Lap 12 at Turn 10, lap 1 at Turn 1: the Catalan MotoGP twice red-flagged, two riders to hospital, and Di Giannantonio's recovery win
Pedro Acosta slowed his KTM at Turn 10 on lap 12 with an electronic fault that cut the throttle, raised his hand to warn the field, and was clipped from behind by second-placed Alex Marquez at speed. The Gresini rider was airlifted to hospital with a small C7 cervical fracture and a broken right collarbone. The restart red-flagged again on lap 1 when Johann Zarco crashed at Turn 1 and tangled with Luca Marini and Francesco Bagnaia. Fabio Di Giannantonio passed long-time leader Acosta with three laps remaining in a 12-lap final segment to take VR46's first win of the season. Acosta's post-race criticism of the restart is the first published rider-versus-Race Direction safety-protocol dispute of the 2026 cycle. Bezzecchi leaves Catalunya leading Martin by 15 points after his sixth-place chequered-flag finish was reclassified to fourth on other riders' tyre-pressure and causing-a-crash penalties.