ROUND 3 / MARCH 27-29, 2026
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P94
MOTO2
Agius returned to form with a
victory in Moto2 at Circuit of
the Americas, holding off Vietti
to secure his third career win.
Izan Guevara (bLU cRU Pramac
Yamaha Moto2) completed the
podium.
The race was heavily disrupt-
ed from the outset. A turn-one
collision eliminated
Dani Holga-
do (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team)
and
Joe Roberts (OnlyFans
American Racing Team), before
a multi-rider crash later in the
lap forced a red flag. All riders
were conscious, and a short-
ened 10-lap restart followed,
with
several penalties issued for
earlier incidents.
At the restart, Alonso Lopez
With his win, Bezzecchi
joined Marquez, Valentino
Rossi, Mick Doohan, Giacomo
Agostini, John Surtees, Mike
Hailwood and Geoff Duke in an
elite club of riders to have won
five successive premier-class
Grands Prix. He also broke the
record for the longest streak of
premier-class laps led, eclipsing
Jorge Lorenzo's 2015 mark of
103 straight laps to up the mark
to 120 laps and counting.
In the points, Bezzecchi re
-
claims the lead on 81 to Martin's
77
and Acosta's 60.
retiring with a technical issue.
Bezzecchi managed the clos-
ing laps to win by 1.7 seconds,
extending his
record run of laps
led. Martin's second place kept
him firmly in the title fight, while
Acosta held on for third. Di Gi-
annantonio finished fourth, with
Marc
Marquez narrowly beating
Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM
Tech3) to fifth.
"After yesterday was a tough
pill to swallow, and I have to say
that my team, the whole Aprilia
factory, they all supported me a
lot," Bezzecchi said. "Yesterday
I was quite sad but to bounce
back like this, I didn't expect
and is amazing. I am very, very
happy, especially to have got
those new records."
Senna Agius (81) was
spectacular in Moto2,
resisting constant pressure
for a third career win.
