while Bagnaia went backward.
Starting sixth, the reigning world
champion would end the first lap
in ninth and only work his way
back up to seventh at the flag.
Martin already had the ham
-
mer down and was the best part
of one second clear after two
laps from Marini, Binder, Aleix
Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) and
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda).
Meanwhile, Bagnaia was get
-
ting beaten up by Alex Marquez
(Gresini Ducati), with Johann
In Moto3, David Alonso (Gavi-
ota Gasgas Aspar Team) came
through for his fourth career win
and Rookie of The Year hon-
ors by besting Taiyo Furusato
(Honda Team Asia) and Collin
Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna
Intact GP).
Sprint Race
Martin took pole and only just
grabbed the holeshot, leading
into turn one ahead of Luca
Marini (Mooney VR46 Ducati)
ROUND 17 / OCTOBER 27-29, 2023
CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / BURIRAM PROVINCE, THAILAND
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P56
1 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
7TH/2ND MOTOGP
"At the start I was happy to get away
well, and I was in the front, then the
battle commenced," Pecco Bagnaia
said. "It was very easy to get stuck
behind, and that was the last thing I
wanted to do. We managed to do a
really good job this weekend in terms
of speed, and we demonstrated that
we were very competitive today. On
the last lap, I needed to push very
hard on the rear tire. I didn't have this
advantage for the battle, but it was
normal fighting against other riders
like this."
33 BRAD BINDER
2ND/3RD MOTOGP
"I tried my best today and left nothing
on the table," Brad Binder said. "I
wanted to keep as much rubber as I
could while I was behind Jorge. I saw
my opportunity and tried to go, but a
lap later that was it for my rear tire.
We did what we could. My team did
a terrific job and I'm sure the win is
coming."
MYOWNRACE
Bagnaia (1) sends it around the
outside of both Martin and Binder
on the penultimate lap. It didn't
work, but it looked awesome.
