Lorenzo tipped Aprilia to win 2026 MotoGP title

Jorge Lorenzo says he told Aprilia technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini at Buriram that the RS-GP was capable of winning the 2026 MotoGP championship, provided Marco Bezzecchi avoided mistakes and finished every race. Lorenzo said Aprilia had a bike that could lean further than the Ducati and handled exceptionally well, and that on a technical level it was superior.

Bezzecchi did not follow that path. He crashed out of the opening Sprint and suffered further high-profile incidents, while Ducati's Marc Marquez cut a 102-point deficit to him by Aragon. Marquez now leads Jorge Martin by 60 points and Bezzecchi by 74 with two rounds remaining.

Lorenzo described Marquez as the Ayrton Senna of motorcycle racing and compared him to Max Verstappen, recalling that he lost the 2013 title to Marquez at the final round.