BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
T
here's nothing like the prom-
ise of a new MotoGP season
to get the blood pumping. It
didn't quite go to script, as Marco
Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing Team),
who topped every session bar
Sunday morning warmup, promptly
threw it away in the Sprint race.
But he made up for it on Sunday,
taking a dominant win in swelter
-
ing, tire-destroying conditions. This
makes three Sunday GP wins in a
row for Bezzecchi, who claimed
victory at the final two races of
2025 at Portimao and Valencia.
Neither Aprilia nor Marco Bezzec
-
chi had ever won three consecu-
tive Grand Prix races until now.
The Sprint went the way of
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM),
who took his first MotoGP premier
class race win, even if it wasn't
the Sunday GP win he so craved.
He took the gold after crossing
the line second to Marc Marquez
(Lenovo Ducati), but a controver
-
sial penalty for the World Champi-
on for a sharp pass on the penul-
timate lap saw him give the place
back in a very Formula One-esque
draconian example of rulebook
enforcement.
In Moto2, Manuel Gonzalez
(Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP)
outlasted two red flags and acres
of broken carbon fiber to take
the first win of the year, while
in Moto3, David Almansa (Liqui
Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) did like
elder teammate Gonzalez and
outfoxed Max Quiles (CFMOTO
Gaviota Aspar Team) by a mi
-
nuscule three-thousandths of a
second for the victory.
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Marco Bezzecchi was
fastest all weekend
but threw it away on
Saturday. He more than
made up for it on Sunday
by blitzing the field.
MOTOGP
EXPLODED BACK
INTO LIFE IN
THE FINAL YEAR
OF THE 300-
HORSEPOWER
1000S, AND IT WAS
MARCO BEZZECCHI
WHO MADE A
LITTLE SLICE OF
HISTORY AS THE
FIRST APRILIA
RIDER TO TAKE
THREE WINS
IN A ROW.
