A shortened one-day test at Valencia gave MotoGP’s rookies their first official MotoGP laps, but offered precious little time for the five factories to sort out their data streams for the winter. Aprilia was again the main pacesetter
The first official MotoGP outing for 2026 rookies Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Diogo Moreira was pushed back on Tuesday as the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia required several hours to dry following a heavy thunderstorm on Monday night.
Tuesday’s running eventually began after almost three hours of delay, leaving 4.5 hours of track time. Several teams and technicians had little to do until conditions finally allowed them to work.
When riding finally started under clear skies, the tight competition from the grand prix weekend continued. Seventeen riders were covered by less than one second. At the top of the times were Trackhouse and Aprilia riders Raúl Fernández and Marco Bezzecchi, who had finished first and second in Sunday’s race. Championship runner-up and Sprint winner Alex Márquez was once again the fastest Ducati rider, with older brother and world champion Marc absent due to ongoing rehabilitation from his right shoulder injury.
