The weekend at Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia – Ayrton Senna ended with an extraordinary result for Aprilia Racing. Marco Bezzecchi, starting from the second spot on the grid, took the lead straight away on the first corner, maintaining the position all the way to the chequered flag, taking the first win ever on the Brazilian track. This is the fourth consecutive win for the Italian rider for the first time in his career (Portimão, Valencia, Buriram and Goiânia), and this also makes him the first Aprilia Racing rider to achieve five victories in the top class (including Silverstone 2025). Marco Bezzecchi is the fifth rider in the modern era to win four consecutive Grands Prix, after Valentino Rossi, Marc Márquez, Jorge Lorenzo and Pecco Bagnaia, while it had been eleven years since a rider last led a Grand Prix from start to finish for four races in a row. Completing the one-two is Jorge Martín, who finished second for his first Aprilia Racing podium in a long race, returning to the rostrum after a 490-day absence.For Aprilia Racing, this is a historic day – tenth win in the top class, fourth in a row, second one-two for the factory team after Montmeló 2023 and, with today’s win, 304 victories in the FIM Grand Prix World Championship.After two races, Aprilia Racing now leads both the manufacturers and the team championships, and has two riders in the top two positions of the top class standings for the first time in their history in FIM Grand Prix World Championship.The Trackhouse MotoGP Team rider also had outstanding performances: Ai Ogura finished fifth and Raúl Fernández tenth, taking four Aprilias into the top ten positions.
“It was a fantastic race and a great day. I am truly extremely pleased because, given our start on Friday, I honestly never would have thought I could win. Saturday evening we worked hard, and I felt good straight away this morning. I’d like to dedicate this win to Roberto Lunadei, who passed away last week, and to his entire family.“
“I’m not surprised by the result because there was a lot of hard work behind it. I knew that, once I was back to full fitness, I would have the speed. The thing that surprises me the most is how quickly I’m adapting to the RS-GP26. Bezzecchi has taken four wins in a row, and that is certainly admirable. With him we are a team — in the briefings we compare notes, and together we are developing the bike by trying to help each other, which is essential to move the project forward.“
“A fantastic job by Marco who, along with his team, managed to transform a complicated Friday so much that he barely missed pole position and, with a perfect start, took the lead straight away for an undisputed win. It was a perfect Sunday with Jorge once again on the podium. It’s an emotional experience to see him up there two days in a row after such a long time. It’s also wonderful to see so many Aprilias at the front, with Trackhouse MotoGP Team even in second place on the team standings. These are all positive and strong signs. It’s obviously easy to have illusions after two such positive races, but I think that the next two, Austin and Jerez, will give us a more complete picture of the playing field. We have two extremely strong riders and, once again, the hard work done in Noale has been rewarded, which deserves the sacrifices we are all making together.“
