{"id":751233,"date":"2026-06-21T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751233\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:23:09","slug":"marc-marquez-wins-the-czech-motogp-narrows-title-gap-to-leader-bezzecchi-motorsports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751233\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez wins the Czech MotoGP, narrows title gap to leader Bezzecchi | Motorsports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Seven-time MotoGP world champion reduces title leader Marco Bezzecchi\u2019s points lead after the Italian was suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Ducati\u2019s Marc Marquez claimed a thrilling victory at the Czech MotoGP on Sunday, with the seven-time MotoGP champion producing a late overtake of teammate Francesco Bagnaia to seal the win at Autodrom Brno.<\/p>\n<p>Starting fourth on the grid, Marquez shadowed Bagnaia for much of the race before making his decisive move on lap 16. He then pulled clear in the closing stages to secure the win after a controlled final stint, sealing back-to-back victories after also triumphing in Hungary earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>Bagnaia, who had been chasing his first double victory of the season after winning Saturday\u2019s sprint, was unable to respond and was later overtaken by pole-sitter Ai Ogura of Trackhouse Racing on lap 18 while pushing to reel Marquez back in. Ogura finished second, 0.421 seconds behind Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian crossed the line in third despite coming under late pressure from VR46 Racing Team\u2019s Fabio Di Giannantonio, while KTM\u2019s Pedro Acosta retired with a bike problem on the final lap.<\/p>\n<p>Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi was suspended from Sunday\u2019s race after an altercation with a marshal following a crash during Saturday\u2019s sprint race.<\/p>\n<p>Bezzecchi\u2019s ban allowed his Aprilia teammate Jorge Martin to close the gap in the riders\u2019 title race to just eight points (180 to 172). After a slow start to the 2026 MotoGP season, Marquez has climbed to 140 points \u2013 just 40 behind Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4684882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-21T123606Z_1658343903_UP1EM6L0Z049F_RTRMADP_3_MOTOR-MOTOGP-CZECHREPUBLIC-1782047960.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Marquez in action.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Marquez in action during the Czech MotoGP [David W Cerny\/Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven-time MotoGP world champion reduces title leader Marco Bezzecchi\u2019s points lead after the Italian was suspended. Published On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,586,2057,806,805,3152,803,804,44,588,85],"class_list":["post-751233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-czech-republic","tag-europe","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751233","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=751233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}