In Moto3, a new star was born,
as Colombian-born David Alonso
(CFMoto Gaviota Aspar Team)
won the race and the 2024
championship, topping Collin
Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna
Intact GP) and Adrian Fernandez
(Leopard Racing Honda).
MotoGP Sprint Race
It was all looking so rosy for
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GasGas
Tech3). The Spaniard took a
first premier-class pole after
Marc Marquez's record-breaking
lap was scrubbed off for ex
-
ceeding track limits.
Bagnaia made a scrappy
start but regained control, nab-
bing the holeshot from Acosta.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo
Team) briefly overtook Acosta,
but the rookie fought back to
settle into second. After the
initial shuffle, Bagnaia, Acosta,
Bastianini and Brad Binder (Red
Bull KTM) led, with Martin and
Marquez chasing.
The action heated up on lap
two when Marquez passed Mar
-
tin at turn 10. Acosta then made
a late dive at turn five, taking the
lead from Bagnaia. Bastianini
stayed close, while Binder re-
tired with a technical issue.
Acosta was charging and was
beginning to break the World
Champion, but with a bit too
much speed, a bit too much lean
angle, his front tire cried enough
and Acosta, his head in his
hands slid into the gravel trap
and out of the race at turn seven
on lap eight, allowing Bagnaia to
retake the lead, with Bastianini
and Marquez chasing.
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89 JORGE MARTIN
4TH/2ND MOTOGP
"I'm pleased with this result; it wasn't
easy to get on the podium starting
from the fourth row," Jorge Martin
said. "I made a good start, and from
the beginning, I gave my maximum
to reach the podium. Pecco was very
fast today, and I took a few risks to
catch him, but I preferred to stay in a
safe zone and secure this important
second place. Now we have a week's
break, and the next race will be in
Australia, a track that I love."
36 JOAN MIR
DNF/DNF
"At turn 11, I overtook Alex Marquez
after he went wide, then in turn 12
he made contact with the rear of my
bike, his bike became stuck between
my seat and the wheel, so I had to
run on and crashed," Mir said. "It's a
shame, because I was going well in
that first lap of the race, and the pace
we showed yesterday in the Sprint,
something good was possible."
MYOWNRACE
(Above) Pedro
Acosta (31) was
looking odds-on for
a first Sprint race
win and possibly
even the Sunday GP
until he bit the dust
on both occasions.
(Left) Jack Miller
heads Aleix
Espargaro. The
Australian was
unable to reproduce
the form that took
him to the 2021
race win with a
10th on Sunday.
Espargaro pipped
him for ninth.
pacted my performance in the second
half of the race. I tried to bridge the
gap to Marc, and I got close to him,
but not close enough to give it a try."
