29/03/2026 04:17
A post-race crash after landing a long, high-speed wheelie all wrong did nothing to dampen Jorge Martin's joy over finding the top step of the podium again and leading the Championship. Martin chose the medium rear tire when the rest of the field went with the soft, and it proved to be the right choice. It was the 2024 MotoGP World Champion's first Sprint win since 2024, his first with Aprilia and re-established him as the winningest Sprint racer ever with 17 victories, one more than Marc Marquez. More importantly, Martin said, it established that on three very different tracks he was there or thereabouts when the checkered flag flew. We are back in the game, Martin said. Two-time MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia led for most of the race, but a fading rear tire left him vulnerable to a last-lap lunge by Martin. Still, it was Bagnaia's first podium of the season and it followed a fourth