MOTO GP

Thai GP: Marco Bezzecchi walks calmly

Italian Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Thailand Grand Prix from start to finish, securing his third consecutive victory. Spaniard Pedro Acosta finished second, defending his lead in the 2026 MotoGP World Championship, which he won yesterday with his victory in the Sprint race. Spaniard Raúl Fernández completed the podium.

The puncture in the Ducati tire, which ended its streak of 88 consecutive podium finishes (the best of all time), was exemplified by Marc Márquez, who was forced to abandon the race due to a puncture in the rear tire of his Desmosedici when he was fighting to reach the podium.

The puncture on the Ducati tire, which ended its streak of 88 consecutive podium finishes (the best of all time), was exemplified by Marc Márquez, who was forced to abandon the race due to a puncture in the rear tire of his Desmosedici when he was fighting to reach the podium.

The Aprilia rider held off Marc Márquez and, with the visible drop in performance of the Spaniard from Ducati, only had to impose his own pace to secure the victory with the RS-GP. Pedro Acosta showed excellent pace and finished second to hold onto the championship lead, followed by Raúl Fernández, who, like Bezzecchi, also showed the strength of the Noale equipment to complete the top-3.

After starting the MotoGP journey with a consistent result in the sprint race, crossing the finish line in 13th place, Diogo Moreira repeated the dose and debuted scoring points in the main race. The rider of bike #11 started in 15th place and, benefiting from three retirements, finished the race in 13th place, securing three points in the main race.

With that, the top-10 of the first race of the 2026 MotoGP season looks like this: Bezzecchi, Acosta, Fernández, Jorge Martín, Ai Ogura, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Brad Binder, Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia and Luca Marini.

Marco Bezzecchi defended pole position well against Marc Márquez, followed by Raúl Fernández, Jorge Martín and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Álex Márquez took second place behind Di Giannantonio after overtaking Pedro Acosta. Before the end of the first lap, Fernández attacked Márquez to take second place and try to catch Bezzecchi, who had already opened up a lead.

Acosta regained his position with Álex Márquez – who also lost ground to Joan Mir – to stay in the pack led by Márquez, until on the fourth lap he was overtaken by Martín and, shortly after, also by Acosta, who had distanced himself from Di Giannantonio.

With the two leaders in their respective postcodes, a beautiful battle for third place began with Acosta repeatedly testing Martín, who always managed to regain the position until Acosta finally managed to complete the overtake... but Marc took the opportunity to pass both at once, taking advantage of the fact that he had taken the corner much better.

Acosta reacted and immediately overtook Márquez to take third place and open up some advantage over them, while Martín gradually lost ground; this left the race quite stable in terms of the top five positions. It was difficult to imagine everything that was about to happen.

In the final stretch of the race, Marc Márquez began to close the gap to Acosta, and both were approaching Fernández, who had significantly reduced his pace. However, when the three were almost catching up, Márquez's Ducati suffered a puncture in its rear tire, forcing him to abandon the race.

From then on, things started to happen: while Acosta overtook Fernández to take second place, Álex Márquez crashed, Joan Mir had to abandon due to a problem with his Honda, and Ai Ogura began to stand out, coming from behind.

Completely oblivious to everything that was happening seconds behind him, Marco Bezzecchi redeemed himself from yesterday's crash with an absolutely indisputable victory. Pedro Acosta finished second and Raúl Fernández secured a place on the podium.

Jorge Martín finished fourth, resisting pressure from Ai Ogura by just two tenths of a second, with all four Aprilias among the top five. Fabio Di Giannantonio finished sixth, being the best Ducati rider, ahead of Brad Binder, with Franco Morbidelli taking eighth place from Pecco Bagnaia on the last corner. Luca Marini completed the top 10, with Diogo Moreira scoring his first points and Álex Rins securing one point.

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