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JORGE MART\u00cdN WINS HIS FIRST RACE ON THE RS-GP IN A COMEBACK RIDE, MARCO BEZZECCHI SECOND. TRACKHOUSE MOTOGP TEAM\u2019S AI OGURA COMPLETES A HISTORIC ALL-APRILIA PODIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TOP CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Le Mans<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weekend on the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit ended with a historic result for Aprilia Racing as they achieve their first podium lockout in MotoGP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After starting from the seventh spot on the grid, Jorge Mart\u00edn was protagonist of an extraordinary comeback ride which allowed him to take his first victory with Aprilia Racing at no less than 588 days from his last MotoGP win (Mandalika 2024). Mart\u00edn closed out the weekend with a brace \u2013 winning the sprint race and the long race \u2013 thereby tying the result achieved in Le Mans in 2024. Furthermore, the result today is his ninth win in the top class and his first without starting from the front two rows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marco Bezzecchi finished second after riding a solid and intelligent race, rounding out the Aprilia factory team\u2019s one-two. This is Bezzecchi\u2019s fifth consecutive podium since the beginning of the season, making him the first rider to achieve this feat since 2015 (a record previously set by Valentino Rossi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ai Ogura also put in an outstanding performance. The Trackhouse MotoGP Team rider finished the race third, rounding out a historic, all-Aprilia podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Aprilia Racing\u2019s first podium lockout in MotoGP, as well as their fourth brace in the top class for the factory team (since Montmel\u00f3 2023, Go\u00eeania 2026, and COTA 2026) and their seventh consecutive podium in top class. With today\u2019s success, Aprilia Racing now lies at 306 wins in World Championship Motorcycle Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jorge Martin: \u201cI am truly happy. At the start, I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to battle for the win, but I never let up. Aprilia is giving me what I need and my confidence is growing day by day. Now it is important to continue working in this direction to improve even more.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marco Bezzecchi: \u201cIt was a good weekend overall, despite the difficulties. I\u2019m pleased because I took a spot on the front row in qualifying and finished on the podium in the sprint race and in the long race. I tried to stay focused and to ride without making mistakes. I gave one hundred percent, but Jorge had a little more.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Massimo Rivola: \u201cIt was a historic day with three Aprilias on the podium for the first time. It is particularly thrilling to see Jorge so strong here in Le Mans, where exactly one year ago, he thought he might be leaving us, and it\u2019s also great to see Marco so competitive and mature. And then, seeing Ai\u2019s podium is also a relief after what happened in Austin. Noale\u2019s racing division is doing a truly extraordinary job and I think this is proper recognition for a working team led so admirably by Fabiano Sterlacchini.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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