Bezzecchi Takes Third Win Of Season At Us Motogp

Italy's Marco Bezzecchi claimed triumph successful nan United States Grand Prix to make it 3 wins successful a statement astatine nan commencement of nan MotoGP season.

Aprilia rider Bezzecchi, who won nan first 2 rounds successful Thailand and Brazil, took nan lead connected nan opening thigh astatine nan Circuit of nan Americas successful Austin, Texas, and did not surrender first spot aft that.

Having besides vanished apical of nan podium successful nan last 2 races of past season, it was a 5th successive triumph for nan 27-year-old arsenic he besides group a MotoGP grounds for consecutive laps led by taking his tally to 121 - beating nan erstwhile champion of 103, group by Jorge Lorenzo successful 2015.

"I'm happy. I'm very happy," said Bezzecchi, who won connected Sunday aft having collapsed retired of Saturday's sprint race. "Yesterday I made a correction truthful it was very important to make a bully title today."

Bezzecchi's team-mate Jorge Martin, who won nan sprint race, was 2nd and Pedro Acosta vanished third, while defending champion Marc Marquez ended up fifth.

Bezzecchi is apical of nan MotoGP standings connected 81 points, 4 up of second-placed Martin.

The adjacent information of nan MotoGP play will return spot successful Jerez, Spain, from 24 to 26 April.