Pakistan, Oct. 5 -- Marco Bezzecchi won a thrilling sprint race in Indonesia on Saturday as newly crowned MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez extended the season points record.

Ducati's Marquez finished seventh to claim three points and stretch his championship-winning total to 544 points, despite a long lap penalty for "causing contact" in a collision with Alex Rins. Italian polesitter Bezzecchi had a disastrous start, sliding to sixth immediately after the green light in humid conditions at the Mandalika track on the resort island of Lombok. The Aprilia rider recovered brilliantly to overtake rookie Fermin Aldeguer near the conclusion of a chaotic race. Aldeguer finished just 0.157sec behind in second, the 20-year-old Spaniard denied fr...