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Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin’s MotoGP form puts Aprilia on course for a tense but “smart” team-mate title fight.
Aprilia team manager Paolo Bonora welcomes the prospect of a MotoGP title battle between teammates Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin. Bezzecchi currently leads the championship standings, having won all three races this season. However, costly errors in two Sprints have kept Martin and KTM’s Pedro Acosta close behind. Martin’s recent success includes a COTA Sprint victory and two second-place finishes behind Bezzecchi. The close competition leaves Bezzecchi just four points ahead of Martin as they head to Jerez. Bonora acknowledges the potential challenge of managing a team-mate rivalry but praises the positive and smart working relationship between Bezzecchi and Martin. The last same-team 1-2 finish in MotoGP occurred in 2015 when Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi finished first and second for Yamaha, ending in controversy due to accusations involving Marc Marquez.
