MotoGP Catalan GP: Full starting grid

KTM rider Pedro Acosta will start MotoGP's Catalan Grand Prix from pole position after dominating Saturday's qualifying.

The Spaniard started the Barcelona weekend by topping Friday practice and carried that momentum into qualifying, where he took the spot by almost a quarter of a second.

Franco Morbidelli came from Q1 to qualify his VR46 Ducati in second place in front of team boss Valentino Rossi - a marked return to form for the Italian rider who has struggled for speed so far in 2026.

Gresini rider Alex Marquez, who is the reigning Catalan GP winner, will take the start from third place after winning Saturday's sprint race.

Trackhouse's Raul Fernandez will be the top Aprilia rider on the grid in fourth, while LCR's Johann Zarco will lead Honda's charge in fifth.

Aprilia could be in for a difficult Sunday after both its riders crashed heavy in qualifying. Jorge Martin, who had already suffered a concussion in practice, went down again in Q1 and could only qualify ninth.

Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi fell late into the session and could not mount on his second bike, leaving him 12th on the grid.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia kept his bike upright but could not even progress to Q2, and will start 13th.

Bagnaia's team-mate Marc Marquez will be absent from the Barcelona race after undergoing a double surgery in the wake of his accident in the French GP sprint.

However, the grid will still feature 22 riders, with Tech3's Maverick Vinales back in action after an injury layoff and Yamaha fielding its test rider Augusto Fernandez as a wildcard.

Grid

All Stats

 

Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Time	km/h
1	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37		KTM	1'38.068	173.524
2	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21		Ducati	+0.233 1'38.301	173.113
3	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73		Ducati	+0.274 1'38.342	173.041
4	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	+0.385 1'38.453	172.845
5	J. Zarco Team LCR	5		Honda	+0.406 1'38.474	172.809
6	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	+0.409 1'38.477	172.803
7	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	+0.443 1'38.511	172.744
8	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	+0.529 1'38.597	172.593
9	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89		Aprilia	+0.584 1'38.652	172.497
10	J. Mir Honda HRC	36		Honda	+0.618 1'38.686	172.437
11	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43		Yamaha	+0.705 1'38.773	172.285
12	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72		Aprilia	+0.717 1'38.785	172.265
13	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63		Ducati	+0.684 1'38.752	172.322
14	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23		KTM	+0.729 1'38.797	172.244
15	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54		Ducati	+0.783 1'38.851	172.150
16	L. Marini Honda HRC	10		Honda	+0.943 1'39.011	171.871
17	M. Viñales Tech 3	12		KTM	+1.003 1'39.071	171.767
18	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79		Aprilia	+1.144 1'39.212	171.523
19	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42		Yamaha	+1.212 1'39.280	171.406
20	D. Moreira Team LCR	11		Honda	+1.256 1'39.324	171.330
21	A. Fernandez Yamaha Factory Racing	47		Yamaha	+1.808 1'39.876	170.383
22	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7		Yamaha	+4.877 1'42.945	165.303
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