Aprilia's Bezzecchi dominates Portuguese Grand Prix for second win of season

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PORTUGUESE MOTOGP, MOTO2 AND MOTO3 RACES RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL (NOVEMBER 9, 2025) (DORNA – See restrictions before use) MOTOGP 1. VARIOUS OF RACE START 2. VARIOUS OF #73 ALEX MARQUEZ (BK8 GRESINI RACING MOTOGP) OVERTAKING #37 PEDRO ACOSTA (RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING) FOR SECOND PLACE 3. #63 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA (DUCATI LENOVO TEAM) AFTER CRASHING OUT 4. DUCATI LENOVO GENERAL MANAGER, LUIGI DALL'IGNA, WATCHING ON FROM BOX 5. REPLAY OF BAGNAIA'S CRASH 6. VARIOUS OF #72 MARCO BEZZECCHI (APRILIA RACING) OUT IN FRONT 7. BEZZECCHI CROSSING FINISH LINE 8. MARQUEZ CROSSING FINISH LINE THIRD WITH ACOSTA SECOND 9. BEZZECCHI FIST PUMPING 10. BEZZECCHI BEING LIFTED INTO THE AIR BY TEAM 11. #88 MIGUEL OLIVEIRA (PRIMA PRAMAC YAMAHA) WAVING, BLOWING KISSES TO CROWD AFTER HIS FINAL HOME GP 12. BEZZECCHI LIFTING TROPHY 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 2025 PORTUGUESE GP WINNER, MARCO BEZZECCHI, SAYING: "Yeah, I'm very happy. Super, super happy because it was a fun race. It was a tough one. Very long. But since this morning, already yesterday night, I understood that I could make a step in terms of pace, seeing the data, seeing my mistakes in the riding. So, we worked until late at night to try and solve everything. This morning when I started the warm-up I was feeling super good. So, very, very happy to grab another win." MOTO 2 14. RACE START 15. VARIOUS OF #95 COLLIN VEIJER (RED BULL KTM AJO) OVERTAKING #10 DIOGO MOREIRA (ITALTRANS RACING TEAM) FOR THE LEAD 16. #80 DAVID ALONSO (CFMOTO INDE ASPAR TEAM) OVERTAKING #96 JAKE DIXON (ELF MARX VDS RACING) FOR THIRD 17. VARIOUS OF #07 BARRY BALTUS (FANTIC RACING) OVERTAKING #18 MANUEL GONZALEZ (LIQUI MOLY DYNAVOLT INTACT) GP) 18. MOREIRA OVERTAKING VEIJER FOR THE LEAD 19. MOREIRA CROSSING FINISH LINE FIRST AHEAD OF VEIJER 20. VARIOUS OF MOREIRA AND VEIJER AFTER CROSSING FINISH LINE 21. VARIOUS OF MOREIRA LIFTING TROPHY MOTO 3 21. RACE START 22. #28 MAXIMO QUILES (CFMOTO GAVIOTA ASPAR TEAM) OVERTAKING #72 TAIYO FURUSATO (HONDA TEAM ASIA) FOR THE LEAD 21. #36 ANGEL PIQUERAS (FRINSA – MT HELMETS – MSI) OVERTAKING FURUSATO FOR SECOND  22. QUILES OUT IN FRONT 23. QUILES' TEAM CHEERING HIM ON 24. QUILES CROSSING FINISH LINE FIRST 25. QUILES CELEBRATING ON BIKE 26. QUILES LIFTING TROPHY STORY: Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi of Italy delivered a commanding lights-to-flag victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday (November 9), claiming his second win of the season and strengthening his grip on third place in the championship with just one round remaining. The polesitter made amends for a lacklustre Saturday (November 8) sprint performance, where he could only manage third, by controlling the race from start to finish ahead of Spaniards Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez and KTM's Pedro Acosta. Bezzecchi's dominance was emphatic, as he finished more than 2.5 seconds clear of Marquez to become the sixth different winner in the last six MotoGP races, while Acosta's late race pace had him close in on his compatriot but settled for third. Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia of Italy, who is battling with Bezzecchi for third in the championship behind champion Marc Marquez and runner-up Alex, crashed out of fourth place and finds himself 35 points behind before the final round in Valencia. The final round of the season is the Valencia Grand Prix next weekend. In Moto2, Diego Moreira of Brazil put himself 24 points clear in the title race with victory while his closest rival, Manuel Gonzalez of Spain, could only finish sixth.  With only one race to come in Valencia, Moreira only needs to finish 14th to wrap up the title before he moves to MotoGP next season. Max Quiles of Spain took victory in Moto3, giving him the possibility to finish second behind already crowned champion, compatriot Jose Antonio Rueda, who missed the race through injury.    (Production: Conal Quinn)

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