{"id":1902003,"date":"2026-04-24T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1902003"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:26:59","slug":"alex-marquez-blitzes-the-field-in-spanish-motogp-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1902003","title":{"rendered":"Alex Marquez blitzes the field in Spanish MotoGP Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Alex Marquez blitzes the field in Spanish MotoGP Practice<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Alex Marquez was comfortably fastest in Practice at the Spanish MotoGP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T14:38:45+00:00\">Updated: 24 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Alex Marquez, 2026 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alex Marquez was fastest by a comfortable margin in Spanish MotoGP Practice, the Spaniard looking back to the kind of form that won him the Jerez race in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez downplayed his chances of repeating his Jerez win from a year ago during the pre-event press conference on Thursday, but on Friday afternoon he was practically untouchable at the top of the times.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fabio Di Giannantonio led the session early on and had been the first rider of the weekend into the 1m36s in FP1, but he had now answers for Alex Marquez once the Gresini Racing rider bolted on some fresh tyres for his time attacks at the end of Practice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez would be the only rider to lap in the 1m36s in MotoGP Practice, and that put him over 0.3 seconds clear of Di Giannantonio in second.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To Di Giannantonio\u2019s credit, he was the only rider to lap within half-a-second of Marquez, the VR46 Racing Team rider beating championship leader Marco Bezzecchi and reigning champion Marc Marquez in the Friday afternoon times.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although Bezzecchi didn\u2019t have the headline time, his session was solid enough, certainly more convincing than he was in Brazil, for example, where he won regardless. We\u2019ve seen multiple times since the middle of 2025 Bezzecchi and Aprilia find substantial lap time overnight from Friday to Saturday, or even Saturday to Sunday, and given his 0.5-second deficit to Marquez it looks like the same will be needed in Jerez if he is to continue his winning streak that currently stands at five races.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As for Marc Marquez, his physical condition has been to blame for his relative underperformance so far in 2026, so after a month off you could have been forgiven for thinking he would arrive in Jerez refreshed and recharged, and dominate the weekend from start-to-finish. That hasn\u2019t happened yet, but he is in the picture.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez\u2019s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia started the session by crashing at turn one. He locked the front under braking for the first turn on his opening timed lap of the session. That left him with one bike for the remainder of Practice, but it was enough for him to be able to put in a 1m36.265s lap to go sixth-fastest and move comfortably into Q2.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez both made it into Q2, as well, in fifth and seventh, respectively, as did Jorge Martin in 10th. This confirms Aprilia\u2019s pace this weekend, and for Ogura it marked a good step forward from FP1 when he was down on the edges of the top-20.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Martin might have been higher up the time sheets at the end of the session, but he crashed with 27 minutes to go at the final corner, locking the front in a straight line. He ran across the track to get back to pit lane, but did so with no approaching traffic, at least none that could be seen from the TV images.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Enea Bastianini was the last rider to make it into Q2 and was the only KTM rider to do so, as Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder languished in 15th and 16th, respectively. For Acosta, it was a session characterised by mistakes, especially in the hard braking zone of turn six.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There were no Japanese bikes in the top-10 in Practice, the best of those being Honda\u2019s Joan Mir in 11th. Johann Zarco and Luca Marini were behind him in 12th and 13th, respectively, while Diogo Moreira was a bit further back in 19th.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo was their best representative in 17th, one place and around 0.1 seconds ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest MotoGP news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">MotoGP<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager 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600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306364_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-9ab3de14104eda8fcd2444da16f4237f337c77fc420fd7957561205a54e19830\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Alex Whitworth<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">Journalist<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Alex joined the Crash.net team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col second-column\">\n<div class=\"sticky\">\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info\">\n<p>Get the latest MotoGP news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Alex Marquez was comfortably fastest in Practice at the Spanish MotoGP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alex Marquez was fastest by a comfortable margin in Spanish MotoGP Practice, the Spaniard looking back to the kind of form that won him the Jerez race in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez downplayed his chances of repeating his Jerez win from a year ago during the pre-event press conference on Thursday, but on Friday afternoon he was practically untouchable at the top of the times.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fabio Di Giannantonio led the session early on and had been the first rider of the weekend into the 1m36s in FP1, but he had now answers for Alex Marquez once the Gresini Racing rider bolted on some fresh tyres for his time attacks at the end of Practice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez would be the only rider to lap in the 1m36s in MotoGP Practice, and that put him over 0.3 seconds clear of Di Giannantonio in second.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To Di Giannantonio\u2019s credit, he was the only rider to lap within half-a-second of Marquez, the VR46 Racing Team rider beating championship leader Marco Bezzecchi and reigning champion Marc Marquez in the Friday afternoon times.