After a tough 2025 Jorge Martin returns to the top step of the Tissot Sprint as Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez and Di Giannantonio crash out

It was cloudy skies over Austin Texas for the Tissot Sprint at the Circuit of the Americas. Fabio Di Giannantonio took back-to-back pole positions for the first time in his MotoGP career, championship leader Marco Bezzecchi started in second wit Pedro Acosta rounding out the front row. Francesco Bagnaia had his best qualifying of the season in fourth and alongside him was Joan Mir and the King of COTA Marc Marquez.

The lights went out and Pecco Bagnaia lead the way out of turn one ahead of Acosta and Marc Marquez, Di Giannantonio made an aggressive move on Marc at turn seven to move into the podium spots.

Marquez tried to repass Diggia into turn 12 but out-braked himself and lost the front and took the Italian with him, they both remounted in last.

Jorge Martin was in-front of his teammate Bezzecchi in fourth and after sitting behind the Honda of Mir for three laps made his move into turn one to take third place. Martin then slipstreamed Acosta down the back straight and moved into second, Bagnaia was leading by 1.4 seconds with six laps remaining.

Bezzecchi followed his teammate and overtook Mir into the penultimate corner and set his sights on Acosta and made the pass at turn 13.

Toprak Razgatlioglu was running as the top Yamaha until he suffered a problem with his M1 and had to retire.

On lap 7 Bezzecchi made a move on Martin into turn 11 and took second place and had 1.4 seconds to his good mate Pecco.

Bezzecchi had closed in two tenths on Bagnaia in the final and first sector but made a mistake into turn 11 and lost the front and was out of the race.

Enea Bastianini was having his best ride of the season by a long way and was battling with Alex Marquez for fifth place.

Mir on the final lap lost the front at turn one out of fourth place. Martin was closing in on Bagnaia to 0.4 seconds.

Martin sat up Bagnaia at turn 12 to take the lead of the race and win the Sprint in America. Bagnaia brought home his Ducati in second for his first podium of the season and Acosta finished in third. Bastianini beat Alex Marquez to fourth with Luca Marini in sixth, Ai Ogura was seventh, Raul Fernandez eighth and Johann Zarco brought home the final point.

Jorge Martin crashed on the cooldown lap while doing a wheelie down the back straight, Acosta was also under investigation for tyre pressures.

Martin now leads the championship standings ahead of his teammate Bezzecchi by one point and Acosta by eight points.

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