Marco Bezecchi will start the season as one of the favorites to win the MotoGP title in 2026 as the Aprilia rider attempts to dethrone Ducati’s reigning champion Marc Marquez.
After joining the 27-year-old, he had the best campaign of his career in 2025 Aprilia A two-year contract. Bezechichi In 2023, he was third in the rider’s standings after his satellite record. Ducati In VR46, however, it outperformed by 329 points to 353.
After spending the first three years of his MotoGP career riding a Ducati Desmosedicis, Bezzecchi learned how to improve RS-GP and built it into the 2025 campaign after joining Aprilia. When did his discovery result in Aprilia? Bezecchi won the British Grand Prix. Last May.
Aprilia finished 2025 with the best bike in MotoGP.Bezcic also finished the year with back-to-back wins in Portugal and Valencia. The Italian secured sprint wins in San Marino, Indonesia and Australia, while Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez triumphed in RS-GP.
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Marco Bezecic believes ‘absence’ will be ‘key’ to Marc Marquez’s results.
Marquez He was in a different league to the rest of the MotoGP field last season, winning the Riders’ title in his first campaign for Ducati. It has seen a total of 11 Grand Prix, 15 podiums and 14 Sprint Race wins. Marquez has five rounds left of the 2025 MotoGP riders’ title.
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The 2025 champion’s campaign came to a premature end on lap 18 of 22 when Bezecichi took out Marquez on the opening lap of the Indonesian Grand Prix. Marquez needs surgery on a shoulder injury he suffered in a gravel crash at Mandalika last October.
Marquez is well on his way back from injury ahead of the start of the 2026 MotoGP season in Thailand. Bezecchi knows the “key” to dethroning Marquez is focusing on himself, not the Spaniard’s form.
he said. MarkFirst of all, it’s not just about Ducati, it’s about all manufacturers, all our competitors – both riders and brands.
“So it’s clear that Marc Marquez has been very strong lately. And because of that, the Ducati is the bike he’s winning on. But I don’t just reflect on that.
“In my opinion, we need to focus on ourselves, on Apria, to give our best, to improve every day and always find the right balance between being satisfied and hungry and wanting to do more.”
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“So, in my opinion, this is the key to always try to improve. So, we shouldn’t compare too much, because there isn’t much to compare, we have to work hard and give everything, that’s our goal.”
Aprilia knows Marco Bezecchi isn’t quite the finished product.
Aprilia knows Bezzecchi is not a finished product yet as he prepares to battle Marquez for his first MotoGP title. The Rimini native emerged as a late threat to Marquez in 2025 to challenge for the title last season and finished 138 points clear of Francesco Bagnaia in 2023.
CEO Massimo Rivola believes that Bezcicci “must learn” to manage expectations.It will be the “last stage”, he needs to really strengthen his status as a title contender. Bezcicci only got a brief taste of what it feels like to be favorite to take out the Grand Prix winners at the end of 2025.
