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MotoGP Sprint Race (Top 10) 1. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) 19:3.971 2. Raul Fernandez (Apr) +3.149 3. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +5.310 4. Jack Miller (Yam) +5.376 5. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +5.416 6. Alex Marquez (Duc) +6.109 7. Fabio Quartararo (Yam) +8.706 8. Luca Marini (Hon) +8.938 9. Pol Espargaro (KTM) +9.252 10. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +9.752 MotoGP (Top 10) 1. Raul Fernandez (Apr) 39:49.571 2. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc) +1.418 3. Marco Bezzecchi (Apr) +2.410 4. Alex Marquez (Duc) +3.715 5. Pedro Acosta (KTM) +7.930 6. Luca Marini (Hon) +7.970 7. Alex Rins (Yam) +10.671 8. Brad Binder (KTM) +12.270 9. Enea Bastianini (KTM) +14.076 10. Pol Espargaro (KTM) +16.861 recently crowned champ was never headed. Strong through the final two lefts, Kelso could just stay in touch by hanging in the slipstream down the Gard - ner Straight. Rueda just kept dropping his speed and eked out eight-tenths of a second by the flag, with Kelso equaling his best-ever result in second. Alvaro Carpe (Ajo KTM) broke clear of a wild fight for third with seven other riders but was reeled in by Aspar KTM sub - stitute Joel Esteban and Max Quiles on the final. He just held on by 0.058 of a second for his first podium since Mugello. Rueda (365 points) becomes just the sixth rider in history to win 10 races in a lightweight class campaign. Angel Piqueras (MSI KTM) with 231 points is now on the defensive with Quiles (228) close for second. CN Alonso just won out in the battle to claim second, with Moreira less than a tenth off in third. Holgado pipped Dixon to the line for fourth, with Baltus left to rue a poor first lap in sixth. His pace wasn't dissimilar to Agius'. Gonzalez's (247 points) lead is down to two points with Moreira (245) right there. Canet's (212) late slump to ninth means he's almost out of it. Moto3 Joel Kelso (MTA KTM) was true to his word. The 21-year-old went all in at his home race as he hounded Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo KTM) all race long for vic- tory but just fell short. The pair that had battled for pole on Saturday took just two laps to break clear of the pack, with polesitter Kelso doing the early running. But once Rueda took control on lap seven, the ROUND 19 / OCTOBER 17-19, 2025 PHILLIP ISLAND / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P76 Try as he might, local boy Joel Kelso (66) just couldn't overhaul World Champion Jose Antonio Rueda (99) in Moto3, who took his 10th win of the season.