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<\/p>\nThere was no sign of friction between team-mates and title rivals Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin as they celebrated Aprilia\u2019s historic one-two finish in Sunday\u2019s home Mugello MotoGP.<\/p>\n
After qualifying on pole, Bezzecchi left the home crowd disappointed when he misjudged his braking into Turn 1 during the Sprint and slipped to fourth place.<\/p>\n
Underlining what might have been, the Sprint ended with a one-two for Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez and Martin, cutting Bezzecchi\u2019s championship lead to 12 points.<\/p>\n
Not for the first time this season, Bezzecchi entered the grand prix under pressure to make amends for a disappointing Sprint result.<\/p>\n
The Italian responded in style, ending a three-grand prix winless streak with a commanding victory over Martin.<\/p>\n
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Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n
\u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time Bez is under big pressure – and he was under big pressure – he delivers performance,\u201d said Aprilia <\/a>Racing CEO Massimo Rivola.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it’s a good sign. It’s something that he can afford and if I think about the rest of the season, I don’t think he was in MotoGP <\/a>fighting for so many good results constantly.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I hope he can build confidence because the day will come, I hope, where the pressure will be super high for another target.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSooner or later, one of the two won’t be happy”<\/p>\n That target is to claim Aprilia\u2019s first-ever MotoGP title.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n To achieve it, Bezzecchi <\/a>will need to overcome former champion Martin<\/a>, who was quick to join in the celebrations after his team-mate\u2019s emotional home victory.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Jorge is happy because he realises he’s fast, he realises that the bike is fast, he realises that if he’s in a bad day he can do a podium anyway,\u201d Rivola said.<\/p>\n Rivola also highlighted that, unlike Bezzecchi, Martin has experience of being on both sides of a MotoGP title fight, losing out to Pecco Bagnaia in 2023, then winning for Pramac Ducati in 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cJorge has the big advantage that he already won a championship, and he already lost a championship. So, he is more used to fight for that kind of position,\u201d Rivola said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I think that we have now two happy riders.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cSooner or later, one of the two won’t be happy, but we’ll try to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n Rivola, Bagnaia, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n Completing the podium alongside the Aprilia duo was top Ducati rider Bagnaia, who received a hug from Rivola.<\/p>\n Although 2027 rider deals remain TBC, Bagnaia is understood to have agreed terms to join Aprilia before the season began.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he deserved the podium and I’m very happy for him that he did it here in Italy, for sure,\u201d Rivola said of the Bagnaia embrace.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Bagnaia\u2019s arrival will be at the expense of Martin, who is set to join Yamaha.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was no sign of friction between team-mates and title rivals Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin as they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[10669,64,63,5744,10732,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-708616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia-racing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jorge-martin","tag-marco-bezzecchi","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rivola,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1320521_hires_1600x900.jpg\")
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