2026 MotoGP Round 3 US Grand Prix Practice: Marc Márquez leads after crash, Ai Ogura just 0.053s behind

Practice for Round 3 of the 2026 MotoGP season, the US Grand Prix, concluded at the Circuit of the Americas on March 27. Marc Márquez led with a 2:00.927, with Ai Ogura 0.053s behind and Fabio Di Giannantonio 0.187s adrift.

A high-speed crash in the morning’s FP1 did not stop Marc Márquez from returning to the top of the timesheets in the afternoon. Both he and Ai Ogura set their fastest laps late in the session, with just 0.053s separating them. Di Giannantonio briefly led before finishing third, while Bezzecchi was only 0.013s slower than him, leaving the top four covered by 0.2s.

There were nine crashes in the afternoon Practice session. Bastianini went down twice, while Di Giannantonio, Martín and Ogura were among the others to make mistakes, but several riders who crashed still held on to places in the top 10. Bastianini finished 10th, securing direct entry to Q2 through Friday Practice for the first time since the 2025 Catalan Grand Prix.

Álex Márquez, Acosta, Martín, Bagnaia and Marini finished fifth through ninth respectively. Mir was the first rider outside the automatic qualification places in 11th, while Binder, who crashed late in the session, finished 19th. Both will have to fight for the two remaining Q2 places in Saturday’s Q1; their performances in the morning or at previous rounds alone cannot give them preferential qualification.

2026 MotoGP Round 3 US Grand Prix Practice Results