Marc Marquez denied MotoGP title in Qatar as Marco Bezzecchi wins race

Marc Marquez will have to wait until Portugal to win the world championship

Marc Marquez could not win an eighth MotoGP title at the Qatar Grand Prix, as Marco Bezzecchi led him home and Jorge Martin was seventh to force the fight to Portugal.

Reigning champion Marquez needed to win the Qatar Grand Prix and hope Martin didn’t score a point to be seal the title.

But the Ducati rider could do no better than second, as Bezzecchi dominated Sunday’s 22-lap race at Lusail to win by over three seconds.

Martin finished seventh on the sister factory Aprilia to keep Marquez from growing his championship lead to more than 60 points with two rounds to go.

Bezzecchi grabbed the holeshot from pole position ahead of Marquez, following the pair’s controversial collision in Saturday’s sprint.

Trackhouse Aprilia’s Raul Fernandez then seized second from Marquez at Turn 2 on the opening lap, with the leading duo quickly pulling away from the Ducati rider.

At the start of lap two, Marquez had already dropped a second from the lead, before KTM’s Pedro Acosta came through on the Spaniard for third at Turn 15 on lap three.

But Marquez would move back into second at the start of lap six, as tyre pressure issues forced Acosta to drop behind the Ducati.

Bezzecchi’s lead was up to a second at the beginning of the eighth tour, as the injured Fernandez’s pace began to drop away.

Crédito de imagen: Bezzecchi beats Marquez to keep the title fight alive © Gold and Goose

Nota original publicada en el portal de crash.net el 8 de noviembre de 2026: https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1109897/1/marc-marquez-denied-motogp-title-qatar-marco-bezzecchi-wins-race.

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