Challenging race for Aprilia Racing at Sepang

Oct 26, 2025 Michael Le Pard News

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MARCO BEZZECCHI ELEVENTH AT CHEQUERED FLAG, LORENZO SAVADORI SIXTEENTH
The full-distance race at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit proved challenging for Aprilia Racing. Starting back in 14th, Marco Bezzecchi struggled to make up ground in a difficult race. He had to settle for eleventh, but the points were enough to keep him third in the Riders’ standings on 291 points.

Lorenzo Savadori continued his vital development work on the RS-GP25 throughout the race, finishing sixteenth, just outside the points zone.

Rookie Ai Ogura from the Trackhouse MotoGP Team also delivered a strong performance, finishing tenth and helping to bring two Aprilia RS-GP25s into the points.
It certainly wasn’t a good day, beginning this morning with the terrible Moto3 accident involving Rueda and Dettwiler. As for my performance, sadly, I struggled. It was quite a tough race, and I couldn’t really overtake anyone. I couldn’t have done any better today, and I’m disappointed, but at least we scored a few points. Now we’ll work even harder for the last two races of the season.
It’s a pity because I lost some time at the start, battling with Chantra – my pace early on was good enough to stay with the group. Then, running in the slipstream, the temperatures rose and the tyre started to drop off. We’ll keep trying new things, and we already have some ideas we’ll test at Jerez in two days during private testing.
It was a tough weekend; we knew we were heading to a track that doesn’t particularly suit us. Unfortunately, as has happened before this season with the RS-GP25 —much more competitive than previous bikes— the performance came a bit too late, and missing direct access to Q2 put us on the back foot. The sprint was excellent, with Marco always strong in overtaking, while in the race the choice of the front tyre affected his performance, but that’s easy to say now. We now look ahead to the final two GP’s with our goals clearly in mind and the determination to give our best straight away in Portimão.

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