Franco Morbidelli's debut with the
factory Yamaha team was not a hap-
py one, the Italian, who won last year
on the Petronas Yamaha, taking 18th.
It was similarly a disappointing return
to MotoGP action for Andrea Dovizio-
so (Petronas Yamaha), the former
three-time championship runner-up
coming home 21st and last.
In the championship, Quartararo
heads to Austin in two weeks at 234
points from Bagnaia's 186. Mir is
third with 167.
MOTO2
Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM)
produced yet another stunning dis-
play at Misano to take his sixth win
of the season. The Spaniard led yet
another Red Bull KTM Ajo one-two
on the podium, with teammate Remy
Gardner finishing 0.402s behind and
Aron Canet (Inde Aspar Team) round-
ing out the rostrum places.
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25 FABIO QUARTARARO
2ND MOTOGP
"I was thinking about overtaking Pecco on
the last lap, but he did an amazing race,"
Quartararo said. "I tried everything. To be
honest, today I even forgot mostly about
the championship. I had some moments
with the front, it was close to being a zero
today, but in the end a score of 20 here in
Misano is very posi ve. I can't wait to be
back the day a er tomorrow for the test.
We have some interes ng things to do.
I have nearly a two-race-wins advantage
with four races to go. I think that's quite
nice. I will give it another try in Misano 2."
93 MARC MARQUEZ
4TH MOTOGP
"I am really happy with our performance
today because honestly speaking I was not
expec ng this result today!" Marquez said.
"At the start I was calm and honestly not
riding very fast, but step by step we went
faster and our feeling improved. The key
point was staying calm in the first lap and
push at the end, I'm quite proud about the
last part of the race because I brought Mir
with me. In prac ce it was a li le different,
I was following him, but in the race, he
was following me, and we caught Jack. In
the last lap, I didn't feel like I could fight,
but Mir and Miller went wide and I saw
my opportunity!"
Enea Bastianini (23) was
hauling and came away with
his first MotoGP podium.
