Marco Bezzecchi won the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas on an Aprilia, while Toprak Razgatlioglu scored his first MotoGP premier-class point by finishing 15th after overtaking a fading Fabio Quartararo late in the race. “I’m happy with the point, but we were 25 seconds behind the leader,” Razgatlioglu said, underlining the roughly 25-second gap to the frontrunners and the limits of the Yamaha package.

Razgatlioglu credited Pramac teammate Jack Miller and lessons learned on and off track for helping him finish and collect a point, saying he had adopted a calmer, smoother “Superbike” riding style that helped manage troublesome Michelin tires. He also said he learned from following Quartararo during the event and from testing with Miller, but admitted weaknesses remained, notably in early braking zones, and he matched and then surpassed his 2025 crash tally in recent rounds.

Pramac director Gino Borsoi called the result “a morale boost,” and the team noted it was the first MotoGP championship point for the updated Yamaha M1 V4 package while stressing their ambitions remained higher and hoping it would be the first of many. Yamahas nonetheless filled the final four finishing positions at Austin, underscoring the gap to the Aprilia-led frontrunners, and Razgatlioglu praised the Circuit of the Americas and vowed to push for better results as the championship moved toward the European rounds.

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