yamaha seventh.

Pecco Bagnaia had been in the top six for the majority of the session on the second works Ducati, but fell to 11th as others ran new tyres. He also had a quick trip through the first corner gravel.

Results

1 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) 1m36.954s
2 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +0.288s
3 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +0.378s
4 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +0.393s
5 Marc Marquez (Ducati) +0.542s
6 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.556s
7 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +0.562s
8 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.606s
9 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +0.649s
10 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +0.720s
11 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.730s
12 Brad Binder (KTM) +0.747s
13 Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) +0.763s
14 Joan Mir (Honda) +0.774s
15 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) +0.877s
16 Fermin Aldeguer (VR46 Ducati) +1.010s
17 Luca Marini (Honda) +1.053s
18 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +1.199s
19 Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) +1.255s
20 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +1.267s
21 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +1.366s
22 Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) +1.566s
23 Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha) +1.625s