Marco Bezzecchi dominates MotoGP Brazil for fourth straight victory
Al Jazeera
The Italian rider is now 11 points clear of Aprilia teammate Jorge Martin in the riders’ standings after two rounds.
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi cruised to victory at the Brazilian MotoGP on Sunday for his fourth consecutive win, and now leads the championship standings.
The 27-year-old Italian, starting second on the grid, quickly grabbed the lead and never looked back for his second win of the year after his triumph at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix earlier this month.
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 claim third.
Bezzecchi said he and his team were forced to dig deep after struggling during Friday’s rain-hit practice.
“It was a tough weekend. It was super tough on Friday. We started in a bad way, and it was difficult to keep the motivation super high,” Bezzecchi said.
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