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 appeared 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 say third.
Changes made
Bezzecchi stated he and his group had been pressured to dig deep after struggling throughout Friday’s rain-hit follow.
“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 stated.
“However the guys did an exquisite job, and I pushed myself over the restrict to attempt to compensate every little thing I may, and on the finish, we discovered the best way to make the bike in a incredible manner.
“I adjusted some particulars on my driving, and from this morning, I felt higher, so I stated, ‘OK, possibly I can attempt to combat.’ It was a tremendous 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 good friend Roberto Lunadei, a 42-year-old mechanic who died in a street visitors accident final week.
Monitor issues
The race distance was minimize from 31 laps to 23 amid observe degradation issues 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.
