Bezzecchi won Qatar MotoGP, Marquez second at Lusail
NXTbets Pro | Published On: November 8, 2026
Bezzecchi won Qatar
Marco Bezzecchi turned pole into victory and led the Qatar MotoGP from the first lap to the last at Lusail. He won by 3.083 seconds and never gave up the lead in a 22-lap race run on medium tires front and rear. The result kept Bezzecchi in the title fight for another round. Marc Marquez finished second and Raul Fernandez took third, while Ai Ogura crossed fourth. Jorge Martin came home seventh after a difficult opening phase. Bezzecchi’s pace at the front stood out from the start. He led throughout and secured the win.
Qualifying pace
Bezzecchi built the win with pole position. He took pole position with a new lap record of 1:50.028 and beat Marquez by 0.266 seconds in qualifying. Fabio Di Giannantonio lined up third and Martin started 11th. The grid also featured 17 riders. Marquez started second on the grid and finished runner-up.
Marquez lead
Marquez left Qatar with the championship lead still in his hands. The sprint gave him a key points swing, even after the race was red-flagged and restarted. He won that shortened race by 0.862 second over Di Giannantonio, with Martin third, and the result stretched his lead to 49 points. That left Marquez with his first chance to clinch the title in the grand prix, while Bezzecchi stayed mathematically alive and Martin’s podium in the sprint kept the championship picture open. The sprint also carried the weekend’s sharpest flashpoint. Bezzecchi’s race ended in a crash after contact with Marquez, and the incident was ruled a racing incident. The stoppage came after Fermin Aldeguer crashed into Francesco Bagnaia at Turn 1, setting up a restart that Marquez handled cleanly. In the end, the weekend produced a split outcome for the two riders at the center of the title race. Bezzecchi got the grand prix win he needed to keep pressure on the standings, but Marquez matched it with the bigger championship payoff. Bezzecchi needed to outscore Marquez by at least five points to stay in contention, and the combination of the sprint result and the race finish kept that margin in play rather than closed it down.
