vo Ducati) freight train, with 2.3
seconds covering the lot.
But, as we so often saw last
year, Bagnaia was saving his
Sprint race on Saturday, leading
home a Binder, Aleix Espargaro
(Aprilia Racing), Bagnaia, Mar
-
quez and Enea Bastianini (Leno-
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Jorge Martin was fast all weekend.
He won Saturday's Sprint race and was
third in Sunday's MotoGP.
36 JOAN MIR
15TH / 13TH MOTOGP
The Repsol Honda Team had to dig
deep to find the positives from Qatar,
with Joan Mir finishing 14th and his
teammate Luca Marini placing 20th.
Mir tried his best. "We made a great
race, honestly," said Mir. "I started
well and recovered a lot of positions
straight away. It's been a long time
since I was able to enjoy riding like
that, so that is positive. Starting at the
back isn't easy, but we made good
ground to be with Fabio for most of
the race. In the last five laps, I felt like
I had a little bit more than Quartararo,
so I overtook him and made a gap
of one second. Then, in the last two
laps, we dropped a lot, and we lost
some positions, which isn't ideal. But
still, we are pleased with everything
we have done and always learning."
10 LUCA MARINI
21ST / 20TH MOTOGP
Repsol Honda's newest member,
Luca Marini, looked for the positives,
as well. "It's encouraging to see the
other Honda riders, and especially
Mir, fighting for good positions," Mari-
ni said. "For us, it has been a continu-
ation of our weekend today, and we
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