Bezzecchi Wins Indonesia GP as Martín Takes MotoGP Lead
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Marco Bezzecchi won the MotoGP race in Indonesia. This is called a Grand Prix. A Grand Prix is a big motorbike race.
Bezzecchi rides a motorbike. A motorbike is a vehicle with two wheels. He had a good race and got back to winning.
Jorge Martín and Marc Márquez fought for first place in the championship. A championship is a competition for the best rider of the year. The rider with the most points wins it.
Before this race, Márquez had the lead. A lead means you are first in the competition. Now Martín has the lead instead.
Márquez said it was a 'round weekend.' This means it was a good and complete weekend for him, even without the lead.
Martín and Márquez are both strong riders. A rider is a person who drives a motorbike in a race. Many people watched their battle for the lead.
Vocabulary15 words
- Grand Prix
- a big, important race
- motorbike
- a vehicle with two wheels and an engine
- championship
- a competition to find the best in a sport
- lead
- being first in a competition
- riders
- people who drive motorbikes in races
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- battle
- a strong fight or competition
- points
- numbers you get for winning or doing well
- race
- a competition to see who is fastest
- won
- finished first
- competition
- an event where people try to be the best
- vehicle
- a machine that moves people or things
- wheels
- round parts that turn and help things move
- strong
- very good or powerful
- instead
- in place of something else
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1. Marco Bezzecchi 2. Jorge Martín 3. False
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Marco Bezzecchi won the MotoGP race in _____. This is called a Grand Prix.
Bezzecchi rides a _____. He had a good race and got back to winning.
Jorge Martín and Marc Márquez fought for first place in the _____.
Before this race, Márquez had the _____.
Now Martín has the lead _____.
Márquez said it was a '_____ weekend.'
Martín and Márquez are both strong _____.
Many people watched their _____ for the lead.
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