Marco Bezecchi suffered his worst result of 2026 at last weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix, with Andrea Dovizioso revealing the championship leader was ‘in crisis’ during the race.
Luke is known to play an important role in winning the world championship Marco Bezecchi Arguably, he received a major blow a Catalan Grand Prix It was tough from start to finish. Aprilia Horseman
The championship leader was off the pace for most of the race weekend. After finishing Q2 in the slowest time, he came home in P9 during the sprint and made the most of the events ahead of him to claim P4 in the Grand Prix.
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Bezecic’s fastest lap in Sunday’s race further illustrates his true pace in Barcelona. His personal best of 1:40.097 was a tenth slower. You have Ogura On the same machine, and about four tenths behind Fabio Di Giannantonio’s Gold standard.
Andrea Dovizioso saw Marco Bezecic ‘in trouble’ at the Catalan GP
During the latest episode Andrea Dovizioso MotoGP Podcastthe 15-time Grand Prix winner reviewed Aprilia’s disappointing weekend and particularly touched on Bezcicci’s form at the Montmelo-based circuit.
The Italian began with the concept of Nole’s modification of the RS-GP26 given the limitations of the prototype on the circuit tracks on the calendar.
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“We were all expecting a very competitive Aprilia in Barcelona, ​​and that wasn’t exactly the case,” he began. “This means that the evolution of the bike has created a situation where it no longer works on some tracks that would have made a difference in the past.
“Maybe he’s more versatile on other tracks.
While Bezecchi was able to score a solid P4 finish in the final category, he benefited from a number of penalties and incidents along the way. He was running in P7 until the last corner of the race.
In terms of Italy’s actual performance in Catalonia, Dovizioso Bezechichi firmly believes that she is now in a crisis situation. “Aprilia in general was struggling this weekend,” he continued.
“Yes, Bezecic scored a decisive result for the championship, but the result of the third race is not completely. In races one and two, he was far from the standard, and the two were better profiles of him than the third.”
“But it did him good because in the end he took home the championship point. But this is the first time I’ve seen him in trouble this year. He was fired up, he was ready, and he left, but he was in crisis.”
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