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MotoGP, Buriram test: the Marquez brothers ahead of everyone

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The first day of MotoGP testing in Buriram opens in the sign of Ducati and the Marquez brothers. After recording the fastest time in Malaysia, Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) is confirmed as the fastest on the ‘Chang International Cirucit’, in Thailand turning in 1’29″262. Behind him is Marc Marquez (Ducati), despite a double crash in the first session, with a delay of 129 thousandths.

Luca GiorgettiMotoGP, the highest paid riders: salaries World 2026

MotoGP, the highest paid riders: salaries World 2026. Source: Marca
10 Alex Rins (Yamaha): 2.2 million euros. The Spanish rider is all'last year in Yamaha
9 Enea Bastianini (KTM): 2.5 million euros. The Italian rider is expected to move up a level after a season of acclimatization in KTM
8 Joan Mir (Honda): 3 million euros. The 2020 world champion must climb back up after four difficult years
7 Jack Miller (Yamaha): 3 million euros. The Australian is in his second year at Yamaha
6 Johann Zarco (Honda): 4 million euros. The French rider is the highest paid in Honda
5 Maverick Viñales (KTM): 4 million euros. The Spanish centaur is hunting for a revival after a difficult season
4 Jorge Martin (Aprilia): 4.2 million euros. After a nightmarish 2025, the 2024 champion hopes to turn his Aprilia experience around
3 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati): 7 million euros. The two-time MotoGP world champion is hunting for redemption after a difficult 2025
2 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha): 12 million euros. The 2021 world champion could be in his last year at Yamaha
The excluded: Pedro Acosta and Alex Marquez. Paradoxically, two of last season’s best riders are also among the lowest paid. Acosta has a salary of 1.5 million in KTM
Marc Marquez’s brother, Alex, draws less than a million euros from the Ducati Gresini team
1 Marc Marquez (Ducati): 17.2 million euros. The world champion’s base salary is 12 million euros, raised after last season’s victories

In third place was the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati of Franco Morbidelli, 189 thousandths away from leader Alex Marquez. Fourth place for Marco Bezzecchi’s Aprilia, 0.200 s back, followed by Johann Zarco (Honda LCR) who preceded another Aprilia: that of Raul Fernandez of the Trackhouse Team.

MotoGP, Buriram test, the times:
1 A. Marquez Ducati 1:29.262
2 M. Marquez Ducati 1:29.391
3 F. Morbidelli Ducati 1:29.451
4 M. Bezzecchi Aprilia 1:29.462
5 J. Zarco Honda 1:29.467
6 R. Fernandez Aprilia 1:29.486
7 J. Mir Honda 1:29.494
8 M. Viñales KTM 1:29.540
9 F. Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:29.643
10 F. Bagnaia Ducati 1:29.678
11 B. Binder KTM 1:29.757
12 L. Marini Honda 1:29.774
13 J. Martin Aprilia 1:29.813
14 P. Acosta KTM 1:29.850
15 A. Ogura Aprilia 1:29.952
16 E. Bastianini KTM 1:30.153
17 J. Miller Yamaha 1:30.325
18 F. Quartararo Yamaha 1:30.507
19 A. Rins Yamaha 1:30.512
20 D. Moreira Honda 1:30.953
21 T. Razgatlioglu Yamaha 1:31.574
22 M. Pirro Ducati 1:32.610

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