Marco Bezzecchi’s sturdy tempo within the MotoGP German Grand Prix has are available in for reward from manufacturing unit Ducati duo Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia.
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi has confronted a steep studying curve in 2025, having been thrust into improvement lead on the RS-GP in his first yr on the bike because of the long-term absence of world champion team-mate Jorge Martin.
Having tailored nicely to the Aprilia within the early phases of the season, Marco Bezzecchi’s tempo has taken a big step.
He gained the British Grand Prix on the finish of Could, earlier than scoring a double podium on the Dutch Grand Prix three rounds later.
Bezzecchi was on track so as to add to his podium haul on the German Grand Prix, having sat in third for a lot of it earlier than inheriting second on lap 18 of 30 when Fabio Di Giannantonio crashed out forward of him.
However Bezzecchi would additionally fall only a few laps later, having backed off a bit to keep away from struggling an identical destiny to Di Giannantonio.
In a behind-the-scenes video launched by MotoGP after the German Grand Prix, race winner Marc Marquez and his third-placed team-mate Pecco Bagnaia are caught heaping reward on Bezzecchi’s efficiency.
“Bez was the one rider not a Ducati who was sturdy,” Bagnaia mentioned, earlier than Marquez replied: “He’s sturdy in each race.”
Bagnaia follows this up by saying: “For the reason that take a look at in Jerez,” with Marquez responding: “It was Aragon wasn’t it, when he took a step ahead?
“Jerez one step, Aragon one other,” Bagnaia mentioned.
A key step Bezzecchi has taken in current rounds because the Aragon take a look at has been his type in time assault trim.
Within the early a part of the season, Bezzecchi struggled to seek out stability on the RS-GP when pushing for a lap time on contemporary comfortable rear rubber.
Previous to the Aragon take a look at, his finest grid slot was a seventh on the British Grand Prix, from which he gained the race.
However after the Aragon take a look at, he was fifth on the Dutch Grand Prix and third within the moist on the German Grand Prix.
Heading into this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix, Bezzecchi is the main non-Ducati within the championship sixth on 130 factors.
The subsequent-best Aprilia is Trackhouse rookie Ai Ogura in 14th on 49 factors.
