The Italian rider is now 11 factors away from Aprilia teammate Jorge Martin within the riders’ standings after two rounds.
Printed On 23 Mar 2026
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi cruised to victory on the Brazilian MotoGP on Sunday for his fourth consecutive win, and now leads the championship standings.
The 27-year-old Italian, beginning second on the grid, shortly grabbed the lead and by no means seemed again for his second win of the yr after his triumph on the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix earlier this month.
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Jorge Martin made it an Aprilia 1-2, and VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio held off defending MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez down the stretch to assert third.
Changes made
Bezzecchi mentioned he and his crew had been compelled to dig deep after struggling throughout Friday’s rain-hit apply.
“It was a troublesome weekend. It was tremendous powerful on Friday. We began in a nasty manner, and it was troublesome to maintain the motivation tremendous excessive,” Bezzecchi mentioned.
“However the guys did a beautiful job, and I pushed myself over the restrict to attempt to compensate all the pieces I may, and on the finish, we discovered the best way to make the bike in a unbelievable manner.
“I adjusted some particulars on my driving, and from this morning, I felt higher, so I mentioned, ‘OK, perhaps I can attempt to struggle.’ It was an incredible race. I’m tremendous completely satisfied.”
With the win, Bezzecchi overtook KTM’s Pedro Acosta and now leads the championship standings by 11 factors.
Bezzecchi devoted the victory to his buddy Roberto Lunadei, a 42-year-old mechanic who died in a highway visitors accident final week.
Observe considerations
The race distance was minimize from 31 laps to 23 amid observe degradation considerations and scorching temperatures in Goiania, a change that was solely introduced simply earlier than the beginning of the race.
Saturday’s dash race was delayed by greater than an hour as officers carried out pressing observe repairs after a big gap was found close to the beginning line.
The competitors on the Ayrton Senna Circuit marked MotoGP’s return to Brazil for the first time since 2004.
MotoGP motion now shifts from South America to North America, with the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on March 27-29.
