Bezzecchi dominates MotoGP Brazil for fourth straight victory

[p]The 27-year-old Italian, ‌starting second on the grid, quickly grabbed the lead and never looked back ‌for his second win of the year after his ‌triumph at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix earlier this month.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martin-jorge/zBBka6dR/"]Jorge ‌Martin[/a] made it an Aprilia 1-2, and VR46's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/di-giannantonio-fabio/pI4o388M/"]Fabio Di ‌Giannantonio[/a] held off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-marc/UPhfij2b/"]Marc Marquez[/a] down the stretch to claim third.[/p][h2]Adjustments made[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezzecchi-marco/EXzAZEse/"]Bezzecchi[/a] said he and his team were forced to dig deep ‌after struggling during Friday's rain-hit practice.[/p][p][b]"It was ⁠a tough weekend, it was ‌super tough on Friday, we started in a bad way, and ​it was difficult to keep the motivation super high," Bezzecchi said.[/b][/p][p][b]"But the guys did a wonderful job ​and I pushed myself over the limit to try to compensate for everything I could and at the end we found ⁠the way to make ​the bike in a fantastic way.[/b][/p][p][b]"I adjusted some details on my riding and from this morning I felt better, so I said, 'Okay, maybe I can try to fight.' It was an ‌amazing race, I'm super happy."[/b][/p][embed guid="dccb41bd-2b40-4a84-8d14-d0fde63809e1" url="https://x.com/MotoGP/status/2035807769672974650" social-type="twitter" /][p]With the win, Bezzecchi overtook KTM's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/acosta-pedro/KrGeaHq5/"]Pedro Acosta[/a] and now leads the championship standings by 11 points.[/p][p]Bezzecchi dedicated the victory to his friend [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tamburini-roberto/jJvzBDlE/"]Roberto Lunadei[/a], a 42-year-old mechanic who died in a road traffic accident last week.[/p][h2]Track concerns[/h2][p]The race distance was cut from 31 laps to 23 amid track degradation concerns and scorching temperatures in Goiania, a change that was only announced just before the ‌start of the race.[/p][p]Saturday's sprint race was delayed by ​more than an hour as officials carried out urgent ‌track repairs after a large hole was discovered near the starting line.[/p][p]The competition at the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/badovini-ayrton/MoxyJZKs/"]Ayrton Senna[/a] Circuit marked MotoGP's return to Brazil for the first time in more than two decades.[/p][p]MotoGP action now shifts from South ⁠America to North America with ⁠the US Grand Prix ‌in Austin, Texas, on March 27th-29th.[/p]