Despite his physical conditions, Bezzec🍬chi managed to deliver yet another podium after starting the 13-lap sprint from ninth on the grid.

Like race winner Jorge Martin,🔯 Bezzecchi carved his way through the field before overtaking Maverick Vinales for P3 on the final lap. 

• Vinales: ‘Suddenly I 🌺lost all the grip, our bike destroyed the tyres’ 
• Martin: “The pressure is still on Bagnaia”, leadi♕ng the championship ‘a dream’

Speaking after the race, Bezzecchi said: “Was re🍰ally diffi🌞cult. I didn’t expect to arrive here today and get a podium in the sprint. I decided to start on Wednesday morning so it was pretty cool. 

“The start was good and in the first half of the sprint I felt verꦕy good physically. 

“I don’t know if🐻 it was the adrenaline from the chaos of the race start, as always, but I felt good and then after that, when I got myself behind Luca, I stཧarted to feel the slipstream and the hot air. 

“With the slipstream, stopping the bike is much tougher. There I started to🌞 struggle quite a lot. With Maverick even more because I was really close. But I was there and had to give my all. 

“The ❀pain on the coꦿllarbone is nothing crazy, but it is more on the rest of the shoulder, my neck and all my muscles are in a s**t situation. 

“I have to compensate with something I normally use less. I don’t have too much pain when I’m not rid𝓰ing.”

Despite sweltering conditions in Indonesia over the course of the weekend thus far, Bezze🅘cc🌺hi said this was not playing a role in him struggling physically.

“The heat is not a problem because I am in shape𒈔 for the heat. But what makes me worried is all the braking on the right side of the track. 

“This is the most difficult 🌜part for me. Tomorrow, 27 laps I don’t know. I will try.”

While Bezzecchi gained points o🃏n Francesco Bagnaia, Martin winning the race resulted in him dropping further back in the standings.

Still, Bezzecchi is hopefully of keeping himself in the fight: “Anything is possible. I try to keep myself in the game and not too far from them. Also🦄, from Brad who is very strong at the end ཧof the championship. 

“For me, the target I had in my mind when I arrived here was to try𒆙 and survive. 𝐆;

“In any case, for sure the title fight is 🌜between Pecco and Jorge. They are closer and are stronger than me in the last races, except India.”