back to 15th.
Alex Marquez crossed the
line for his maiden MotoGP
Grand Prix victory, delighting his
home crowd. Despite Bagnaia's
efforts, Quartararo defended
well to secure second, earning
section crowd, leaving Quar
-
tararo leading Bagnaia, with
Alex Marquez soon overtaking
Bagnaia for second. Rookie
Aldeguer also crashed from
fourth.
By lap 10, Quartararo main
-
tained the lead under pressure,
but
Alex Marquez struck at turn
one on lap 11, taking first and
quickly building a gap.
Bagnaia struggled to find a
way past Quartararo, while Mav
-
erick Vinales began closing in
on
both. Alex Marquez contin-
ued to extend his lead, up to 1.7
seconds by lap 16
and over 2.4
seconds with five laps remain
-
ing. Meanwhile, crashes by
Joan
Mir and Franco Morbidelli
helped Marc Marquez climb
outside the curb is not for safety,
is against the safety, because
I'm sure that if you put grass or
gravel, the drivers or riders make
a slower corner or don't use the
very last two centimeters of curb.
"I think we need to consider that
when you are together with For-
mula One, at the moment in the
balance between F1 and MotoGP,
F1 decides!"
Briefly...
(Left) Pole
position and a
second place
signaled a
fine return to
form for Fabio
Quartararo.
(Below) Marc
Marquez (93)
made his life
very difficult with
an inexplicable
crash on lap
three. He
charged back
to 12th and
gained three
championship
points.
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