Overview

• Marquez shattered the new circuit’s lap record twice to take pole in 1:36.518, then controlled the Sprint for his 13th straight short‑race victory.
• Stewards are reviewing a Turn 1 incident triggered by Fabio Quartararo and a separate clash that ended Enea Bastianini and Johann Zarco’s races.
• Fabio Di Giannantonio finished second and Franco Morbidelli third, with Honda’s Luca Marini fourth and Joan Mir sixth as Fermin Aldeguer took fifth.
• Pedro Acosta destroyed his primary KTM in an early Q2 crash, qualified seventh on a spare bike, then fell during the Sprint and finished outside the points in 17th.
• Francesco Bagnaia suffered a season‑worst qualifying of 15th and placed 13th in the Sprint, as Alex Marquez and Jack Miller carry three‑place grid penalties for Sunday; Marquez’s title lead is reported at 152 points over Alex Marquez.