MotoGP qualifying results as Ai Ogura scores Czech Grand Prix pole with Marc Marquez P5

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Trackhouse star Ai Ogura has taken the first pole position of his MotoGP career at the 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix, but Marc Marquez only took P5 at Brno on Saturday.

Mind games were afoot in the factory Ducati garage at the start of Q2 at Brno, as Francesco Bagnaia hung onto Marc Marquez throughout their out laps only to back off right before his first attack. Yet it did not stop Marquez from setting the initial pace with a time of 1:51.856.

Aprilia rider Jorge Martin had carried the initial momentum into Q2 after he advanced from the first stage of qualifying for the Czech Grand Prix. Yet Trackhouse stars Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura were the ones pushing the Aprilia RS-GP26 to the top of the initial timesheets.

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Fernandez initially moved atop the early order with a 1:51.772, only for Ogura to briefly take the top spot from the Spaniard. Rookie sensation Diogo Moreira of LCR Honda utilised riding behind Ogura to edge the Japanese gem by 0.078s, only for Fabio Di Giannantonio to go top.

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VR46 rider Di Giannantonio started to show what the Ducati GP26 was capable of in Q2 with a 1:51.613 to top the provisional timesheets. Teammate Franco Morbidelli was the next-best Ducati rider using his GP25 in P7, after Marquez had his first lap time deleted for track limits.

Bagnaia was on a charge at the start of the second runs, though, and he was dragging LCR’s Moreira around Brno, too. The Italian improved to a 1:51.383 to top the order but while his Ducati teammate Marquez fell 0.053s shy, Ogura was flying with a new 1:51.139 lap record.

Even Di Giannantonio was improving, and he moved second behind Ogura but his time was 0.211s slower than the Trackhouse rider searching for his first pole position in MotoGP. The best that Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi could manage entering the last runs was fourth, as well.

Marquez would not fight for pole position for the Czech GP, either, as the Ducati ace elected against a late attack and accepted fifth place at best on the Brno grid for Sunday’s race. Any hopes Martin has with a double long lap penalty coming on Sunday will also come from P10.

Jorge Martin tows Franco Morbidelli out of Q1 in qualifying for the Czech GP at Brno

All 12 of the riders who had to go through Q1 in qualifying for the Czech GP immediately hit the track at the start of the session. Aprilia rider Jorge Martin led the charge after a difficult time in practice on Friday, and the expectations going into Q1 were that he would progress.

Martin even started qualifying by posting a 1:51.819 lap, which marked the second-quickest time of the weekend to that stage. VR46 star Franco Morbidelli aboard his Ducati GP25 also took full advantage of following directly behind Martin to claim an early P2 with a 1:52.020.

Tech3 star Maverick Vinales and Gresini racer Alex Marquez on his return from injury sat P3 and P4 at the mid-session lull within just 0.066s of Morbidelli’s provisional time. But no one could get near Martin and they knew it, so tried to get in his slipstream for the second runs.

Yamaha ace Fabio Quartararo and LCR stand-in Cal Crutchlow had no interest in playing any games, though, so they tried to go it alone. Fast times were thin and far between, however, with Vinales – who was the most likely to improve – unable to maintain his initial potential.

Quartararo was at least able to utilise his clear circuit to improve from P7 in the early order to P5 by the end of Q2 in qualifying for the Czech GP. KTM’s Brad Binder, who did not set an early time, also only managed to get ahead of Pramac’s Toprak Razgatlioglu and Crutchlow.

A fast time may have awaited Tech3’s Enea Bastianini aboard his satellite KTM RC16 at the very end of Q1, as well. But the Italian was left irate after getting stuck behind Razgatlioglu into Turn 10, while also having to deal with Martin and Morbidelli backing out of late laps.

Full 2026 MotoGP Czech Grand Prix qualifying results