Italy's Marco Bezzecchi's impressive start to the MotoGP season continues with victory in Brazil in a race shortened to 31 laps due to extreme heat.

Bezzecchi’s factory Aprilia teammate Jorge Martin finished second for his first podium finish since the final round of the 2024 season in Barcelona, where he took the world title for Ducati, while Di Giannantonio prevailed in a race-long battle with reigning world champion Marc Marquez for third, finishing half a second behind Martin.

By Rory Carroll March 22 (Reuters) - Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi cruised to victory at the MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday for his fourth consecutive Grand Prix win and now leads the championship standings.

Several riders spoke post-race about the issue, displaying where they had been hit by bits of the track. Before the

It had been 22 long years since Brazil featured on the MotoGP calendar before last weekend’s return to the South American nation in Goiania, at the circuit named after Formula 1 great Ayrton Senna. As it turned out,

MotoGP has “a lot of work to do” in the USA, with hopes of running a second GP in the States described as a “long way out” by MotoGP’s Sporting Director, Carlos Ezpeleta.

Marco Bezzecchi won the FIM MotoGP World Championship race Sunday at Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia - Ayrton Senna, in Brazil.

Toprak Razgatlioglu couldn’t build on his strong start to the weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix, ending up 12th in qualifying after a crash in FP2 disrupted his plans. The Turkish rider had set himself up for Q2 by going fourth-fastest in the timed practice session.