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Game over after Marquez collision: Marco Bezzecchi is out of the World Championship fight

MotoGP Sprint Saturday began for Marco Bezzecchi with pole position and ended with scrapes and his elimination from the World Championship. The Aprilia factory rider has a very different perspective to world champion Marc Marquez.

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07.11.2026 - 19:43

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

Entscheidender Moment: Bezzecchi stürzt innerhalb von Marquez
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On Saturday afternoon, Aprilia factory rider Marco Bezzecchi had set the lap record and taught the smaller field of MotoGP rivals in Qatar a lesson. Even Marc Marquez had to admit that Bezzecchi was the fastest MotoGP rider in the desert. However, the Italian was only able to capitalise on this for a short while.

Having taken the lead at the start, the race had to be interrupted following a heavy crash by Bezzecchi’s mate Pecco Bagnaia. The second start proved to be the key moment, as it was now Marquez who got away better from second on the grid and set the pace in the opening laps.

The decisive moment, which occurred before the halfway point of the race, will be the subject of lively discussion among MotoGP fans for a long time to come. Marco Bezzecchi put Marquez under pressure. When the Spaniard went a little too wide in Turn 1, the Aprilia immediately cut inside – and found itself on the ground shortly afterwards. This was because Márquez had just as decisively cut back inwards. The fact that Márquez stayed on his bike in that situation had a major impact on the race and the World Championship standings. Following Bezzecchi’s retirement, he cruised to victory without any serious challenge, securing his first title ‘match point’ for Sunday.

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Marco Bezzecchi showed his sporting spirit after being knocked out of the World Championship and, though visibly shaken, appeared for a press conference. The Italian’s comments were free of ranting, yet delivered a clear message: “I can’t change it now; it’s decided. And the decision was made on the outside as well. I have to accept that. I was on the inside, I didn’t see Marc on the outside – and a second later I was lying on the track. Things like that can happen.”

When confronted with Marquez’s statement that Bezzecchi was now ‘much faster’ than in the past, the Italian took issue with it. ‘It’s not really fair to bring that up. I disagree, but I accept his point of view. I don’t want to get worked up about it any further; it just wastes energy. I want to keep focusing on my job and getting good results.”

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Marco Bezzecchi auf der Verfolgung von Marc Marquez
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Bezzecchi on the sprint up to his crash: “The first start was very good; everything went perfectly. But at the second start I had a slight wheelie and lost a bit of ground. Even so, this race went very well too – right up until the crash. Whether I would have won is impossible to say, but I was certainly in a position to fight for victory.”

And looking ahead to Sunday’s Grand Prix: “I’ll try to take only the best from Saturday and make the most of it for the long race. That’s all I can do now,” said Bezzecchi that evening in Qatar. The World Championship train has left the station – after Marco Bezzecchi took the lead in the World Championship in Brazil and was at the top of the MotoGP standings for eight rounds, the World Championship remains a dream.

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