Francesco Bagnaia took pole position at Saturday’s MotoGP qualifying at Le Mans, posting a 1:29.634 on his final flying lap to move from seventh into the top spot. The time gave Bagnaia his first pole of the 2026 season and his first since the 2025 Malaysian Grand Prix, and it edged teammate Marc Marquez by 0.012 seconds to deliver a Ducati one-two on the front row.

Marc Marquez reached Q2 by advancing from Q1 after setting a new Q1 lap record, but he could not match that pace in Q2, posting a 1:29.646. He abandoned his final attempts after a cool-down-lap run-in with Fabio Di Giannantonio. Marquez was forced into Q1 after yellow flags from a late Bagnaia crash in practice denied him a final flying lap, and he described his Q1 position as unlucky.

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi completed the front row in third, just 0.023 seconds off pole. Fabio Di Giannantonio qualified fourth after alleging he was held on his final lap, an incident stewards investigated and took no action on. Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo filled the second row. Friday and Saturday practice showed a tightly bunched field with Johann Zarco topping FP2, and a forecast of rain for Sunday made grid position and tire choice potentially decisive for the race.