seven-tenths of a second with
two laps remaining. But Bagnaia
responded strongly in the penul-
timate lap's third sector, securing
his
first Sprint race victory since
Austria in 2023. Bagnaia crossed
the line 1.469 seconds ahead of
Marquez, who had increased his
pace to leave Acosta 2.5 sec
-
onds behind in third.
In the
Sunday GP, Bagnaia
wanted to make it a double
Martin, now contending with
Marquez and Acosta, faced an-
other setback by being overtak-
en by Marquez and after regain-
ing third place, he too crashed at
San
Donato, meaning Bagnaia
stood to gain 12 much-needed
points in the title race.
The final laps saw a familiar
duel between Bagnaia and Mar
-
quez. Marquez closed the gap
significantly,
bringing it down to
ROUND 7 / MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2024
MUGELLO / SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, ITALY
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P76
23 ENEA BASTIANINI
DNF-2 MOTOGP
"This podium finish in front of our
home crowd was incredible," Bas-
tianini said. "Something hadn't been
working right in recent times, but
we fixed the issues, and today we
really pushed to the limit. I'm very
happy: I had a little bit of a slip in
terms of form in the middle of the
race, but after being overtaken by
Marc [Marquez], I realized the time
had come to start pushing. During
the final lap, I saw that Jorge [Martin]
was getting closer and closer, and
there I understood that second place
was really possible. I managed to do
so at the final corner, and I'm very
happy. I'd like to dedicate this win to
my dog, who passed away last week.
In a manner of speaking, she was my
baby!"
88 MIGUEL OLIVEIRA
DNF-14 MOTOGP
"It was a long race. I was running a
good pace at the end, very con-
stant," Oliveira said. "With four laps
to go, I got close to Raul [Fernan-
dez], but when I went to overtake
him, I got stuck in fifth gear. I don't
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