rounding out the top five.
In the Sunday GP, Bagnaia
made the early running from
Acosta, the number 36 giving
the World Champion plenty to
think about in the opening laps.
He made a lunge at turn 10 but
ran wide, Bagnaia undercutting
him for the lead. Jack Miller also
had some fireworks at turn 10
on lap three, his one being his
tumbling KTM as his wretched
season continued.
Martin was up to second at
turn 10 a lap later, and into the
lead a lap later at the same
corner.
Acosta was also through on
until he threw it all away at turn
five on the last lap.
That promoted Espargaro
into the lead and Marc Marquez
(Gresini Ducati) eventually got
past Acosta with three corners
remaining, holding the rookie
sensation to the line to take sec
-
ond as Espargaro took a dream
home win.
Fourth
went to Martin who in
-
creased his lead in the title with
Enea Bastianini
(Lenovo Ducati)
feel sorry for the youngster, who
is really coming on strong in his
second full season in MotoGP
and has a certain Joe Roberts
from Moto2 eyeing up his seat.
Next it was Brad Binder's turn.
The Red Bull KTM rider inherited
the lead after Fernandez's crash,
only to do so himself at turn five
on lap seven of 12. Out he went,
and into the lead Bagnaia went,
with Pedro Acosta (Red Bull
GasGas) breathing down his
neck and Espargaro in third.
A lap later, Espargaro was
passed at turn one, and as
the laps ticked down, Bagnaia
looked set for a 12-point haul
ROUND 6 / MAY 24-26, 2024
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / BARCELONA, SPAIN
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P90
Fabio Di Giannantonio's season
continues to trend on the
upward direction with fifth
place on Sunday.
