Alex Marquez and Acosta cannot fight Bezzecchi military infantry in Portimao

For those who believe that the morning warm-up is useless and that you have to leave your homework for the last 10 minutes of fatigue, Aprilia’s Italian Marco Bezzecchi showed this Sunday that it is extremely valuable. He was third in Saturday’s sprint at Portimao and was Sunday’s tyrant, winning from start to finish in the long race. Neither Alex Marquez nor Pedro Acosta have enough resources Talking about his second long win of the year after Silverstone, he is just two points away from third place in the championship.

And with a third of the championship remaining, it is the great absentee who will surely keep an eye on Bezzecchi and Aprilia’s progress from home. Marc Marquez Noare added it First 3 wins in a MotoGP season Add what you get with Raul Fernandez for truck house In Australia.

And although at first it was already a carbon copy of Sprint, it took a different path from there. Like what happened from Paul on Saturday Marco Bezzecchi He maintained the lead against Pedro Acosta, while Alex Márquez again overtook Bagnaia and Quartararo, who were running in front of him on the second row of the grid, and moved up from fifth place behind them. Bezzecchi raced again from the start this year, his first year at Aprilia, determined not only to score a victory, but also to finish third in the 2025 MotoGP World Championship.

Already on the second lap, having come out of the final corner perfectly, the 73 outperformed the 37 with one braking and was already in second place, but lost to Aprilia by eight tenths. A scare at Turn 5 prevented Acosta from reacting quickly to Marquez, and the podium positions were already decided in one of the sleepiest races of the year.

The difference with Bezzecchi did not fall below 0.5 seconds until the sixth lap, and Alex used his traction to overtake Acosta, but the clear air ahead kept him cushioned for quite a few laps. Acosta was almost in control of third place, with Bagnaia in fourth place 2.7 inches behind him, with his fourth consecutive podium on the line, but he continues to fail to win in his second year in the premier category.

11th lap Alex Marquez He was already more than a second behind Bezzecchi, who continued to impose his optimum pace. When the 10 second turn is reachedPecco Bagnaia went to the ground.who has already scored 35 points and gave his VR46 Academy friends four consecutive zeros in the long race, taking 3rd place in the final and 6th place this year. And there is even a possibility that he could lose fourth place at the expense of Acosta, who is already only three points behind.

Vezzecchi continued to increase his pace in Aprilia and with 12 seconds left he was already two seconds behind Alex Marquez, while in Acosta he maintained a 2.7 second lead, six seconds clear of Aldeguer. The Murcian closed the distance with the Cervera rider and four seconds from the end the Ducatista’s cushion was just 1.4 seconds apart. With two cars left, the cushion was reduced to 8/10 as both cars slid into corners, and remained at 6/10 at the checkered flag.

The Autodromo de Portimao broke attendance records for Sunday (73,575) and weekend (183,102), bidding farewell to the greatest Portuguese rider of all time, Miguel Oliveira, at his home Grand Prix. Oliveira will replace Pramac Yamaha in 2026 by exchanging stickers with Turkey’s Toprak rider and will compete in the Superbike World Championship as part of BMW. Razgatriol.