Andrew McLarneyMotoGP Reporter
Andrew McLarney is an accredited MotoGP reporter with four years experience as a professional writer across the sports and video game industries. His experience as a K1 Premier League competitor evolved into a fascination with all forms of combat sport and eventually motorsport — with MotoGP becoming his primary focus. On top of that he is also an avid follower of MXGP and AMA Supercross/Motocross.
It was another dominant display from Aprilia at the USA Grand Prix in COTA as Marco Bezzecchi made it five wins a row and completed a clean sweep of the opening rounds of the calendar.
Aprilia took control from the first few laps and followed up their statement performance in Brazil with an even bigger one in Texas.
Jorge Martin finished in 2nd place after an impressive win in the sprint race, while Pedro Acosta managed to hang on for a podium ahead of pole-sitter Fabio Di Giannantonio. Marc Marquez battled back through the field to finish fifth despite a long lap penalty, while Enea Bastianini was very impressive climbing up from P12. Check out the full results table below:
| Position | Rider (Team) | Time/Gap |
| 1. | Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) | - |
| 2. | Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) | +2.036 |
| 3. | Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing) | +4.497 |
| 4. | Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46) | +6.972 |
| 5. | Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo) | +8.100 |
| 6. | Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3) | +8.243 |
| 7. | Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) | +11.253 |
| 8. | Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) | +13.129 |
| 9. | Luca Marini (Honda HRC) | +14.471 |
| 10. | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) | +14.544 |
| 11. | Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing) | +21.063 |
| 12. | Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing) | +22.062 |
| 13. | Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) | +22.201 |
| 14. | Franco Morbidelli (VR46) | +24.371 |
| 15. | Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) | +25.549 |
| 16. | Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) | +26.309 |
| 17. | Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +27.136 |
| 18. | Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +38.701 |
| OUT | Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda) | - |
| OUT | Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Racing) | - |
| OUT | Joan Mir (Honda HRC) | - |
| DNS | Maverick Vinales (KTM Tech3) | - |
In addition to winning the race by a comfortable margin, Bezzecchi also set a new record for the most consecutive laps led in the premier, smashing the one previously held by Jorge Lorenzo.
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It was a disappointing race for Ai Ogura who was carving his way through the field and looked like a certain podium finisher until a mechanical failure forced him to retire from the race.
There was some positive news for Toprak Razgatlioglu as he scored his first MotoGP point for the Pramac Yamaha team.
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