Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Portuguese Grand Prix for Aprilia on Sunday, leading throughout the race at Portimao.
The Italian tightened his grip on third in the world championship as he led home Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Pedro Acosta (KTM).
With nearest challenger Francesco Bagnaia falling, Bezzecchi stretched his advantage in third place to 35 points. That leaves Bagnaia with a miracle to perform in the Valencia finale if he wants to finish the year better than fourth – and officially puts Acosta out of the running for a championship top three.
Bezzecchi took a comfortable lead into the first corner of the race, with Acosta and Marquez slotting in behind the RS-GP25.
Acosta was unable to make life as difficult for Marquez as he had in the Saturday sprint, and had no reply to his countryman when the blue Ducati powered past at the beginning of lap two.
Directly behind them, Bagnaia pulled off a similar move on Fabio Quartararo, who would spend the rest of the afternoon in defensive mode.
Nicolo Bulega took the last point on offer in what was a solid MotoGP debut for the factory Ducati squad, where he is replacing the injured Marc Marquez.
