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win, his fourth in a row, is the
first time an Italian has done so
since Valentino Rossi in 2008
and the first time any Ducati rider
has done so in the manufactur-
er's history, placing him ahead
of Ducati's only World Champion
Casey Stoner.
Vinales eventually resigned
Beast" refused to give in and
despite the mistake, produced
the fastest lap of the race as he
hunted Bagnaia down, coming
up 0.034-seconds short in the
closest MotoGP race finish for
many years.
Bagnaia wrote two new re-
cords for himself at Misano. The
MYOWNRACE
12 MAVERICK VINALES
3RD MOTOGP
"We have grown, but we can't stop here.
We want to win!" Vinales said. "I had
an extremely good pace today but I was
unable to find the right space to overtake
Bagnaia. He rode a perfect race without
making any mistakes, whereas I started
struggling a bit more at a certain point.
Rather than crashing, taking points home
and con nuing to learn in view of the
upcoming races was important."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
5TH MOTOGP
"It was a tough race, but it was actually
one of the first races that I was behind
another bike without a problem of
the front re overhea ng or the front
re pressure," Quartararo said. "I had
more or less the same pace I had during
prac ce. Of course, behind a rival I was
struggling a bit more to make my pace
than when riding alone. This fi h place
is the posi on we deserved today. I had
nothing more to give."
Enea Bastianini (23) inherited the lead
after Jack Miller crashed on lap two, but
Bagnaia (63) was soon past.
