Marco Bezzecchi breaks track record on final day

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Aprilia’s star rider Marco Bezzecchi beat the all-time monitor document at Buriram to prime the ultimate day of 2026 MotoGP pre-season testing.

With simply 20 minutes remaining within the afternoon session, Bezzecchi set a blistering time of 1m28.668s on the manufacturing facility RS-GP, dethroning world champion Marc Marquez from the highest spot on the timesheets.

The Italian’s last-gasp effort was a fraction of a second faster than the official document (1m28.700s), set by manufacturing facility Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia en path to pole place on the 2024 Thailand Grand Prix.

Aprilia locked out the highest two spots within the closing levels as Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez leapt to second with a 1m28.765s, demoting Marquez to 3rd within the ultimate classification.

Manufacturing unit Ducati rider Marquez had managed a lot of the day after setting a benchmark of 1m28.836s within the second hour. Nonetheless, the 33-year-old suffered a late tumble at Flip 3 – his third crash of the weekend – and briefly visited the medical centre . It’s unclear if his go to to the medical centre was a direct consequence of the crash or a abdomen drawback that has been affecting him all weekend, however he was capable of return to the monitor within the ultimate hour.

Marc Marquez, Ducati Crew

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Marquez was carefully adopted by his team-mate Bagnaia, who capped off his robust run in pre-season testing in fourth place.

Sepang pacesetter Alex Marquez completed fifth on his Gresini-entered bike, the Spaniard additionally hitting the deck late within the session in what was an in any other case productive day at Buriram.

Pedro Acosta led the KTM contingent in sixth place, with VR46 duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio di Giannantonio ending up seventh and ninth respectively, separated by the Aprilia of 2024 champion Jorge Martin.

The highest 10 was rounded out by Joan Mir on the manufacturing facility Honda.

Yamaha endured one other irritating day in Thailand, with Jack Miller on one of the best of the V4-powered M1s ending sixteenth – over a second off the outright tempo.

The sector was propped up by Ducati check rider Michele Pirro, who substituted for an injured Fermin Aldeguer at Gresini.

Sunday’s working started half-hour sooner than scheduled to make sure adequate pure mild on the circuit later within the night.

The opening spherical of the 2026 MotoGP season will happen at Buriram on 1 March.

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