too much, but I learned from this
mistake today. When I saw I was
second and Marco was push-
ing, I thought, 'I have to warm
up the
tires well, stay calm in
critical moments and just stay
in the flow.' I tried to save the
tires for the last part of the race,
and it worked out. The big key
of this weekend was that we've
already been working very well
on Friday, and that helped me a
lot. We need to copy and paste
this now for the future."
Now the action was behind.
Quartararo and Acosta were
eventually pushed back with
Marquez, Di Giannantonio and
Bezzecchi all getting by before
five laps from home. Alex's late
He held firm, crossing the line
1.4 seconds to the good.
"The moment I started to be
-
lieve it was possible was when
I
overtook Pedro [Acosta], and
then Marco [Bezzecchi] did the
long lap; I managed to open a
little gap," said Fernandez. "Then
I thought 'Okay, maybe today
is the day. Try to be relaxed on
the bike and enjoy.' And this is
what I did. Yesterday, I made a
mistake at the beginning of the
race because I maybe pushed
Espargaro and Luca Marini (HRC
Castrol) on the previous circuit
to sit fifth.
Any hopes of a brilliant come
-
back were soon curbed. Recog-
nizing he had used a lot of rear
tire in the
early laps, Bez was
forced to take a breath. All the
while Fernandez asserted real
control. Having passed Acosta
with an audacious around-the-
outside move on the entry into
the Miller Corner on lap four,
there began a run of personal
best laps with clear track ahead.
Wary of Bezzecchi's recovery
potential, he tore the competi
-
tion apart in a dizzying five-lap
run as he stretched
his lead out
to 1.5 seconds.
ROUND 19 / OCTOBER 17-19, 2025
PHILLIP ISLAND / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Fabio Di Giannantonio (49) dives
up the inside of Pedro Acosta (37)
on his way to second place on
Sunday. Acosta lost his third-place
podium to Bezzecchi late in the
race on Sunday.
