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place," Marini said. "I was so fo- cused on getting it. With how we were looking until this morning, it seemed hard at some points, but I think it shows the progress we have made this year to be able to overcome this. "We have improved the whole bike so much and we're already looking forward to next year." Binder, Miller and Enea Bastian - ini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) rounded out the top 10 as MotoGP signed off on an eventful 2025. The final series points have the injured Marc Marquez, champion, on 545, 88 points up on his brother, for a first 1-2 for a family in the premier class in the sport's history. Bezzecchi fin - ished third on 328, while Acosta leapfrogged Bagnaia on 294 to the Italian's 288. Moto2 Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Kalex) is the 2025 Moto2 World Champion after a composed ride to 10th in a dramatic season finale. His only remaining title rival, Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex), needed noth - ing less than victory but faded from the top 10 before ultimately pitting with a rear-tire issue, end- ing his challenge. Moreira thus becomes Brazil's first Grand Prix World Champion. At the front, Izan Guevara de- livered a flawless performance to claim his maiden Moto2 win and become the record 11th different winner of the season. Daniel Hol- gado shadowed him to the line for second, while Ivan Ortola charged through the pack to secure his first Moto2 podium in third. "This was a fantastic season finale," Bezzecchi said. "Raul defi - nitely put me to a hard test during the race because he was really fast and good, especially in the fi - nale, but at the start, I had set up the race well and created some margin that I knew I'd be able to manage. The last two laps were not easy, but I wanted this victory so much and I just stayed super focused, trying not to make any mistakes whatsoever." When asked about his new RS-GP, Bezzecchi said, "I won this bike in a bet, because with Massimo [Rivola], I told him, 'If I was able to win three races, then the bike was coming home.' And I won the bike. So, I had to ask her if she wanted to marry me, and fortunately, she said yes." Luca Marini (Honda HRC Cas - trol) claimed seventh, securing Honda's rise to concession Rank C. "A fantastic result in the end, we really needed this seventh second, but Bezzecchi held firm. The fight for third intensified as Di Giannantonio overtook Acosta with two laps to go. On the final lap, Bezzecchi main - tained just enough margin to secure back-to-back wins and lead an Aprilia one-two over Raul Fernandez. Di Giannanto- nio completed the podium, with Acosta fourth and Fermin Al- deguer grabbing fifth on the last corner from teammate Marquez. "We don't know exactly what happened," Marquez said of his fade. "We need to analyze the data. Between the fifth and the seventh lap, we lost a lot of per - formance, and now we'll work to get a better understanding of it. A sixth place is not the type of result we wanted to finish the season with, especially after feeling good on the bike in the early stages." It was close at the finish, but Bezzecchi held on for the win. ROUND 22 / NOVEMBER 14-16, 2025 RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT / VALENCIA, SPAIN ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P68 Miguel Oliveira signed off from MotoGP racing with a massive burnout in pit lane that caught fire.