2026 MotoGP fired into life after a two-week hiatus. The championship visited the Spanish mainland for the third time this year with the trip to the open plains of Aragon and the MotorLand circuit. The 5km anticlockwise layout first hosted MotoGP in 2010, was resurfaced for 2025 and is renowned for its technical mix of corners and sections.
With the sun shining down on MotorLand for qualifying, Brad Binder came within a tenth of a second of making the Q1 cut and rested with P14.
In the Sprint Race, Brad tried to follow in the slipstream of Enea Bastianini but both riders were part of an intense mid-pack dispute. Bastianini and Binder crossed the line together in 14th and 15th.
MotoGP lights-out will happen at 14.00 CEST on Sunday and the Grand Prix will circulate for 23 laps.
Brad Binder
14th in qualification, 15th in the Sprint:
“Qualifying was a bit better. I was close to going through. I didn’t feel so good in the race and had three off-track excursions. Not very clever; especially in a Sprint. I’m a bit disappointed because we could have done a much better job. At least we used our race rubber so we learned something for tomorrow.”
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