Marc Marquez used the April break to train at Aragon, targeting a physical step before his home Grand Prix after identifying himself as the main limitation in the opening rounds. Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna insists the reigning champion will be 100 percent fit for Jerez. Marquez sits 36 points behind Bezzecchi heading into Round 4 and remains without a Sunday podium this season.
Marco Bezzecchi arrives at Jerez with five wins in a row and 121 consecutive laps led. Aprilia heads to the Spanish Grand Prix looking to maintain its 100% Grand Prix record in 2026. A win on Sunday would deliver the Noale manufacturer its first ever victory at this circuit. Ducati has won every Sunday race at Jerez since 2021. The biggest test of Aprilia’s title credentials starts now.
Marc Marquez used the extended April break to train at Aragon, targeting a physical step ahead of Jerez after identifying himself as the main limitation in the opening rounds. The reigning champion admitted the bike becomes too aggressive in the opening laps when he cannot yet ride as he wants. Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna insists Marquez will be 100 percent fit for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez has opened up about the moment that scared him most in a long MotoGP career full of crashes, injuries and comeback stories. Speaking on the Imagin podcast, the reigning world champion revealed his most nervous day was not a race or a crash, but the first time he sat on a Ducati at the Valencia test in late 2023. The fear was not speed. It was the unknown.
Fabio Di Giannantonio heads to Jerez as the top Ducati rider in the 2026 MotoGP standings, but the gap to Aprilia is undeniable. VR46 has spent the April break focusing on braking and turning improvements to the GP26. With Ducati yet to win a Sunday race in 2026, Diggia carries the weight of the entire Borgo Panigale camp into their home circuit.
Marco Bezzecchi leads MotoGP 2026 with five straight wins and 121 consecutive laps led. But Jerez is different. Aprilia has never won at this circuit in the modern era, managing just one podium in the last five seasons. Ducati has taken every Sunday victory here since 2021. A fit-again Marc Marquez heads into his home Grand Prix ready to fire. Round 4 starts Thursday.
Giacomo Agostini has welcomed MotoGP’s 2027 regulation overhaul, calling for wings to be removed from racing bikes and insisting there is too much technology in the modern sport. The 15 time world champion told Moto.it he wants riders to play a bigger role again, adding that with 850cc engines riders will be able to push flat out without worrying about tyre management.
Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna has backed Marc Marquez to be 100 percent fit for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, playing down speculation over the reigning champion’s physical condition. Marquez arrives at the opening European round fifth in the standings and without a grand prix podium, with Aprilia’s Bezzecchi and Martin leading the championship after winning all three grands prix so far.
Red Bull KTM Tech3 suffer a double blow ahead of the Spanish MotoGP with Maverick Vinales missing Jerez as he continues recovering from shoulder surgery, and intended stand in Pol Espargaro also ruled out with a hand injury. Enea Bastianini will race as the sole Tech3 entry at Jerez, with Vinales now targeting a return at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans in May.
MotoGP manufacturers are calling for a budget cap in the premier class, expressing fears over Honda’s financial supremacy as the Japanese giants look to return to their past glory ahead of the 2027 regulations reset. The grid is divided between reformists including KTM, Aprilia and Ducati pushing for spending limits, and traditionalists led by Honda who have no incentive to restrict their financial firepower.