Marco Bezzecchi regains the 2026 MotoGP World Championship lead with a fifth Grand Prix victory in a row in Sunday’s US Grand Prix at COTA.

Bezzecchi led Aprilia’s second Sunday one-two in a week, with team-mate Jorge Martin getting the better of KTM’s Pedro Acosta.

Martin, who led the standings after his Saturday Sprint win, is now just four points behind Bezzecchi.

Acosta is third for KTM but now 21 adrift of Bezzecchi with top Ducati rider Fabio di Giannantonio 31 points from the top.

Reigning champion Marc Marquez is almost an entire grand prix weekend’s worth of points behind in fifth.

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Further back, WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu secured his first MotoGP point in 15th, as the top Yamaha rider at COTA.

COTA: New 2026 MotoGP World Championship standingsPos RiderNatTeamPointsDiff.1^1Marco BezzecchiITAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)81 2˅1Jorge MartinSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP26)77(-4)3=Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM (RC16)60(-21)4=Fabio di GiannantonioITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26)50(-31)5^1Marc MarquezSPADucati Lenovo (GP26)45(-36)6^1Raul FernandezSPATrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)40(-41)7˅2Ai OguraJPNTrackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26)37(-44)8^1Alex MarquezSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26)28(-53)9˅1Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP26)25(-56)10=Luca MariniITAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)23(-58)11^2Enea BastianiniITARed Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)22(-59)12˅1Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)17(-64)13^1Franco MorbidelliITAPertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)14(-67)14^1Fermin AldeguerSPABK8 Gresini Ducati (GP25)13(-68)15˅3Johann ZarcoFRACastrol Honda LCR (RC213V)13(-68)16^1Diogo MoreiraBRAPro Honda LCR (RC213V)*9(-72)17˅1Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)6(-75)18=Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)3(-78)19=Joan MirSPAHonda HRC Castrol (RC213V)3(-78)20NAToprak RazgatliogluTURPramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)*1(-80)

 

^X Rider has improved X championship positions.
= Rider has the same championship position as previous race.
Ë…X Rider has dropped X championship positions.
* Rookie
 

 

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