Aprilia’s dominance continued on the 2026 American Grand Prix, with the model taking its first two consecutive wins of the brand new MotoGP season.
Marco Bezzecchi, who received dominant races in Thailand and Brazil, led each lap at Sunday’s American Grand Prix and took his third win of the season.
He has now received the final 5 Grands Prix, placing him in an elite realm alongside the likes of Marc Márquez, Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan.
Bezzecchi has additionally led 121 consecutive laps since final November’s Portuguese Grand Prix, setting a brand new report beforehand held by Jorge Lorenzo in 2015.
The Aprilia rider leads the championship with a four-point lead over teammate Jorge Martin, his first win for the reason that 2024 season when he received the title utilizing a reverse technique within the dash.
Martin additionally completed second behind Bezzecchi in Aprilia’s second 1-2 Grand Prix of the yr.
There can now be little doubt concerning the authenticity of Aprilia’s title aspirations and the truth that Martin, together with Bezzecchi, is working exhausting to win this title.
However critical questions are actually being raised about Marc Marquez and Ducati’s protection.
It was anticipated that Marquez and Ducati would have a a lot stronger weekend at COTA than the primary two races, as it’s a circuit the place he has received seven instances in his profession, and with the Michelin tire construction reverted to the usual model.
Nevertheless, Marquez’s weekend began with a 190km/h crash in FP1 and he was unable to enhance. He certified sixth, however collided with Fabio di Giannantonio within the dash.
This resulted in him receiving an extended lap penalty in the primary race. He in the end completed fifth within the Grand Prix. Though he had the tempo to get on the rostrum, it nonetheless wasn’t quick sufficient to problem Bezzecchi for the win. He’s presently 36 factors behind the championship lead.
Ducati insists Marquez continues to be affected by the after-effects of a shoulder harm sustained in Indonesia final October, however there are considerations that the issue may very well be worse than believed.
For Ducati, Fabio Di Giannantonio took pole place, with Pecco Bagnaia second within the dash. Nevertheless, the GP26 additionally suffered tire injury on the COTA Grand Prix, and its tempo within the early levels of the race remained slower than that of the Aprilia.
Within the newest Crash MotoGP Podcast, Dre Harrison joins Lewis Duncan and Peter McLaren to debate Ducati’s lackluster protection and Aprilia’s robust begin.
We additionally focus on the tire stress rule, which Pedro Acosta hated a lot after it price him a dash podium on Saturday.
