From there, Quartararo stretched his advan-
tage to 2.7 seconds over Vinales, who made an
incredible turnaround after finishing last at the
previous German MotoGP a week earlier.
"I'm really happy, especially because during
the weekend I did only bad starts, and I mean
really bad, and I was actually a bit worried,"
Quartararo said. "But with the team we always
get the job done and save the best for the race.
Today it was like this, so I am so happy. It was a
really good race. It was a tough one, but we did
it. I think today is the perfect day to go on holiday
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my first MotoGP race. I just want to thank
Petronas Yamaha SRT for the opportunity
to ride their bike, to be here this weekend,
and I wish all the best to Franco in his
recovery."
93 MARC MARQUEZ
7TH MOTOGP
"I am very happy today, sure if you check
the result and see seventh it's not too im-
pressive but when you start from 20th on
the grid, it's not too bad," Marquez said. "I
was pushing a lot in the opening lap, and
I was up to 12th. Then I made a mistake
in the middle of the race and lost contact
with the front group. From then I just
focused on coming back, and I was able to
ride well un l the end with a nice ba le
with Aleix Espargaro in the last laps, as
well. I was destroyed physically, so could
not challenge Pecco more. Now for the
summer break, me to rest and recover
and come back stronger for the second
half of the season."
63 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
6TH MOTOGP
"Today has probably been one of the most
difficult races I've ever had in MotoGP,"
Bagnaia said. "I tried hard to defend my-
self from Fabio, but it was clear I couldn't
stay with him when he passed me. In the
the
Bagnaia and
after a victory. I will go see my family straight away
to enjoy this moment and spend some time with
them."
Vinales had to work for it, eventually dispensing
of Pramac Ducati's Johann Zarco, Takaaki Nakaga-
mi (Idemitsu LCR Honda), Mir and Miguel Oliveira
(Red Bull KTM). Bagnaia's charge was halted
when he had to take a long-lap penalty, seconds
before teammate Jack Miller crashed out.
It was a tough race for Brad Binder
who came home 12th.
