Bezzecchi wins Indonesian Grand Prix as Aprilia sweeps top four
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 11, 2026
Bezzecchi wins Indonesian GP
Marco Bezzecchi won the Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika after making the decisive move on lap 19 and passing Raul Fernandez for the lead. Fernandez had started from pole position and held the front spot early, but Bezzecchi found a way through and stayed there the rest of the way. He finished 4.260 seconds ahead of Fernandez at the checkered flag, a margin that reflected both the strength of the pass and the control he showed once he got clear. The win gave Bezzecchi another major MotoGP result. It also came in a race that featured Aprilia sweeping the top four spots. Bezzecchi’s race had the cleanest possible finish once he took the lead, and the timing of the move on lap 19 proved decisive.
Aprilia fills podium spots
Aprilia delivered the kind of result teams spend years chasing. Bezzecchi won, Fernandez finished second, Jorge Martin took third and Ai Ogura crossed the line fourth, giving Aprilia its first-ever MotoGP 1-2-3-4 finish. The sweep covered the top four positions and made the Indonesian Grand Prix a showcase for the manufacturer at Mandalika. Fernandez turned his pole into a podium finish, but he could not keep Bezzecchi behind him once the race reached its decisive stretch. Martin added another strong result to the Aprilia tally with third, while Ogura completed the rare sweep by taking fourth. The order gave Aprilia control of the front of the race from first through fourth place and made the team’s day far more than a single-rider victory. A 1-2-3-4 finish in MotoGP is hard to achieve in any circumstances. Aprilia did it at Mandalika, and it did it with three riders finishing behind Bezzecchi after the lead changed hands midway through the race. The result stood as one of the team’s clearest statements of the season.
Martin regains championship lead
The Indonesian Grand Prix also shifted the championship picture. Martin reclaimed the series lead by two points over Marc Marquez, who finished sixth after winning Saturday’s sprint race. Bezzecchi moved up to third in the championship and trailed Martin by 46 points with five rounds and 185 points remaining. The standings left the title fight open, but Martin left Mandalika with the advantage after backing up his podium finish with a gain in the points chase. Bezzecchi’s win brought him back into the thick of the battle and gave him a stronger position with the run to the finish ahead. Marquez’s sixth-place result came a day after his sprint victory, so the weekend produced a split outcome for him, with Saturday success followed by a quieter Sunday in the grand prix. Bezzecchi’s victory also carried a milestone for Italy. It gave the country its 300th premier-class MotoGP victory, a mark that fits the scale of the result and the strength of the performance at Mandalika.
