Winners and Losers: MotoGP 2026 Czech Grand Prix
- Isha Reshmi Mohan
- 2 hours ago
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Brno delivered an exciting fight at the top, Ai Ogura back on the podium, and last-lap surprises. Here are the Winners and Losers of the Czech Grand Prix.
Winner: Marc Márquez
Marc Márquez was pushing to get the lead right from the start before settling into second place, later getting back into action in his usual style on lap 16 to shoot off ahead and widen the gap with teammate Francesco Bagnaia, and Ai Ogura.
There was no doubt he was winning from there, even with a tiny slip-up at the final turn on the last lap. It is back-to-back wins for Márquez, and with Marco Bezzecchi’s suspension, the gap now reduces in the Championship standings.
Winner: Ai Ogura
Ogura, despite not being able to convert his first pole position into a win, managed to get his second podium spot with the Trackhouse team. He fought hard and took it away from Bagnaia a lap after he lost the lead to Márquez.
Securing his first pole position in MotoGP also marked his first-ever front row start. As the Japanese rider continues to chase his first win to become the fourth Japanese rider to win a MotoGP race, with the last being Makoto Tamada in 2004.
Winner: Joan Mir
Joan Mir managed to get his highest finish for the season so far after finishing fifth, with no chance of it being challenged. There was a brief back and forth with Pedro Acosta for the spot before the Spanish driver unfortunately had to retire due to technical issues on the final lap.
Winner: Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia successfully made it to the podium after a strong weekend that also featured a Sprint win. He initially managed to pass Ogura for the top spot on lap 2, but ultimately dropped to third place with just five laps to go as Màrquez and Ogura got ahead.
The gap to Fabio Di Giannantonio in fourth was quickly closing, but Bagnaia held on to secure his podium spot.
Loser: Pedro Acosta
Unlucky weekend for Acosta, who went from fighting for a podium spot to battling Mir for fifth place. He eventually had to retire on the very last lap due to technical issues with the bike. While the failure seemed similar to the one seen in Barcelona, Acosta confirmed post-race that it wasn’t the same issue, according to Simon Patterson on X.
Loser: Yamaha Factory
Bad luck continued for the Yamaha Factory team, starting with Fabio Quartararo who crashed out of the race on lap two at turn eight. For the majority of the race, the remaining Yamaha bikes were outside of the top 15 and only just ahead of LCR’s Cal Crutchlow before Alex Rins also retired from the race.
Pramac on the other hand was doing 'slightly' better as seen with the previous rounds, but they were pretty much right above the factory riders before they went out of the race. In the end, Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to get two points as he finished 14th while Jack Miller finished 16th.
Loser: Marco Bezzecchi
For those who missed the news, the championship leader was suspended from the race following a post-crash incident with a marshal during the sprint session. The team tried to appeal the penalty, but it was declined, and Bezzecchi later apologized to the marshal personally and on social media.
Due to this suspension, the gap between Bezzecchi and Jorge Martín has shrunk to just eight points in the championship standings.
Don’t miss the next race at the Dutch Grand Prix on the 28th of June at 1pm BST!
Edited by Rohan Brown
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