Published Nov 9, 2025 by Michael Le Pard
| Aprilia Racing’s weekend at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve ended with an extraordinary victory after a simply perfect race. Starting from pole position, Marco Bezzecchi dominated from the first to the last lap, setting an unmatchable pace and finishing with an advantage of more than two seconds ahead of his closest rival. An absolutely superior performance that further consolidates Marco Bezzecchi’s hold on the third-place spot in the championship rider standings with 323 points and a 35-point advantage.
Following Marco Bezzecchi’s victory in the main race of the Portuguese Grand Prix, Aprilia Racing has mathematically secured second place in the Constructors’ Championship with 387 points, with one round remaining in the season. This is the most successful season in Aprilia Racing’s MotoGP history, with three wins: Marco Bezzecchi in Silverstone and Portimão, and Raúl Fernández in Phillip Island.
Lorenzo Savadori continued the RS-GP25 development programme in race conditions, finishing sixteenth.
Also worth a mention is the outstanding performance by Trackhouse MotoGP Team’s Ai Ogura, who rode a great comeback race from the twelfth spot on the grid all the way to seventh place, making his the second RS-GP25 to finish in the points. |
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I am extremely happy. It was a brilliant race. I started well and managed to get out front straight away. I really felt good – better than in the sprint race. We worked late into the night to try and find that something more, and this morning in the warm-up session, I realised immediately that I’d be able to be more competitive and stay in the pack with the other favourites. I am truly happy that I was able to win. It was a great race and a great day. A huge thank you to all of Aprilia. |
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The race was positive and I spent much of it in the group battling for points. We tried a few interesting solutions that allowed us to improve anyway. It was a wonderful day for Aprilia, with Marco’s victory which repays all the hard work we’ve been doing on developing and growing the bike. I’m happy for everyone and for Aprilia. |
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Marco was simply perfect, from the start all the way to the final lap. This morning in the warm-up session, we had already seen that he was more than okay with the medium tyre and we had hoped that he’d be able to make a play for the win, but I think he demonstrated an undisputed superiority today. When we manage to be more prepared already on Friday, we are always in it for at least the podium, and we would have been in Sepang as well. Ogura did well too, it was great to see him ride like he knows how and it’s a pity about Raúl, who was unable to participate in the race due to a crash in FP1. Everything Sava tested throughout the weekend was good too. One of the objective was to take second place in the Manufacturers Championship, and now we’ve clinched that. The next goal is to ensure third place for Marco, and we’ll have to do whatever it takes to achieve that. We’ve been working extremely well in Noale for some time now and I am truly pleased with everyone who is working in the factory. We are hoping to have a great final race and an outstanding test, because we need to be protagonists out of the gate in 2026. |
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