Marco Bezzecchi wins Indonesian Grand Prix as Jorge Martin regains MotoGP championship lead

Marco Bezzecchi claimed his fifth victory of the MotoGP season and his first since his home Italian Grand Prix in late May with a dominant performance at the Indonesian Grand Prix.

The factory Aprilia rider bided his time behind pole-sitter Raul Fernandez for the opening two-thirds of the 27-lap race before executing a decisive move at the start of lap 19. Once out in front, Bezzecchi delivered an inch-perfect ride, setting a pace Fernandez simply could not match to take the chequered flag by 4.2 seconds over the Trackhouse Aprilia rider.

Aprilia factory teammate Jorge Martin completed the podium in third on Lombok Island, reclaiming the championship lead with five rounds remaining. The Spaniard capitalised on Marc Marquez finishing sixth, which nevertheless marked the reigning world champion's first-ever full race distance finish at Mandalika.

Ai Ogura secured a historic top-four lockout for Aprilia by finishing fourth ahead of Pedro Acosta, who rounded out the top five. Brothers Marc and Alex Marquez crossed the line in sixth and seventh, while Fabio Di Giannantonio, Fabio Quartararo, and Enea Bastianini completed the top 10. Brad Binder, Luca Marini, Johann Zarco, Franco Morbidelli, and Alex Rins also finished in the points.

Key moments from the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix:

Every rider on the grid made an identical tyre choice for the race, opting for the medium rear and the soft front.

Start – Bezzecchi attempted an aggressive move on Fernandez into Turn 1 under heavy braking, but ran deep, allowing the pole-sitter to retain the lead on the cutback. Behind them, Marc Marquez passed Di Giannantonio, while Martin dropped a place to Aldeguer.

Lap 1/27 – Last year's winner Aldeguer continued his early charge, overtaking Di Giannantonio into Turn 16.

Lap 2/27 – A slight mistake on the exit of Turn 1 by Di Giannantonio allowed Martin to sweep past heading into Turn 2, moving back into the top five. Behind them, Acosta snatched seventh from Alex Marquez with a late-braking manoeuvre into Turn 10.

Aldeguer crashed out of contention at Turn 16, marking his fourth tumble of a bruising weekend on Lombok Island.

Lap 3/27 – Martin out-braked Marc Marquez into Turn 10 to move up into the podium positions in third.

Lap 5/27 – Out front, Fernandez held an 0.8s gap over Bezzecchi, with Martin a further 1.7s behind in third, holding a 0.4s advantage over Marc Marquez.

Lap 6/27 – For the second year running, Bagnaia crashed out of the Indonesian Grand Prix at the final corner while running in 10th. Earlier in the lap, Miller went down at Turn 2, ending his race prematurely.

Lap 7/27 – Having already passed Alex Marquez at Turn 10, Acosta pulled off an identical move on Marc Marquez to demote his future teammate to fifth.

Lap 8/27 – Razgatlioglu, battling through the pain of a dislocated right shoulder sustained in a heavy FP2 crash on Saturday, retired to the pits from 17th place.

Lap 10/27 – Fernandez maintained his lead with a 0.5s cushion over Bezzecchi. The factory Aprilia rider was 1.9s clear of Martin, who in turn sat 1.2s ahead of Acosta, with Marc Marquez and Di Giannantonio right behind the KTM rider.

Lap 11/27 – Bezzecchi set the first sub-1:30 lap of the race to slash Fernandez's lead to 0.3s. The Trackhouse rider was battling through severe pain in his right hand, having fractured his index finger and being forced to brake with his middle finger.

Lap 13/27 – Ogura launched an attack on Alex Marquez into Turn 10 but ran too deep, allowing the Gresini rider to hold onto seventh.

Ahead of them, Acosta let Marc Marquez through at Turn 13, likely managing front tyre pressure issues.

Lap 15/27 – In turn, Marc Marquez allowed Acosta back through into Turn 10, dropping back to fifth.

Lap 17/27 – Acosta once again yielded position to Marc Marquez, while behind them Ogura—having successfully dispatched Alex Marquez—overtook Di Giannantonio.

Lap 19/27 – Bezzecchi made his move on Fernandez into Turn 1, making a decisive pass under braking to take the lead. By the end of the lap, the Italian had built a 1.4s gap over Fernandez, who held a 2.3s buffer over Martin.

Lap 20/27 – With tyre pressures seemingly stabilised, Acosta went on the offensive against Marc Marquez for fourth. After an unsuccessful lunge at Turn 10, the KTM rider made a clean pass at the penultimate corner to claim fourth, 6.1s behind Martin, who was reeling in Fernandez.

Lap 21/27 – Marc Marquez slipped to sixth after being overtaken by Ogura at Turn 16, the same spot where Acosta had made a move laps earlier.

Lap 22/27 – Alex Marquez pulled off a clean overtake on Di Giannantonio at Turn 12 to take seventh position for Gresini.

Lap 25/27 – Ogura attacked Acosta into Turn 12, momentarily taking fourth before the Spaniard fought back on the entry to Turn 13. However, into Turn 16, Ogura executed an unstoppable dive down the inside to decisively seal fourth place.

Finish – Marco Bezzecchi took victory at the Indonesian Grand Prix ahead of Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin, who completed the podium on Lombok Island.