> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.the-race.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Marquez takes MotoGP points lead after Aprilia implosion - URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/marquez-takes-motogp-points-lead-after-aprilia-implosion/ - Published: 2026-10-10T07:34:17.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-10T07:34:17.000Z - Description: Marc Marquez took an unlikely Indonesian GP sprint race win after a first-corner incident took out two victory contenders and a series of problems for MotoGP title rival Jorge Martin - Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy - Tags: MotoGP, #marc-marquez, #jorge-martin, #marco-bezzecchi, #secondary_feature_1 Marc Marquez took an unlikely victory in the Indonesian Grand Prix sprint race after a first-corner incident took out two other victory contenders and a series of problems for title rival Jorge Martin. Martin appeared to be coasting to victory but had to cede position to Marquez and then made a mistake that dropped him off the podium. With Fabio Di Giannantonio attacking for the lead into Turn 1 on the inside and Marquez trying to squeeze in between the VR46 rider and the Aprilias of Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez, it was close to a four-wide situation at the start - and it ended in disaster for half of the participants. With Di Giannantonio taking a late-braking Marquez wide, Bezzecchi picked up the bike and ended up making contact with Fernandez on the outside, both going down as a result. That first-corner dynamic meant Martin waltzed past, with sudden open road in front of him, to take the lead - and over the first few laps he stretched out a lead of over a second back to Marquez. But he then slowed suddenly to deliberately wave Marquez back through, in what was presumably a bid to artificially raise his front tyre pressure and avoid a penalty for non-compliance. This would tally, as Martin and his crew may have set his tyre pressures expecting to run in traffic, but instead he was into the lead from Turn 1. Once Marquez was handed the lead, Martin quickly pushed back up towards him but struggled to line up any kind of move - and ran off-track on the penultimate lap to relegate himself to fourth place. Instead, Ai Ogura and Di Giannantonio completed the podium. It means Marquez now leads Martin by four points in the standings, with Bezzecchi 59 off the lead after his retirement. Alex Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Fermin Aldeguer, Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo rounded out the points - Acosta having served a long-lap penalty for track limits that dropped him from fifth and in-between the Gresini riders. ## Race result 1 Marc Marquez (Ducati) +0.000s 2 Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.509s 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) +0.835s 4 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +1.947s 5 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +3.410s 6 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +5.478s 7 Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) +7.036s 8 Fabio Bagnaia (Ducati) +10.039s 9 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +10.248s 10 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +13.288s 11 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +16.834s 12 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +17.646s 13 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +18.285s 14 Luca Marini (Honda) +18.956s 15 Brad Binder (KTM) +19.227s 16 Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) +19.293s 17 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +19.562s 18 Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM) +23.472s 19 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) +23.834s 20 Aleix Espargaro (Honda) +38.336s 21 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) DNF 22 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) DNF