Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Bezzecchi Dominates Portimão to Deliver Aprilia’s Best Season Yet

His 25-lap run at the front leaves a 35-point buffer over Bagnaia with 37 still on offer in Valencia.

Overview

  • The Aprilia factory rider led from pole and won by 2.583s over Alex Marquez, with Pedro Acosta third.
  • The victory is Aprilia’s third of 2025, confirming the manufacturer’s most successful campaign.
  • Francesco Bagnaia crashed on lap 11 for his fourth consecutive Sunday DNF, continuing a late-season slide.
  • Bezzecchi praised Aprilia’s engineers and test program, saying he always believed in the project as the bike improved.
  • Only a full 37-point haul for Bagnaia combined with Bezzecchi failing to score would overturn third in the standings at Valencia.