After finishing second at the Spanish Grand Prix, Jorge Martin waxed lyrical about his Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezecic after recovering from a disastrous sprint race.
The Italian enters Jerez having won the last five MotoGP races. But Marc Marquez and Ducati wanted to fight for a position as a pillar Aprilia Horseman lined up fourth.
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The Sprint has brought many struggles yet. Bezechichi When he left the race in the rainy conditions on Saturday. Bezcicci was captured by Alex Marquez’s tearful look On the way to the grid, he stuck to the rear wheel and dropped to P14 at the start.
No one can match Alex Marquez. Spanish Grand Prix When he controls the process to win the competition. Marc Marquez crashed on lap two At turn 11, giving second to Bezeci, who held on to a great comeback in Jerez.
George Martin hails Marco Bezecchi’s ‘fantastic’ performance at the Spanish Grand Prix.
While Jerez isn’t one of Aprilia’s strongest tracks, having never won there, Noale’s outfit have again shown their stride in 2026. Martin He missed out on a podium finish in P4, with Trackhouse’s Ay Ogura and Raul Fernandez finishing P5 and P6 respectively.
Speaking through Motorsport Spain After the race, Martin credited his team-mate with another strong performance and how he put Saturday’s ordeal behind him.
“Marco is undoubtedly in the best form of his career, it’s amazing how he can change things on Sunday,” said the Spaniard. he said.
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Martin then reviewed the race and the issues he faced in the high-speed corners: “After a difficult weekend, I managed to get the most out of it, because the other two Aprilias almost caught me.”
I’m still working on it, but this Sunday I need to understand the problem behind the bike, because my forecast was much better and we didn’t achieve it.
On turns 4 and 8 I’m pushing it a bit to the limit. The steering tightens up a lot, and if I don’t get into the corner properly the bike moves and I lose my confidence. I’ve improved a lot of things, but I need to gain confidence in the fast corners.
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Marco Bezecchi needs to improve on Saturdays to maintain his MotoGP lead.
Bezechi extends the championship lead from Jerez, ahead of Martin by 11 points and Fabio di Gianntonio in third place by 30 points.
But the lead could have been greater if not for another scoreless Sprint race. Bezeci has failed to finish in three of the four shorter races this season.
If he wants to maintain his advantage, he must fix his problems in the Sprint races, especially now that Ducati has won on the board, and Martin is improving his form in Aprilia.
If it comes to him. Neil Hodgson thinks Apria will support Bezeci against Martin in the championship fight. But the Italian has to make sure he stays ahead.
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