NEW CHALLENGE FOR APRILIA RACING IN BRAZIL-Blog by Bayride Aprilia
MARCO BEZZECCHI AND JORGE MARTÍN IN GOIÂNIA FOR THE FIRST TIME
Goiânia, 17 March 2026 – Aprilia Racing is ready to get back on the track for the
second round of the season, this time on the renovated Autódromo Internacional de
Goiânia – Ayrton Senna track.
Marco Bezzecchi is headed to Brazil determined to confirm his competitiveness and
the positive trend he began in Buriram, where he took pole position and the first victory
of the season in the long race. On the other side of the garage, Martín will continue
down the path of adapting to the RS-GP26, on which he continues to demonstrate
encouraging signs after a positive weekend in Buriram, where he finished fourth in the
long race.
Opened in 1974 and named for the legendary Formula 1 driver, Autódromo
Internacional de Goiânia – Ayrton Senna stretches out over 3,84 km and has 14 turns
which combine long, fast straights with more technical sections.
MARCO BEZZECCHI:
Marco - “I’m extremely happy to be going to Brazil and I’m curious to discover this new track.
I’m sure it will be great to race in a new country and meet new fans, so I’m highly
enthusiastic. We’re hoping to have a good weekend and to work well: there is no lack
of motivation on the entire team’s part.”
JORGE MARTÍN:
Jorge - “I'm very excited to get started on this new track and I’m confident that the work done in Thailand will give us a good base to work on in Brazil as well. We’ll need to be
extremely careful to provide the right feedback, because a new track is always
demanding and there will be a lot of things to get dialed in. However, I think that
together with Marco’s team, we’ll be able to be competitive. I can’t wait to get to Brazil.
It’s a country that I really like a lot.”
