Italian rider Marco Bezzecchi led from begin to end to assert his second victory of the season on the Portuguese Grand Prix.

The 26-year-old Aprilia rider gained at Silverstone in Could and was victorious once more to spice up his possibilities of sealing third place within the championship with one spherical left.

Polesitter Bezzecchi didn’t have the tempo in Saturday’s dash, when he got here third, however this time he held his personal to complete forward of Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez and KTM’s Pedro Acosta.

Such was Bezzecchi’s dominance that he completed greater than 2.5 seconds away from Marquez as he grew to become the sixth completely different winner previously six MotoGP races.

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, who’s battling with Bezzecchi for third within the championship behind holder Marc Marquez and his brother and runner-up Alex, crashed out of fourth place leaving him 35 factors behind earlier than the ultimate spherical in Valencia.

In MotoGP a rider can earn a most of 37 factors from every Grand Prix, with the winner of Saturday afternoon’s dash taking 12 factors and victory in Sunday’s race incomes 25 factors.

World champion Marc Marquez, who gained his seventh MotoGP title in Japan final month, once more missed the race due to a season-ending collarbone damage.