Overview
- Marco Bezzecchi claimed his fifth straight Grand Prix win at COTA on Sunday and moved back into the championship lead as his uninterrupted lead run reached 121 laps, topping Jorge Lorenzo’s 2015 mark of 103.
- Jorge Martín, who won Saturday’s short Sprint race to briefly take the points lead, finished second in the Grand Prix to seal another Aprilia one‑two.
- Pedro Acosta took third in the main race after stewards stripped his Sprint podium for low tire pressure, a post‑race check that dropped him to ninth.
- Marc Márquez served a long‑lap penalty for colliding with Fabio Di Giannantonio in the Sprint and finished fifth, a detour through a marked loop that adds several seconds.
- The series now heads to Jerez on April 24–26 for the first European round, setting up a fresh test of Bezzecchi’s form and the stewards’ tighter enforcement.