MotoGP title fight comes to Sepang: Márquez leads Martín by 10 points after the Phillip Island washout

The 2026 MotoGP title race arrives at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit this week with Marc Márquez 10 points clear of Jorge Martín. The Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, round 19 of the season, runs from Friday, 30 October, to Sunday, 1 November.

Martín, who rides for Aprilia, went to Australia two points ahead. In Saturday's Sprint he crashed at Turn 8 on lap eight while fighting Márquez for the win. Márquez, on the factory Ducati, went on to win and took over the championship lead.

Martín suffered a non-displaced fracture of the radius in his right forearm and was ruled out of Sunday's Grand Prix. That race never started: poor visibility kept the medical helicopter from flying, and organisers cancelled the Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP races, so no Grand Prix points were awarded.

• Marc Márquez (Ducati Lenovo): 365 points
• Jorge Martín (Aprilia): 355 points
• Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia): 315 points

Four rounds remain (Malaysia, Qatar, Portugal and Valencia), with 37 points available each weekend: 12 in the Sprint and 25 in the Grand Prix. With 148 points still on offer, the title cannot be decided at Sepang.

Aprilia does not expect him to need surgery, but he still has to be passed fit by the doctors before he can ride in Malaysia. His place on the grid was not confirmed at the start of race week.

The Sprint starts at 3pm Malaysian time on Saturday, 31 October, and the Grand Prix at 3pm on Sunday, 1 November. At Sepang last year, Francesco Bagnaia won the Sprint and Álex Márquez won the Grand Prix.

Malaysia's Hakim Danish also lost his Moto3 race at Phillip Island to the weather. The rookie, who took his first Moto3 win at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno in June, now races at Sepang in front of his home crowd.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from Malaysian press reports, MotoGP's official news and international motorsport media; every result, point total and time was checked against at least two sources.

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