{"id":15246976,"date":"2026-08-08T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/how-a-destroyed-marco-bezzecchi-battled-to-british-gp-sprint-podium\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:33:32","slug":"how-a-destroyed-marco-bezzecchi-battled-to-british-gp-sprint-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/how-a-destroyed-marco-bezzecchi-battled-to-british-gp-sprint-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"How a \u201cdestroyed\u201d Marco Bezzecchi battled to British GP sprint podium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Bezzecchi\u00a0says he exceeded his own expectations by finishing on the British Grand Prix sprint podium despite feeling exhausted and \u201cdestroyed\u201d by Saturday\u2019s running.<br \/>While the factory Aprilia rider had topped Friday\u2019s main practice session on his return from the injuries he sustained at the Sachsenring, Saturday provided the first serious test of his fitness as qualifying and the &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/motogp\/news\/how-super-tired-marco-bezzecchi-secured-sprint-podium-after-feeling-destroyed\/10845094\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-BIKES&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/motogp\/news\/how-super-tired-marco-bezzecchi-secured-sprint-podium-after-feeling-destroyed\/10845094\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-BIKES&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Autos \u2013 Motorsports Bikes Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Bezzecchi\u00a0says he exceeded his own expectations by finishing on the British Grand Prix sprint podium despite feeling exhausted and \u201cdestroyed\u201d by Saturday\u2019s running.While the factory Aprilia rider had topped Friday\u2019s main practice session on his return from the 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