Aprilia wipeout and Marquez dominance change the MotoGP season

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Aprilia's disastrous weekend and Marc Marquez's return to form in the MotoGP season.

The Balaton MotoGP weekend could barely have gone worse for Aprilia: its title challenging factory pair wiped out by another Jorge Martin first-corner blunder, while Marc Marquez took a perfect score including his first grand prix win since 2025. How did Aprilia react to the disaster, and was it as straightforward a Martin error as it seemed in the moment? And is a Marquez title bid now fully on? Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson and Matt Beer debate all that in The Race MotoGP Podcast, plus Iker Lecuona’s stand-in heroics and the surprisingly divisive topic of whether Jack Miller had a good race or not. Join The Race Members' Club: Sign up to our motorbike-only Riders tier on Patreon for our 2015 revisited series, ad-free listening and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Val Khorounzhiy, Simon Patterson, Matt Beer

Topics covered

• Aprilia MotoGP performance
• Marc Marquez dominance
• Jorge Martin incident
• MotoGP season analysis
• Iker Lecuona's performance
• Jack Miller race discussion

Keywords

• MotoGP
• Aprilia
• Marc Marquez
• Jorge Martin
• Iker Lecuona
• Jack Miller
• racing
• motorbike
• season analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aprilia

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