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MotoGP Sprint Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing Team) turned a disastrous pole- position start into a sensational victory in the Sprint race, snatch- ing the win from Aldeguer on the final lap. Bezzecchi slipped from pole to eighth off the line, while Luca Marini briefly led before running wide, allowing Aldeguer, Augusto Fernandez and Pedro Acosta through. Early drama saw Marc Marquez and Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) collide at turn 10, with Rins worst affected and Marquez handed a long-lap pen - alty that dropped him to 13th. At the front, Aldeguer es- tablished a gap after Acosta crashed out from second at turn one. That left Fernandez and In the Moto2 Championship, there was a massive swing in the points, with long-time series leader Manuel Gonzalez's points lead cut to just nine following his disqualification due to his Dynavolt Intact team running illegal software on his Kalex. The pain was made even worse as his chief title rival, Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Kalex), inflict - ed the maximum pain with the full 25 points for the race win. In Moto3, we have a new World Champion as Jose Anto- nio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) escaped all the madness around him to record a red-flagged win after David Munoz (Dynavolt Intact KTM) was knocked off his bike at high speed by Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Honda), causing the race to be stopped. ROUND 18 / OCTOBER 3-5, 2025 MANDALIKA INTERNATIONAL STREET CIRCUIT / LOMBOK ISLAND, INDONESIA ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P80 63 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA 14TH/DNF MOTOGP "It was a very disappointing weekend, especially considering how the previ- ous one went," Francesco Bagnaia said. "This has never been an easy track for me, although I've always achieved good results here in the past. I'd like to apologize to the team for the crash. I was pushing to try to bridge the gap with the riders ahead, despite the lack of feeling. Unfortu- nately, we didn't manage to change the momentum of this weekend, but I'm sure that by analyzing the data, the engineers will find a solution for the next Grand Prix, so I can battle for the top three in the championship." 10 LUCA MARINI 13TH/5TH MOTOGP "The race started very well, going more or less to plan with another re- ally good start; it's one of the strong points of the Honda RC213V and myself," Marini said. "I had a good fight with Acosta at the start. He was protecting his line well, and I was managing everything. My pace was there for P2, but then it looks like Fernandez tried to force a move even MYOWNRACE Aldeguer (54) did everything right—all except the last half lap of the Sprint race, as Marco Bezzecchi (72) stormed past to claim a late victory.