the latter putting perfect passes
on the Espargaro brothers to take
over an unchallenged if a little tight
second place.
Pol Espargaro began to drop
back with rear tire troubles, but it
was Jack Miller (Lenovo Ducati)
who came to the fore late in the
race, closing right up on Aleix Es-
pargaro as the Spaniard desper-
ately clung on to the final podium
Behind him, Marc Marquez
(Repsol Honda) and Jorge Martin
(Pramac Ducati) repeatedly bashed
into each other, with Marquez even-
tually losing the front and taking
Martin down with him on lap one.
With Quartararo out in front, the
race was on for the final podium
battles between Pol Espargaro,
his charging brother Aleix on the
factory Aprilia, and Alex Rins, with
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MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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20 FABIO QUARTARARO
1ST MOTOGP
"It feels so good, because it has been a
tough qualifying," Quartararo said. "Yes-
terday I lost confidence, but we knew in
FP4 our pace was strong with the medium
[compound re], I felt great. I will be short,
I want to thank the fans, it's the first me
we have them… a lot I mean. Also, it's
the Monster Energy GP; it is great to win
for all of them and my family and team.
Also, my mechanic, who couldn't come,
Daniele [Grelli], so that one was for him,
and I can't wait to be with the crew and
celebrate!"
87 REMY GARDNER
1ST MOTO2
"That was a long race, I got the message
on the dashboard that Marco [Bezzec-
chi] was on the so , and I could see it so
I said I would wait and be pa ent," Remy
Gardner said. "We were expec ng him to
drop off, because that's what we experi-
ence with the so re, but he was there
the whole race. When he got back in front
of me the last me, I said 'Okay, I'm going
