At the Indonesia Grand Prix, rookie MotoGP champion Fermin Aldeguer won the first victory of his young career while Marc Marquez, who had just been crowned champion, collided with Marco Bezzecchi and crashed out.
On the 10th lap, Gresini Racing’s Aldeguer held the lead before Pedro Acosta, who had previously finished second, to win the race on Sunday.
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Aldeguer will now be able to recover from his agonizing second-place finish in the Saturday sprint, where he led for the majority of the 13-lap race before coming in second behind Bezzecchi.
Aldeguer’s teammate Alex Marquez completed the podium with Acosta coming in second.
Aldeguer won the first MotoGP race as a rookie since 2021’s Jorge Martin at the Austrian Grand Prix. With his victory at the Indonesian Grand Prix, he becomes the second youngest MotoGP winner in history.
Marc Marquez collides and injures his collarbone
Bezzecchi, the pole-sitter, had a bad start to the race, finishing in sixth place after the first two turns, and the Aprilia rider made a desperate effort to regain the lead.
Bezzecchi nudged Marquez’s Ducati as he returned to the fray, and the pair crashed into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez claiming to be in great discomfort after the fall.
The Spaniard, who won last week’s Japanese Grand Prix with his andnbsp; seventh and seventh; MotoGP , championship , hunched over the track for a short while before stomping on his shoulder and scurrying away.
Marquez has never been able to complete a Grand Prix at the Mandalika International Circuit after four unsuccessful attempts, which is a terrible series of luck.
However, Bezzecchi and Marquez didn’t seem to have any verbal exchanges because they exchanged a quick handshake just before Marquez was taken to the hospital.
Following the race, it was revealed that Marquez had been injured by a collision with Bezzecchi and had a collarbone injury.
Marc Marquez has a right collarbone injury as a result of today’s crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix, according to Ducati’s social media statement.
The rider will travel to Madrid (Spanien) tonight to decide whether to continue receiving medical care.
Marquez fractured his shoulder during the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez in the opening weekend of the 2020 summer season, which extended his eligibility and required several surgeries.
After a few laps, Ducati’s afternoon turned from bad to worse when two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia’s bike slipped out of his lap and dumped him onto the asphalt.
As the Italian looked up at the sky and gestured furiously with folded hands, the Italian cut a frustrated figure after a rough campaign this year.
Jose Antonio Rueda of KTM Ajo won the Moto3 race in Indonesia earlier on Sunday to claim the 2025 title.
Source: Aljazeera
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