Bezzecchi’s unmatched streak rewrites MotoGP history

Marco Bezzecchi has opened the 2026 season in astonishing form, stringing together a run that has rewritten MotoGP’s record book. Despite occasional Saturday errors and a long Sprint drought, the Aprilia rider has become untouchable on Sundays, winning five consecutive Grands Prix, the final two of 2025 in Portimão and Valencia, followed by Thailand, Brazil and the United States this year.

Even more remarkable is how he has done it: leading every single lap of all five races. His streak now stands at 121 consecutive laps at the front, obliterating Jorge Lorenzo’s 2015 benchmark of 103. The scale of the achievement becomes clearer when compared with names like Casey Stoner, Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez, all multiple world champions who never reached such dominance. With Jerez looming, the track where Lorenzo’s run began 11 years ago, Bezzecchi aims to extend his extraordinary start to 2026.