The Italian wins his fifth straight Grand Prix to take management of the world championship standings after three rounds.
Printed On 30 Mar 2026
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi prolonged his excellent begin to the 12 months by profitable america Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday for his third consecutive win of the 12 months and fifth straight courting again to final season.
Bezzecchi led all 20 laps on the Circuit of the Americas, the place he crossed the road 2.036 seconds forward of teammate Jorge Martin. Pedro Acosta, who completed third in Saturday’s dash earlier than a penalty dropped him to eighth, rounded out the rostrum.
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Bezzecchi, racing a day after he failed to complete a dash for the second time this season after a crash, additionally reclaimed the lead within the MotoGP standings with 81 factors, 4 factors away from Martin, who gained Saturday’s dash race.
With the win, Bezzecchi turned the third Italian rider to win 5 in a row after Corridor of Famers Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini. He’s additionally the primary rider to win the primary three grands prix of the season since Marc Marquez in 2014.
“That is superb. I imply, I wasn’t anticipating a day like this after yesterday, as a result of it wasn’t simple, and I made a mistake, and it was necessary to bounce again,” stated Bezzecchi.
“Fortunately, my staff, my squad, was very near me, and so they gave me the motivation to attempt to bounce again.
“However anyway, I wasn’t anticipating a race like this, and I’m so blissful – I actually can’t describe my emotion proper now. Very, very blissful and proud.”
Polesitter Fabio Di Giannantonio of VR46 Racing completed fourth, whereas defending Austin champion Francesco Bagnaia of the Ducati Lenovo Crew was tenth.
