{"id":747,"date":"2025-11-07T02:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=747"},"modified":"2025-11-07T02:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:53:12","slug":"bezzecchi-welcomes-motogp-p3-fight-with-bagnaia-acosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/bezzecchi-welcomes-motogp-p3-fight-with-bagnaia-acosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezzecchi relishes MotoGP P3 fight with Bagnaia, Acosta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 MotoGP title may already be decided, but there is still plenty on the line in the final stretch of the season, especially the fight for third place in the riders\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n<p>With just two rounds remaining in Portimao and Valencia, the Marquez brothers have already locked down the top two positions, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/best-of-the-rest-who-will-join-the-marquez-brothers-in-2025-motogp-top-three\/\">the fight for P3 as the main storyline.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUnQFEOcw9w?si=YDJZES90D9QfEluS\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marco Bezzecchi currently occupies the position with 291 points, holding a slender five-point advantage over Francesco Bagnaia, while Pedro Acosta sits a further 26 points behind.<\/p>\n<p>Holding off both would be no easy task, but Bezzecchi is embracing the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is super cool to be able to at least fight for it and be there with only two races to go, so I am very happy for this,\u201d said the Aprilia Racing rider on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we are in a position to fight, so we would love to try to achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a tough battle because Pecco and Pedro are super strong, but I am also quite strong, so hopefully we can try to fight till the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bezzecchi moved into P3 largely due to Bagnaia\u2019s run of three consecutive DNFs, something the two-time world champion is determined to put behind him this weekend in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>[P3 in the riders\u2019 standings] is an objective and we just need to be focused on that,\u201d said Bagnaia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Bez is doing a very good progression, so is Pedro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will try to start again from this weekend with a positive result.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MotoGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MotoGP<\/a>\u2122 &#8211; Another 2nd place for Pedro Acosta in main race.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MalaysianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MalaysianGP<\/a> live on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPOTVNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPOTVNOW<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe Motorsports pack for your front-row access to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MotoGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MotoGP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldSBK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldSBK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FormulaE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FormulaE<\/a> and many more! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/linkinbio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#linkinbio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSblHFtrXp\">pic.twitter.com\/YSblHFtrXp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPOTV SEA (@SPOTVSEA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPOTVSEA\/status\/1982378638445310317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As for Acosta, who entered the picture with two P2 finishes in the last three Grands Prix, the Spaniard insisted the three-way battle was not on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not really think about it, as I am still quite far behind,\u201d said the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I am making a better season compared to last year, so let\u2019s see what happens after Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Portuguese Grand Prix (November 7-9) live on SPOTV NOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 MotoGP title may already be decided, but there is still plenty on the line in the final stretch of the season, especially the fight for third place in the riders\u2019 championship. With just two rounds remaining in Portimao and Valencia, the Marquez brothers have already locked down the top two positions, leaving the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/bezzecchi-welcomes-motogp-p3-fight-with-bagnaia-acosta\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bezzecchi relishes MotoGP P3 fight with Bagnaia, Acosta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[295,293,94,171,297],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-marco-bezzecchi","tag-motogp","tag-motorsports","tag-pedro-acosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}