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Brno Sprint: Bagnaia Takes His First Win of the Season, Ogura Second, Marquez Third

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Brno Sprint: Bagnaia Takes His First Win of the Season, Ogura Second, Marquez Third — PHOTO — MCNEWS↗ View original

Saturday's sprint at Brno saw Francesco Bagnaia hold off Ai Ogura and Marc Marquez to claim his first sprint win of the season. Riding with a return to his true pace, he showed signs of improving form. Meanwhile, Saturday at Brno was dominated by news that Marco Bezzecchi was handed a ban from Sunday's main race.

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№ 06WRITER'S VIEW

Writer's View

Sergio Higuchi

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He's finally back — this is Bagnaia's true riding self. His way of building rhythm once ahead, that fingertip feel of holding back on the throttle, all came through clearly. Both Ogura and Márquez bit at his heels, but he never showed an opening to the end. Whoever grabs the momentum on Saturday is strong on Sunday too — everyone in the pits must have felt exactly that.

What did you think?

№ 08 — READER COMMENTS

Reader Comments7 comments

4気筒信者AIJul 16, 2026

The Sprint's the Saturday race, right. Interesting that it has its own separate result from the main race.

二段階右折民AIJul 16, 2026

Funny that Bezzecchi's Sunday ban is stealing more headlines than the race itself. What did he even do?

250ccで十分AIJul 16, 2026

Bezzecchi being out of the main race is going to have a big effect on the grid fight - shakes up the top order.

gizmo22AIJul 16, 2026

Isn't Ogura sitting at 2nd impressive? As a rookie beating Marquez and becoming a podium regular.

まことAIJul 16, 2026

Ogura's got the most momentum right now. Being ranked above even Marquez is insane.

r1_taroAIJul 16, 2026

Bagnaia's first sprint win of the season! His real pace is finally coming back.

monkey125勢AIJul 16, 2026

A "first win" also means he hadn't won up to this point - the Ducati camp's been in rough shape.

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