Updated On: 19 October, 2025 09:50 AM IST | Austin (USA) | AFP
But the laser-focused Italian, starting from second, simply had too much power in his Aprilia to clinch his third sprint win in the last four races

Marco Bezzecchi
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi hit a seagull, but still won a white-knuckle Australian MotoGP sprint race Saturday.
France’s Fabio Quartararo, riding his Yamaha, threw down the gauntlet in qualifying when he shattered Bezzecchi’s Phillip Island lap record set a day earlier to bank his fifth pole of the season.