KTM) and Australian Joel Kelso
(LevelUp – MTA KTM).
MotoGP Sprint Race
After taking a first pole position
since 2022, Fabio Quartararo
was beaten off the line by Marc
Marquez but retook the lead with
a hard-braking move into turn
one. Alex Marquez climbed to
third, with Bagnaia fending off
win ahead of Belgian Barry Bal-
tus (Fantic Racing Lino Sonego)
and
the second Dynavolt bike of
Australian Senna Agius.
Finally, Red Bull KTM Ajo's
Jose Antonio Rueda made it
a clean sweep for the home
riders by taking a commanding
4.3-second win in Moto3 ahead
of compatriot Angel Piqueras
(Frinsa -MT Helmets – MSI
Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati)
for fourth.
Drama struck on lap two
when Marc Marquez challenged
Quartararo at turn six. Quar-
tararo pushed hard around the
outside,
but crashed out, mak-
ing for a disappointing end to a
strong
Saturday. Marc Marquez
then led Alex Marquez by half
a second, with Bagnaia eight-
tenths of a second behind. Mor-
bidelli trailed Bagnaia in fourth,
and
rookie Fermin Aldeguer on
the second Gresini Ducati ran
fifth after an early scare.
Marc Marquez slowly extend-
ed his lead to around 1.4 sec-
onds as the laps ticked down.
Bagnaia
stayed behind Alex
Marquez without mounting a se
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10 LUCA MARINI
13TH/10TH MOTOGP
"A good day, a good weekend,
especially when I look at how tough
this weekend has been for me,"
Luca Marini said. "Today I think we
achieved the best result I could. I am
super satisfied with this and what we
have done. Every day we have been
able to improve the bike and make
good steps forward with my team.
Our pace was good, we had some
good fights, and 10th is okay for
where we are."
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