Danilo Petrucci is really pleased with “Maturity”.“ Aprilia’s Marco Bezecchi shows as he bids to battle Ducati rider Marc Marquez for the 2026 MotoGP title.
Petrocchi It is clear that it is “root”. Bezechichi This time to win the first championship of the premier class, which will be his first world championship. The 27-year-old He finished third in the MotoGP standings in 2023 and 2025, as well as in Moto3 in 2018 and Moto2 in 2021.
Bezecchi last won a title ten years ago when he lifted the 2015 CIV Moto3 crown. But the Aprilia He can add the MotoGP title to his collection in 2026 with three wins in the first four rounds as he leads team-mate Jorge Martin by 11 points.
Gresini star Alex Marquez won last Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix to end Besci’s back-to-back run and has led every lap this season. Bezeci won the last two races of the season in Portugal and Valencia, setting a new record by leading 121 consecutive Grands Prix.
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Danilo Petrucci is delighted with Marco Bezecchi’s ‘maturity’ in 2026 title fight.
Petrucci was delighted to see him. Bezechi won Grand Prix in Thailand, Brazil and USA 2026 to start MotoGP seasonHe proved that he was no “flash in the pan” of late last year. The Italian admires the maturity his compatriot is showing to fight for the title.
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But while Petrucci is “rooting” for Bezeci, he is loathe to risk “jinxing” the Rimini native’s title hopes. Mark Marquez of Ducati He is 44 points down with 17 rounds to go. Marquez never faced a big deficit to the lead after four laps.
Petrucci said. GPON: “I’m not saying anything out of fear of something happening, because what if something happens?
But I was very pleased with the maturity he showed, and most importantly, it wasn’t just a repeat of last season’s finish.
“It’s going to be a long battle because there are more than 40 seeds and there’s no room for mistakes, mind you. You have to try to stay on your feet and bring home point after point. But anyway, I’ve said it many times, I’m going to base it.”
In the year Only in 2015, when Jorge Lorenzo finally took the title, and in 2024, when Marquez rode the one-year Ducati GP23 at Gresini, the seven-time champion faced a double-digit deficit after the first four rounds in a year untouched by injury.
Marquez’s shoulder injury He played his part in his challenging start to the 2026 season, but he has contested every round so far – unlike in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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