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with five laps to go at the Sito Pons Corner. Marquez was looking to make the decisive break for the final podium spot but came within inches of losing the front at the Jorge Lorenzo Corner lead- ing onto the front straight. He subsequently ran wide, allowing Espargaro, who had also passed Miller at the same corner for fourth, to leapfrog the pair of them and move into third, a position he would hold to the flag with Marquez nabbing Miller on the final lap leading into the stadium section for fourth. Miller, after doing so much of the donkey work in third, would eventually come home in fifth. Up the front, it was a game of cat and mouse between Bagnaia and Quartararo, the gap see- sawing between 0.4 and 0.7 seconds for most of the race. On the final lap, Quartararo threw every- thing but the kitchen sink at his rival, but Bagnaia was not to be denied and romped home to his first win of the year and Ducati's second-straight ROUND 6 / APRIL 29-MAY 1, 2022 CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – ÁNGEL NIETO / JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN P90 MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MYOWNRACE 93 MARC MARQUEZ 4TH MOTOGP "Today I gave my maximum and achieved the maximum," Marc Marquez said. "I saved my energy through the whole weekend to be ready for Sunday because I'm s ll not in the condi on to do a whole weekend at 100 percent. It's the Spanish GP, I had to give it everything on race day. At one point in the race, I thought maybe the podium was possible, the key point was overtaking Miller and stopping Aleix because he was faster than us. This is what I tried to do but then at the last corner I lost the front and the rear but fortunately the Spanish crowd was there to pick me up and save the crash! We don't give up; we keep pushing and now we prepare for an important Monday test." 6 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA 1ST MOTOGP "I am moved," Francesco Bagnaia said. "The first victory last year at Aragon was certainly very important, but today's was even more beau ful and much more difficult. We come from a tough period in which, for various reasons, we have never been able to show our real poten al, but here I knew that we were in the right condi ons to do well. We have been working hard since Qatar, and finally, today, we arrived ready for the race. I pushed really hard and lapped consistently throughout the 25 laps. I'm proud of the work that has been done, not only with my team, which I thank but also at home with the Academy and my family!" Fabio Quartararo shadowed the Ducati for the race's entirety but simply couldn't find a way past the bulletproof Bagnaia.