The weekend on the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit ended with a historic result for Aprilia Racing as they achieve their first podium lockout in MotoGP.
After starting from the seventh spot on the grid, Jorge Martín was protagonist of an extraordinary comeback ride which allowed him to take his first victory with Aprilia Racing at no less than 588 days from his last MotoGP win (Mandalika 2024). Martín closed out the weekend with a brace – winning the sprint race and the long race – thereby tying the result achieved in Le Mans in 2024. Furthermore, the result today is his ninth win in the top class and his first without starting from the front two rows.
Marco Bezzecchi finished second after riding a solid and intelligent race, rounding out the Aprilia factory team’s one-two. This is Bezzecchi’s fifth consecutive podium since the beginning of the season, making him the first rider to achieve this feat since 2015 (a record previously set by Valentino Rossi).
Ai Ogura also put in an outstanding performance. The Trackhouse MotoGP Team rider finished the race third, rounding out a historic, all-Aprilia podium.
This is Aprilia Racing’s first podium lockout in MotoGP, as well as their fourth brace in the top class for the factory team (since Montmeló 2023, Goîania 2026, and COTA 2026) and their seventh consecutive podium in top class. With today’s success, Aprilia Racing now lies at 306 wins in World Championship Motorcycle Racing.
