winning the battle for seventh
ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and
Brad Binder. Raul Fernandez
completed the top 10.
Fabio Quartararo (Monster
Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
finished ahead of Vinales, with
Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Fac
-
tory Racing) narrowly beating
Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu
Honda LCR) and Luca Marini
(Repsol Honda Team). There
were tire-pressure penalties for
Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull
GasGas Tech3) and Johann
Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR).
Marini finally took a point for
15th, marking his best race fin
-
ish on the Repsol Honda.
In the championship, Bagnaia
is laughing all the way to the
beach on the summer break, with
222 points from Martin on 212.
Marc Marquez is third on 166.
was clear that the first to give up
would have lost, and truthfully, I
believe it could have happened
to any of us. We didn't have the
easiest start to the season, but
we did an incredible job, and
even here, where we weren't the
strongest, we still managed to
put ourselves in the condition to
fight for the win."
Marc Marquez, after a tumul
-
tuous weekend that included
a monster highside on Friday,
finished second, marking his
fourth podium of the season but
losing his undefeated record at
the track. Alex Marquez secured
his first podium since Sepang
last year, making history with
his brother. Bastianini, after a
strong performance, finished
fourth, followed by Morbidelli
in fifth. Oliveira took a solid
sixth place, with Pedro Acosta
had no traction left and we were
still lapping in the 21.0/21.1s,
so it was tough," Bagnaia said
after the race. "The lap before
Jorge's [Martin] crash, I also lost
the front, but I managed to save
the day by running a bit wider. It
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Joan Mir must be
wishing the Repsol
Honda nightmare would
be over after his worst
weekend of the year,
with 21st- and 18th-
place finishes.
