MotoGP Indonesia: Aldeguer wins first race as Marquez, Bezzecchi crash out

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Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer won his archetypal vocation MotoGP aft recently crowned satellite champion Marc Marquez and polesitter Marco Bezzecchi collided connected opening lap.

Published On 5 Oct 2025

Rookie Fermin Aldeguer earned the archetypal triumph of his fledgling MotoGP vocation astatine the Indonesia Grand Prix, portion recently crowned champion Marc Marquez crashed retired aft a crunching collision with Marco Bezzecchi.

Gresini Racing rider Aldeguer surged past KTM’s Pedro Acosta to instrumentality the pb connected the 10th lap, yet finishing good wide of the contention connected Sunday.

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The triumph volition person helped Aldeguer erase the symptom of his second-placed decorativeness successful Saturday’s sprint, wherever helium led for astir of the 13-lap contention earlier finishing 2nd down Bezzecchi.

Acosta finished second, with Aldeguer’s teammate Alex Marquez completing the podium.

Aldeguer is the archetypal rookie to triumph a MotoGP contention since Jorge Martin achieved the feat astatine the Austrian Grand Prix successful 2021. His triumph astatine the Indonesia Grand Prix makes the 20-year-old the 2nd youngest MotoGP victor successful history.

Marquez crashes

Pole-sitter Bezzecchi had an atrocious commencement to the race, uncovering himself successful sixth spot aft the archetypal 2 turns, and the Aprilia rider was a interaction excessively forceful successful his desperation to ascent backmost up into the lead.

As helium charged backmost into the fray, Bezzecchi nudged the rear of Marquez’s Ducati and the brace hurtled into the gravel astatine precocious speed, with Marquez appearing to beryllium successful important discomfort aft the fall.

The Spaniard, who won his seventh MotoGP championship at past week’s Japanese Grand Prix, was hunched implicit connected the broadside of the way for a mates of minutes earlier staggering to his feet and lurching distant portion clutching his shoulder.

The clang continued a dreadful streak of luck for Marquez astatine the Mandalika International Circuit, wherever helium has ne'er been capable to decorativeness a Grand Prix successful 4 attempts.

There did not look to beryllium immoderate atrocious humor betwixt Bezzecchi and Marquez, however, arsenic they shared a speedy handshake earlier Marquez was taken to the aesculapian centre.

Ducati’s day past went from atrocious to worse a fewer laps aboriginal erstwhile two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia’s motorcycle slipped retired from underneath him and dumped him onto the asphalt.

The Italian, who has endured a torrid run this year, chopped a frustrated fig arsenic helium looked up to the entity and gestured angrily with folded hands.

Earlier connected Sunday, KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda won the Moto3 contention successful Indonesia to clinch the 2025 title.