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although Bezzecchi didn\u2019t have the headline time, his session was solid enough, certainly more convincing than he was in Brazil, for example, where he won regardless. We\u2019ve seen multiple times since the middle of 2025 Bezzecchi and Aprilia find substantial lap time overnight from Friday to Saturday, or even Saturday to Sunday, and given his 0.5-second deficit to Marquez it looks like the same will be needed in Jerez if he is to continue his winning streak that currently stands at five races.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As for Marc Marquez, his physical condition has been to blame for his relative underperformance so far in 2026, so after a month off you could have been forgiven for thinking he would arrive in Jerez refreshed and recharged, and dominate the weekend from start-to-finish. That hasn\u2019t happened yet, but he is in the picture.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez\u2019s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia started the session by crashing at turn one. He locked the front under braking for the first turn on his opening timed lap of the session. That left him with one bike for the remainder of Practice, but it was enough for him to be able to put in a 1m36.265s lap to go sixth-fastest and move comfortably into Q2.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez both made it into Q2, as well, in fifth and seventh, respectively, as did Jorge Martin in 10th. This confirms Aprilia\u2019s pace this weekend, and for Ogura it marked a good step forward from FP1 when he was down on the edges of the top-20.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Martin might have been higher up the time sheets at the end of the session, but he crashed with 27 minutes to go at the final corner, locking the front in a straight line. He ran across the track to get back to pit lane, but did so with no approaching traffic, at least none that could be seen from the TV images.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Enea Bastianini was the last rider to make it into Q2 and was the only KTM rider to do so, as Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder languished in 15th and 16th, respectively. For Acosta, it was a session characterised by mistakes, especially in the hard braking zone of turn six.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There were no Japanese bikes in the top-10 in Practice, the best of those being Honda\u2019s Joan Mir in 11th. Johann Zarco and Luca Marini were behind him in 12th and 13th, respectively, while Diogo Moreira was a bit further back in 19th.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo was their best representative in 17th, one place and around 0.1 seconds ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest MotoGP news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alex Marquez was fastest by a comfortable margin in Spanish MotoGP Practice, the Spaniard looking back to the kind of form that won him the Jerez race in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez downplayed his chances of repeating his Jerez win from a year ago during the pre-event press conference on Thursday, but on Friday afternoon he was practically untouchable at the top of the times.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fabio Di Giannantonio led the session early on and had been the first rider of the weekend into the 1m36s in FP1, but he had now answers for Alex Marquez once the Gresini Racing rider bolted on some fresh tyres for his time attacks at the end of Practice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez would be the only rider to lap in the 1m36s in MotoGP Practice, and that put him over 0.3 seconds clear of Di Giannantonio in second.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To Di Giannantonio\u2019s credit, he was the only rider to lap within half-a-second of Marquez, the VR46 Racing Team rider beating championship leader Marco Bezzecchi and reigning champion Marc Marquez in the Friday afternoon times.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although Bezzecchi didn\u2019t have the headline time, his session was solid enough, certainly more convincing than he was in Brazil, for example, where he won regardless. We\u2019ve seen multiple times since the middle of 2025 Bezzecchi and Aprilia find substantial lap time overnight from Friday to Saturday, or even Saturday to Sunday, and given his 0.5-second deficit to Marquez it looks like the same will be needed in Jerez if he is to continue his winning streak that currently stands at five races.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As for Marc Marquez, his physical condition has been to blame for his relative underperformance so far in 2026, so after a month off you could have been forgiven for thinking he would arrive in Jerez refreshed and recharged, and dominate the weekend from start-to-finish. That hasn\u2019t happened yet, but he is in the picture.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marquez\u2019s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia started the session by crashing at turn one. He locked the front under braking for the first turn on his opening timed lap of the session. That left him with one bike for the remainder of Practice, but it was enough for him to be able to put in a 1m36.265s lap to go sixth-fastest and move comfortably into Q2.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez both made it into Q2, as well, in fifth and seventh, respectively, as did Jorge Martin in 10th. This confirms Aprilia\u2019s pace this weekend, and for Ogura it marked a good step forward from FP1 when he was down on the edges of the top-20.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Martin might have been higher up the time sheets at the end of the session, but he crashed with 27 minutes to go at the final corner, locking the front in a straight line. He ran across the track to get back to pit lane, but did so with no approaching traffic, at least none that could be seen from the TV images.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Enea Bastianini was the last rider to make it into Q2 and was the only KTM rider to do so, as Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder languished in 15th and 16th, respectively. For Acosta, it was a session characterised by mistakes, especially in the hard braking zone of turn six.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There were no Japanese bikes in the top-10 in Practice, the best of those being Honda\u2019s Joan Mir in 11th. Johann Zarco and Luca Marini were behind him in 12th and 13th, respectively, while Diogo Moreira was a bit further back in 19th.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo was their best representative in 17th, one place and around 0.1 seconds ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest MotoGP news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1093409\/1\/alex-marquez-blitzes-field-spanish-motogp-practice&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/gng_1306256_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Alex Marquez blitzes the field in Spanish MotoGP Practice Alex Marquez was comfortably fastest in Practice at the Spanish MotoGP. 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